diff --git a/pkg/evm/evm.go b/pkg/evm/evm.go
index b9ed0537c..a0c14ac33 100644
--- a/pkg/evm/evm.go
+++ b/pkg/evm/evm.go
@@ -804,21 +804,3 @@ func TransactionError(tx *types.Transaction, err error, msg string, args ...inte
 	args = append(args, err)
 	return fmt.Errorf(msg+msgSuffix, args...)
 }
-
-func WaitForRPC(ctx context.Context, rpcURL string) error {
-	client, err := GetClient(rpcURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for {
-		_, err := client.ChainID(ctx)
-		if err == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/node/local.go b/pkg/node/local.go
index bc7f995c8..74e932078 100644
--- a/pkg/node/local.go
+++ b/pkg/node/local.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/application"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/binutils"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/constants"
-	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/evm"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/localnet"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/networkoptions"
@@ -99,8 +98,6 @@ func TrackSubnetWithLocalMachine(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	networkInfo := sc.Networks[network.Name()]
-	rpcEndpoints := []string{}
 	for _, nodeInfo := range status.ClusterInfo.NodeInfos {
 		ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Restarting node %s to track newly deployed network", nodeInfo.Name)
 		if err := LocalNodeTrackSubnet(
@@ -119,18 +116,11 @@ func TrackSubnetWithLocalMachine(
 		if err := AddNodeInfoToSidecar(&sc, nodeInfo, network); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update sidecar with new node info: %w", err)
 		}
-		rpcEndpoints = append(rpcEndpoints, models.GetRPCEndpoint(nodeInfo.Uri, networkInfo.BlockchainID.String()))
 	}
-	ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Waiting for blockchain %s to be bootstrapped", blockchainName)
+	ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Waiting for blockchain %s ID %s to be bootstrapped", blockchainName, blockchainID.String())
 	if err := WaitBootstrapped(ctx, cli, blockchainID.String()); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failure waiting for local cluster %s bootstrapping: %w", blockchainName, err)
 	}
-	for _, rpcURL := range rpcEndpoints {
-		ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Waiting for rpc %s to be available", rpcURL)
-		if err := evm.WaitForRPC(ctx, rpcURL); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	if err := app.UpdateSidecar(&sc); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoA/suite.go b/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoA/suite.go
index e43d2798c..e8b4a548d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoA/suite.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoA/suite.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[Etna AddRemove Validator SOV PoA]", func() {
 		gomega.Expect(err).Should(gomega.BeNil())
 		fmt.Println(output)
 		// parse blockchainID from output
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`Waiting for rpc http://.*?/bc/([A-Za-z0-9]+)/rpc`)
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(`Waiting for blockchain .* ID ([A-Za-z0-9]+) to be bootstrapped`)
 		// Find the first match
 		match := re.FindStringSubmatch(output)
 		gomega.Expect(match).ToNot(gomega.BeEmpty())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoS/suite.go b/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoS/suite.go
index e9b496ddd..792765d15 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoS/suite.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testcases/subnet/sov/addRemoveValidatorPoS/suite.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[Etna AddRemove Validator SOV PoS]", func() {
 		gomega.Expect(err).Should(gomega.BeNil())
 		fmt.Println(output)
 		// parse blockchainID from output
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`Waiting for rpc http://.*?/bc/([A-Za-z0-9]+)/rpc`)
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(`Waiting for blockchain .* ID ([A-Za-z0-9]+) to be bootstrapped`)
 		// Find the first match
 		match := re.FindStringSubmatch(output)
 		gomega.Expect(match).ToNot(gomega.BeEmpty())