diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index f8f855818..d5172ff3f 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ events {
     {{ end }}
 }
 
-##### AQUI {{ $cfg.GeoIP2AutoReloadMinutes }} - {{ $cfg.UseGeoIP2 }} 
-
 http {
     {{ if (shouldLoadOpentelemetryModule $cfg $servers) }}
     opentelemetry_config {{ $cfg.OpentelemetryConfig }};
diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/geoip2.go b/test/e2e/settings/geoip2.go
index 7da26d810..064863734 100644
--- a/test/e2e/settings/geoip2.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/geoip2.go
@@ -124,4 +124,52 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("Geoip2", func() {
 			Expect().
 			Status(http.StatusOK)
 	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("should up and running nginx controller using autoreload flag", func() {
+		edition := "GeoLite2-Country"
+
+		err := f.UpdateIngressControllerDeployment(func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment) error {
+			args := deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args
+			args = append(args, "--maxmind-edition-ids="+edition)
+			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args = args
+			_, err := f.KubeClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(f.Namespace).Update(context.TODO(), deployment, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+			return err
+		})
+		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, "updating ingress controller deployment flags")
+
+		filename := fmt.Sprintf("/etc/ingress-controller/geoip/%s.mmdb", edition)
+		exec, err := f.ExecIngressPod(fmt.Sprintf(`sh -c "mkdir -p '%s' && wget -O '%s' '%s' 2>&1"`, filepath.Dir(filename), filename, testdataURL))
+		framework.Logf(exec)
+		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, fmt.Sprintln("error downloading test geoip2 db", filename))
+
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"use-geoip2":                   "true",
+			"geoip2-autoreload-in-minutes": "5",
+		})
+
+		// Check Configmap Autoreload Patterns
+		f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+			func(cfg string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("geoip2 %s", filename)) &&
+					strings.Contains(cfg, "auto_reload 5m;")
+			},
+		)
+
+		// Check if Nginx could up, running and routing with auto_reload configs
+		host := "ping.com"
+		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.Namespace, framework.EchoService, 80, nil)
+		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+
+		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, host) &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "location /")
+			})
+
+		f.HTTPTestClient().
+			GET("/").
+			WithHeader("Host", host).
+			Expect().
+			Status(http.StatusOK)
+	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/geoip2_autoreload.go b/test/e2e/settings/geoip2_autoreload.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8eb53ba6f..000000000
--- a/test/e2e/settings/geoip2_autoreload.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package settings
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
-)
-
-var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("Geoip2Autoreload", func() {
-	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("geoip2-autoreload")
-
-	ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
-		f.NewEchoDeployment()
-	})
-
-	ginkgo.It("should up and running nginx controller using autoreload flag", func() {
-		edition := "GeoLite2-Country"
-
-		err := f.UpdateIngressControllerDeployment(func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment) error {
-			args := deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args
-			args = append(args, "--maxmind-edition-ids="+edition)
-			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Args = args
-			_, err := f.KubeClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(f.Namespace).Update(context.TODO(), deployment, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
-			return err
-		})
-		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, "updating ingress controller deployment flags")
-
-		filename := fmt.Sprintf("/etc/ingress-controller/geoip/%s.mmdb", edition)
-		exec, err := f.ExecIngressPod(fmt.Sprintf(`sh -c "mkdir -p '%s' && wget -O '%s' '%s' 2>&1"`, filepath.Dir(filename), filename, testdataURL))
-		framework.Logf(exec)
-		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, fmt.Sprintln("error downloading test geoip2 db", filename))
-
-		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
-			"use-geoip2":                   "true",
-			"geoip2-autoreload-in-minutes": "5",
-		})
-
-		// Check Configmap Autoreload Patterns
-		f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
-			func(cfg string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("geoip2 %s", filename)) &&
-					strings.Contains(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("auto_reload 5m;"))
-			},
-		)
-
-		// Check if Nginx could up, running and routing with auto_reload configs
-		host := "ping.com"
-		ing := framework.NewSingleIngress(host, "/", host, f.Namespace, framework.EchoService, 80, nil)
-		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
-
-		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
-			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, host) &&
-					strings.Contains(server, "location /")
-			})
-
-		f.HTTPTestClient().
-			GET("/").
-			WithHeader("Host", host).
-			Expect().
-			Status(http.StatusOK)
-	})
-})