diff --git a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/README.md b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/README.md
index 70106213..80b36cf9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/README.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ resource "example_resource" "this" {
 | <a name="input_oci_zone_scope"></a> [oci\_zone\_scope](#input\_oci\_zone\_scope) | The scope of the DNS zones in OCI (GLOBAL or PRIVATE) | `string` | `"GLOBAL"` | no |
 | <a name="input_oci_zones_cache_duration"></a> [oci\_zones\_cache\_duration](#input\_oci\_zones\_cache\_duration) | The duration to cache OCI DNS zones (e.g., '30s', '1m'). Set to '0s' to disable caching. | `string` | `"30s"` | no |
 | <a name="input_policy"></a> [policy](#input\_policy) | The policy to external dns manage the DNS records | `string` | `"sync"` | no |
-| <a name="input_sources"></a> [sources](#input\_sources) | Array contents the sources to external dns work | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br/>  "crd",<br/>  "gateway-httproute"<br/>]</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_sources"></a> [sources](#input\_sources) | Array contents the sources to external dns work | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br/>  "crd"<br/>]</pre> | no |
 | <a name="input_txt_owner_id"></a> [txt\_owner\_id](#input\_txt\_owner\_id) | The TXT owner ID used by ExternalDNS to identify DNS records it manages | `string` | `"external_dns"` | no |
 | <a name="input_type"></a> [type](#input\_type) | Determines whether the external-dns deployment is public or private | `string` | `"public"` | no |
 | <a name="input_zone_id_filter"></a> [zone\_id\_filter](#input\_zone\_id\_filter) | The Route53 public or private hosted zone ID for ExternalDNS to manage (required when dns\_provider\_name is 'aws') | `string` | `""` | no |
diff --git a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/locals.tf b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/locals.tf
index bcc0bb71..0bd7d99c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/locals.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/locals.tf
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ locals {
           apiGroups = ["externaldns.k8s.io"]
           resources = ["dnsendpoints"]
           verbs     = ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
-        },
-        {
-          apiGroups = ["gateway.networking.k8s.io"]
-          resources = ["gateways", "httproutes"]
-          verbs     = ["get", "list", "watch"]
         }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/tests/external_dns_aws.tftest.hcl b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/tests/external_dns_aws.tftest.hcl
index 1ce114f2..ed1b1ff5 100644
--- a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/tests/external_dns_aws.tftest.hcl
+++ b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/tests/external_dns_aws.tftest.hcl
@@ -43,6 +43,37 @@ run "aws_zone_filtering_args" {
   }
 }
 
+run "default_sources_is_crd_only" {
+  command = plan
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = length(local.base_config.sources) == 1 && local.base_config.sources[0] == "crd"
+    error_message = "Default sources should be crd-only (no gateway-httproute)"
+  }
+}
+
+run "rbac_has_no_gateway_permissions" {
+  command = plan
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = length(local.route53_config.rbac.additionalPermissions) == 1
+    error_message = "RBAC should only grant the crd (dnsendpoints) permission"
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = local.route53_config.rbac.additionalPermissions[0].apiGroups == ["externaldns.k8s.io"]
+    error_message = "The only additional RBAC permission should be for externaldns.k8s.io/dnsendpoints"
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition = !contains(
+      [for p in local.route53_config.rbac.additionalPermissions : p.apiGroups[0]],
+      "gateway.networking.k8s.io"
+    )
+    error_message = "RBAC must not include gateway.networking.k8s.io permissions after removing the gateway-httproute source"
+  }
+}
+
 run "no_cloudflare_secret_for_aws" {
   command = plan
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/variables.tf b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/variables.tf
index 919a7aee..159e40d7 100644
--- a/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/commons/external_dns/variables.tf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variable "policy" {
 variable "sources" {
   description = "Array contents the sources to external dns work"
   type        = list(string)
-  default     = ["crd", "gateway-httproute"]
+  default     = ["crd"]
 }
 
 variable "type" {