diff --git a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
index 13fdd748c068..6d92c2f61f21 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
@@ -287,25 +287,22 @@ func (p *DefaultProvider) generateNetworkInterfaces(options *amifamily.LaunchTem
 				// with a single EFA network interface, and we should support those use cases. Launch failures with multiple enis should be considered user misconfiguration.
 				AssociatePublicIpAddress: options.AssociatePublicIPAddress,
 				PrimaryIpv6:              lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(true), nil),
-				Ipv6PrefixCount:          lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(int32(1)), nil),
+				Ipv6AddressCount:         lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(int32(1)), nil),
 			}
 		})
 	}
 
-	if options.AssociatePublicIPAddress != nil {
-		return []ec2types.LaunchTemplateInstanceNetworkInterfaceSpecificationRequest{
-			{
-				AssociatePublicIpAddress: options.AssociatePublicIPAddress,
-				DeviceIndex:              aws.Int32(0),
-				Groups: lo.Map(options.SecurityGroups, func(s v1.SecurityGroup, _ int) string {
-					return s.ID
-				}),
-				PrimaryIpv6:     lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(true), nil),
-				Ipv6PrefixCount: lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(int32(1)), nil),
-			},
-		}
+	return []ec2types.LaunchTemplateInstanceNetworkInterfaceSpecificationRequest{
+		{
+			AssociatePublicIpAddress: options.AssociatePublicIPAddress,
+			DeviceIndex:              aws.Int32(0),
+			Groups: lo.Map(options.SecurityGroups, func(s v1.SecurityGroup, _ int) string {
+				return s.ID
+			}),
+			PrimaryIpv6:      lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(true), nil),
+			Ipv6AddressCount: lo.Ternary(p.ClusterIPFamily == corev1.IPv6Protocol, lo.ToPtr(int32(1)), nil),
+		},
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (p *DefaultProvider) blockDeviceMappings(blockDeviceMappings []*v1.BlockDeviceMapping) []ec2types.LaunchTemplateBlockDeviceMappingRequest {
diff --git a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
index bddfc1e56e09..32a9a1a40c65 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
@@ -2263,17 +2263,20 @@ essential = true
 					ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 					ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
 					input := awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Pop()
-					if isPublicAddressSet {
-						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].AssociatePublicIpAddress)).To(Equal(isPublic))
-						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6PrefixCount)).To(Equal(int32(1)))
-						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].PrimaryIpv6)).To(BeTrue())
-					} else if !isEFA {
-						Expect(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces).To(HaveLen(0))
+
+					Expect(len(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces)).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+					if !isPublicAddressSet && !isEFA {
+						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].AssociatePublicIpAddress)).To(BeNil())
 					} else {
+						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].AssociatePublicIpAddress)).To(BeTrue())
+					}
+					if isEFA {
 						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].InterfaceType)).To(Equal(string(ec2types.NetworkInterfaceTypeEfa)))
-						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6PrefixCount)).To(Equal(int32(1)))
-						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].PrimaryIpv6)).To(BeTrue())
+						Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].AssociatePublicIpAddress)).To(Equal(BeTrue()))
 					}
+					Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6AddressCount)).To(Equal(int32(1)))
+					Expect(lo.FromPtr(input.LaunchTemplateData.NetworkInterfaces[0].PrimaryIpv6)).To(BeTrue())
+
 				},
 				Entry("AssociatePublicIPAddress is not set and EFA is false", false, true, false),
 				Entry("AssociatePublicIPAddress is not set and EFA is true", false, false, true),
diff --git a/test/suites/ipv6/suite_test.go b/test/suites/ipv6/suite_test.go
index b1af9ef75bc0..b8c6de69ddb2 100644
--- a/test/suites/ipv6/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/suites/ipv6/suite_test.go
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	karpv1 "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis/v1"
 	coretest "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/test"
 
@@ -102,10 +99,6 @@ var _ = Describe("IPv6", func() {
 	It("should provision a static IPv6 prefix with node launch and set IPv6 as primary in the primary network interface", func() {
 		clusterDNSAddr := env.ExpectIPv6ClusterDNS()
 		nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet = &v1.KubeletConfiguration{ClusterDNS: []string{clusterDNSAddr}}
-		Expect(disableVPCCNIProvisioning(true)).To(Succeed())
-		DeferCleanup(func() {
-			Expect(disableVPCCNIProvisioning(false)).To(Succeed())
-		})
 		pod := coretest.Pod()
 		env.ExpectCreated(pod, nodeClass, nodePool)
 		env.EventuallyExpectHealthy(pod)
@@ -113,42 +106,10 @@ var _ = Describe("IPv6", func() {
 		node := env.GetNode(pod.Spec.NodeName)
 		instance := env.GetInstanceByID(env.ExpectParsedProviderID(node.Spec.ProviderID))
 		Expect(instance.NetworkInterfaces).To(HaveLen(1))
-		Expect(instance.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6Prefixes).To(HaveLen(1))
+		Expect(instance.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6Addresses).To(HaveLen(1))
 		_, hasIPv6Primary := lo.Find(instance.NetworkInterfaces[0].Ipv6Addresses, func(ip types.InstanceIpv6Address) bool {
 			return lo.FromPtr(ip.IsPrimaryIpv6)
 		})
 		Expect(hasIPv6Primary).To(BeTrue())
 	})
 })
-
-// disable VPC CNI provisioning on network interfaces and IPs
-func disableVPCCNIProvisioning(disable bool) error {
-	dsClient := env.KubeClient.AppsV1().DaemonSets("kube-system")
-	retryErr := retry.OnError(
-		retry.DefaultRetry,
-		func(err error) bool {
-			return true
-		},
-		func() error {
-			awsNode, getErr := dsClient.Get(env.Context, "aws-node", metav1.GetOptions{})
-			if getErr != nil {
-				return getErr
-			}
-
-			for i := range awsNode.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers {
-				if awsNode.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Name == "aws-node" {
-					for j := range awsNode.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Env {
-						if awsNode.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Env[j].Name == "DISABLE_NETWORK_RESOURCE_PROVISIONING" {
-							awsNode.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[i].Env[j].Value = lo.Ternary(disable, "true", "false")
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			_, updateErr := dsClient.Update(env.Context, awsNode, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
-			return updateErr
-		},
-	)
-	// ignore AWS VPC CNI is not installed
-	return client.IgnoreNotFound(retryErr)
-}