diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/tls.go b/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
index a820e41dd..2cead4a94 100644
--- a/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
@@ -170,15 +170,17 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("[SSL] TLS protocols, ciphers and headers)", f
 				hstsIncludeSubdomains: "false",
 			})
 
-			// we can not use gorequest here because it flattens the duplicate headers
-			// and specifically in case of Strict-Transport-Security it ignore extra headers
-			// intead of concatenating, rightfully. And I don't know of any API it provides for getting raw headers.
-			curlCmd := fmt.Sprintf("curl -I -k --fail --silent --resolve settings-tls:443:127.0.0.1 https://settings-tls%v", "?hsts=true")
-			output, err := f.ExecIngressPod(curlCmd)
-			assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err)
-			assert.Contains(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), output, "strict-transport-security: max-age=86400; preload")
-			// this is what the upstream sets
-			assert.NotContains(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), output, "strict-transport-security: max-age=3600; preload")
+			expectResponse := f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
+				GET("/").
+				WithURL(f.GetURL(framework.HTTPS)).
+				WithHeader("Host", host).
+				WithQuery("hsts", "true").
+				Expect()
+
+			expectResponse.Header("Strict-Transport-Security").Equal("max-age=86400; preload")
+			header := expectResponse.Raw().Header
+			got := header["Strict-Transport-Security"]
+			assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), 1, len(got))
 		})
 
 	})