diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.16__multi-nightly.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.16__multi-nightly.yaml
index 3c1dc877c77a..73ef6c6a070b 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.16__multi-nightly.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/openshift-tests-private/openshift-openshift-tests-private-release-4.16__multi-nightly.yaml
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ tests:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
       ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: MachineAPI CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
-        Ingress
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.devcluster.openshift.com
       BASELINE_CAPABILITY_SET: None
       COMPUTE_NODE_TYPE: m6g.xlarge
@@ -339,7 +338,6 @@ tests:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
       ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: MachineAPI CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
-        Ingress
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.devcluster.openshift.com
       BASELINE_CAPABILITY_SET: None
       E2E_RUN_TAGS: '@disconnected'
@@ -749,7 +747,7 @@ tests:
     dependencies:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
-      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager Ingress
+      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.devcluster.openshift.com
       BASELINE_CAPABILITY_SET: None
       PERSISTENT_MONITORING: "false"
@@ -763,7 +761,7 @@ tests:
     dependencies:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
-      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager Ingress
+      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.devcluster.openshift.com
       BASELINE_CAPABILITY_SET: None
       BOOTSTRAP_INSTANCE_TYPE: m6g.large
@@ -859,7 +857,7 @@ tests:
     dependencies:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
-      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager Ingress
+      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.azure.devcluster.openshift.com
       PERSISTENT_MONITORING: "false"
     test:
@@ -872,7 +870,7 @@ tests:
     dependencies:
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
-      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager Ingress
+      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: CloudCredential CloudControllerManager
       BASE_DOMAIN: qe.azure.devcluster.openshift.com
       COMPUTE_NODE_TYPE: Standard_D4ps_v5
       OCP_ARCH: arm64
@@ -1540,7 +1538,7 @@ tests:
       MULTI_RELEASE_IMAGE: release:multi-latest
       OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: release:multi-latest
     env:
-      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: baremetal MachineAPI Ingress
+      ADDITIONAL_ENABLED_CAPABILITIES: baremetal MachineAPI
       AUX_HOST: openshift-qe-metal-ci.arm.eng.rdu2.redhat.com
       BASELINE_CAPABILITY_SET: None
       DISCONNECTED: "false"
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/check/capability/cucushift-installer-check-capability-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/check/capability/cucushift-installer-check-capability-commands.sh
index 984a34e3a165..131d52ca5fc1 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/check/capability/cucushift-installer-check-capability-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/installer/check/capability/cucushift-installer-check-capability-commands.sh
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ v416=" ${v415} CloudControllerManager Ingress"
 latest_defined="v416"
 always_default="${!latest_defined}"
 # always enabled capabilities
-#declare -A always_enabled_caps
-#always_enabled_caps[416]="Ingress"
+declare -A always_enabled_caps
+always_enabled_caps[416]="Ingress"
 
 # Determine vCurrent
 declare "v${ocp_major_version}${ocp_minor_version}"
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ additional_caps_from_config=$(yq-go r "${SHARED_DIR}/install-config.yaml" "capab
 if [[ "${additional_caps_from_config}" != "" ]]; then
     enabled_capability_set="${enabled_capability_set} ${additional_caps_from_config}"
 fi
-# Once pr https://github.com/openshift/cluster-version-operator/pull/946 merged, the code can be opened
-#for version in "${!always_enabled_caps[@]}"; do
-#    if [[ ${ocp_version/.} -ge ${version} ]]; then
-#        enabled_capability_set="${enabled_capability_set} ${always_enabled_caps[$version]}"
-#    fi
-#done
+
+for version in "${!always_enabled_caps[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ${ocp_version/.} -ge ${version} ]]; then
+        enabled_capability_set="${enabled_capability_set} ${always_enabled_caps[$version]}"
+    fi
+done
 enabled_capability_set=$(echo ${enabled_capability_set} | xargs -n1 | sort -u | xargs)
 disabled_capability_set="${vCurrent}"
 for cap in $enabled_capability_set; do
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/upgrade/check/capability/cucushift-upgrade-check-capability-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/upgrade/check/capability/cucushift-upgrade-check-capability-commands.sh
index c8e2af279574..6a56c36b8cd8 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/upgrade/check/capability/cucushift-upgrade-check-capability-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/cucushift/upgrade/check/capability/cucushift-upgrade-check-capability-commands.sh
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ function get_actual_implicit_caps {
     # The condition message could be "The following capabilities could not be disabled: Console, Insights, Storage"
     tmp_capabilities=$(echo "$implicit_message" | grep -oE 'could not be disabled: (.*)' | cut -d':' -f2)
     actual_implicit_caps=$(echo "$tmp_capabilities" | awk -F', ' '{ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) print $i }')
-    # need to remove once pr https://github.com/openshift/cluster-version-operator/pull/946 is merged
-    for version in "${!always_enabled_caps[@]}"; do
-        if [[ ${ocp_version/.} -ge ${version} ]]; then
-            actual_implicit_caps="${actual_implicit_caps} ${always_enabled_caps[$version]}"
-        fi
-    done
     # echo "Actual implicitly enabled capabilities list is ${actual_implicit_caps}"
 }
 
@@ -224,13 +218,6 @@ function check_cvo_cap() {
             result=1
         else
             cvo_caps_str=$(echo $cvo_caps | tr -d '["]' | tr "," " " | xargs -n1 | sort -u | xargs)
-            # need to remove once pr https://github.com/openshift/cluster-version-operator/pull/946 is merged
-            for version in "${!always_enabled_caps[@]}"; do
-                if [[ ${ocp_version/.} -ge ${version} ]]; then
-                    cvo_caps_str="${cvo_caps_str} ${always_enabled_caps[$version]}"
-                fi
-            done
-            cvo_caps_str=$(echo ${cvo_caps_str} | xargs -n1 | sort -u | xargs)
             
             if [[ "${cvo_caps_str}" == "${capability_set}" ]]; then
                 echo "INFO: ${expected_status} capabilities matches with cvo ${cvo_field}!"
@@ -268,11 +255,6 @@ if [[ -z "${baselinecaps_from_cluster}" || "${baselinecaps_from_cluster}" == "nu
 fi
 echo "baselinecaps_from_cluster: ${baselinecaps_from_cluster}"
 
-ocp_version=$(oc version -o json | jq -r '.openshiftVersion' | cut -d '.' -f1,2 | tr -d '.')
-# always enabled capabilities
-declare -A always_enabled_caps
-always_enabled_caps[416]="Ingress"
-
 # shellcheck disable=SC2207
 version_set=($(oc get clusterversion version -ojson | jq -r .status.history[].version))