diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51f534871..d327403f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@ GOVERSION := 1.10.0-alpine
 PULSAR := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/pulsar$(shell go env GOEXE)
 GOASSETSBUILDER := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/go-assets-builder$(shell go env GOEXE)
 
-DOCKERFILE := Dockerfile
+DOCKERFILE := Dockerfile 
 DOCKERTESTFILE := Dockerfile.test
 DOCKERDURATIONTESTFILE := tests/duration/Dockerfile
 
-ifndef LOCALONLY
+ifndef LOCALONLY 
 	PUSHIMAGES := 1
 	IMAGESHA256 := true
 else
 	IMAGESHA256 := false
 endif
 
-ifdef IMAGETAG
+ifdef IMAGETAG 
 	IMAGESUFFIX := :$(IMAGETAG)
-else
+else 
 	IMAGESUFFIX := :dev
 endif
 
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ TESTBINNAME := $(PROJECT)_test
 TESTBIN := $(BINDIR)/$(TESTBINNAME)
 DURATIONTESTBINNAME := $(PROJECT)_duration_test
 DURATIONTESTBIN := $(BINDIR)/$(DURATIONTESTBINNAME)
-RELEASE := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/release
-GHRELEASE := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/github-release
+RELEASE := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/release 
+GHRELEASE := $(GOBUILDDIR)/bin/github-release 
 
 TESTLENGTHOPTIONS := -test.short
 TESTTIMEOUT := 20m
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ifeq ($(LONG), 1)
 	TESTTIMEOUT := 180m
 endif
 ifdef VERBOSE
-	TESTVERBOSEOPTIONS := -v
+	TESTVERBOSEOPTIONS := -v 
 endif
 
 SOURCES := $(shell find $(SRCDIR) -name '*.go' -not -path './test/*')
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ update-vendor:
 	# Manually restore arangosync vendor with: git checkout deps/github.com/arangodb/arangosync
 
 .PHONY: update-generated
-update-generated: $(GOBUILDDIR)
+update-generated: $(GOBUILDDIR) 
 	@docker build $(SRCDIR)/tools/codegen --build-arg GOVERSION=$(GOVERSION) -t k8s-codegen
 	docker run \
 		--rm \
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ ifdef PUSHIMAGES
 	docker push $(OPERATORIMAGE)
 endif
 
-# Manifests
+# Manifests 
 
 .PHONY: manifests
 manifests: $(GOBUILDDIR)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ run-unit-tests: $(GOBUILDDIR) $(SOURCES)
 			$(REPOPATH)/pkg/util/k8sutil \
 			$(REPOPATH)/pkg/util/k8sutil/test \
 			$(REPOPATH)/pkg/util/probe \
-			$(REPOPATH)/pkg/util/validation
+			$(REPOPATH)/pkg/util/validation 
 
 $(TESTBIN): $(GOBUILDDIR) $(SOURCES)
 	@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
@@ -376,12 +376,12 @@ $(RELEASE): $(GOBUILDDIR) $(SOURCES) $(GHRELEASE)
 .PHONY: build-ghrelease
 build-ghrelease: $(GHRELEASE)
 
-$(GHRELEASE): $(GOBUILDDIR)
+$(GHRELEASE): $(GOBUILDDIR) 
 	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) go build -o $(GHRELEASE) github.com/aktau/github-release
 
 .PHONY: release-patch
 release-patch: $(RELEASE)
-	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(RELEASE) -type=patch
+	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(RELEASE) -type=patch 
 
 .PHONY: release-minor
 release-minor: $(RELEASE)
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ release-minor: $(RELEASE)
 
 .PHONY: release-major
 release-major: $(RELEASE)
-	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(RELEASE) -type=major
+	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(RELEASE) -type=major 
 
 ## Kubernetes utilities
 
@@ -410,4 +410,4 @@ redeploy-operator: delete-operator manifests
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENT)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHDEPLOYMENTREPLICATION)
 	kubectl apply -f $(MANIFESTPATHTEST)
-	kubectl get pods
+	kubectl get pods 
diff --git a/tests/load_balancer_test.go b/tests/load_balancer_test.go
index 2aad8b1e2..c0542b093 100644
--- a/tests/load_balancer_test.go
+++ b/tests/load_balancer_test.go
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ func loadBalancingCursorSubtest(t *testing.T, useVst bool) {
 		t.Fatalf("Deployment not running in time: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// check if the deployment got a load balancer, otherwise skip this test
-	isEaLoadBalancerOrSkip(depl.GetName(), t)
-
 	// Create a database client
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	clOpts := &DatabaseClientOptions{
diff --git a/tests/test_util.go b/tests/test_util.go
index 7d593ecc7..99b647a64 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.go
+++ b/tests/test_util.go
@@ -155,21 +155,6 @@ func getEnterpriseImageOrSkip(t *testing.T) string {
 	return image
 }
 
-// isEaLoadBalancerOrSkip checks it the deployment
-func isEaLoadBalancerOrSkip(deploymentName string, t *testing.T) {
-	kubecli := mustNewKubeClient(t)
-	ns := getNamespace(t)
-	eaServiceName := k8sutil.CreateDatabaseExternalAccessServiceName(deploymentName)
-	svcs := k8sutil.NewServiceCache(kubecli.CoreV1().Services(ns))
-	if existing, err := svcs.Get(eaServiceName, metav1.GetOptions{}); err == nil {
-		if existing.Spec.Type == v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	t.Skip("No load balancer deployed")
-}
-
 // shouldCleanDeployments returns true when deployments created
 // by tests should be removed, even when the test fails.
 func shouldCleanDeployments() bool {