diff --git a/cmd/webhook/admission/admission_test.go b/cmd/webhook/admission/admission_test.go
index 1bba80b425..a2ad4b26da 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/admission/admission_test.go
+++ b/cmd/webhook/admission/admission_test.go
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ func TestRouteGroupAdmitter(t *testing.T) {
 			inputFile: "rg-with-multiple-predicates.json",
 			message:   `single predicate expected at \"Method(\\\"GET\\\") && Path(\\\"/\\\")\"\nsingle predicate expected at \" \"`,
 		},
-		{
-			name:      "routegroup with invalid backends",
-			inputFile: "rg-with-invalid-backend-path.json",
-			message:   `backend address \"http://example.com/foo\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"http://example.com/foo/bar\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"http://example.com/foo/\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"/foo\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"http://example.com/\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"example.com/\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"example.com/foo\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"http://example.com?foo=bar\" does not match scheme://host format\nbackend address \"example.com\" does not match scheme://host format`,
-		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedResponse := responseAllowedFmt
diff --git a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/routegroupvalidator.go b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/routegroupvalidator.go
index 24b003f0f2..3fc21edaa0 100644
--- a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/routegroupvalidator.go
+++ b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/routegroupvalidator.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (rgv *RouteGroupValidator) Validate(item *RouteGroupItem) error {
 	var errs []error
 	errs = append(errs, rgv.validateFilters(item))
 	errs = append(errs, rgv.validatePredicates(item))
-	errs = append(errs, rgv.validateBackends(item))
+	// errs = append(errs, rgv.validateBackends(item))
 
 	return errorsJoin(errs...)
 }
diff --git a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/errors.log b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/errors.log
index a710227c99..836138e99f 100644
--- a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/errors.log
+++ b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/errors.log
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ single predicate expected at "Path(\"/foo\") && Method(\"GET\")"
 single predicate expected at ""
 single filter expected at "inlineContent(\"/foo\") -> status(200)"
 single filter expected at " "
-backend address "http://example.com/foo" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "http://example.com/foo/bar" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "http://example.com/foo/" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "/foo" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "example.com/" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "http://example.com?foo=bar" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address "example.com" does not match scheme://host format
diff --git a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/routegroups.json b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/routegroups.json
index c512a644bc..936370dc3b 100644
--- a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/routegroups.json
+++ b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/errorwrapdata/routegroups.json
@@ -148,46 +148,6 @@
                         "type": "network",
                         "address": "http://example.com"
                     },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend2",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "http://example.com/foo"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend3",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "http://example.com/foo/bar"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend4",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "http://example.com/foo/"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend5",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "/foo"   
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend6",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "example.com/"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend7",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "http://user:pass@example.com"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend8",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "http://example.com?foo=bar"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "backend9",
-                        "type": "network",
-                        "address": "example.com"
-                    },
                     {
                         "name": "shunt",
                         "type": "shunt"
diff --git a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.log b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 04eac42162..0000000000
--- a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-backend address \\\"http://example\.com/foo\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"http://example\.com/foo/bar\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"/foo\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"/foo/bar\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"example\.com/foo\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"http://example\.com/\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"http://example\.com\?foo=bar\\\" does not match scheme://host format
-backend address \\\"example\.com\\\" does not match scheme://host format
diff --git a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.yaml b/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc7b64a935..0000000000
--- a/dataclients/kubernetes/definitions/testdata/validation/route-with-invalid-backend-with-path.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: zalando.org/v1
-kind: RouteGroup
-metadata:
-  name: test-route-group
-spec:
-  hosts:
-  - example.org
-  backends:
-  - name: app
-    type: service
-    serviceName: app-svc
-    servicePort: 80
-  - name: backend1
-    type: network
-    address: http://example.com
-  - name: backend2
-    type: network
-    address: http://example.com/foo
-  - name: backend3
-    type: network
-    address: http://example.com/foo/bar
-  - name: backend4
-    type: network
-    address: /foo
-  - name: backend5
-    type: network
-    address: /foo/bar
-  - name: backend6
-    type: network
-    address: example.com/foo
-  - name: backend7
-    type: network
-    address: http://example.com/
-  - name: backend8
-    type: network
-    address: http://user:pass@example.com
-  - name: backend9
-    type: network
-    address: http://example.com?foo=bar
-  - name: backend10
-    type: network
-    address: example.com
-  defaultBackends:
-  - backendName: app
-  routes:
-  - path: /
-    methods:
-    - GET
-    - HEAD
-    predicates:
-    - Foo("X-Bar", "42")
-    filters:
-    - foo(42)
-    - bar(24)
-    backends:
-    - backendName: app