diff --git a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
index 788c018297a7..87b8452b6f2f 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ func (r Resolver) defaultClusterDNS(opts *Options, kubeletConfig *v1.KubeletConf
 
 func (r Resolver) resolveLaunchTemplate(nodeClass *v1.EC2NodeClass, nodeClaim *karpv1.NodeClaim, instanceTypes []*cloudprovider.InstanceType, capacityType string,
 	amiFamily AMIFamily, amiID string, maxPods int, efaCount int, options *Options) *LaunchTemplate {
-	kubeletConfig := nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet
-	if kubeletConfig == nil {
-		kubeletConfig = &v1.KubeletConfiguration{}
+	kubeletConfig := &v1.KubeletConfiguration{}
+	if nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet != nil {
+		kubeletConfig = nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet.DeepCopy()
 	}
 	if kubeletConfig.MaxPods == nil {
 		// nolint:gosec
diff --git a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
index 2dea2b222cb3..ca5ab5d06003 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/suite_test.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 		Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CreateFleetBehavior.CalledWithInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
 		createFleetInput := awsEnv.EC2API.CreateFleetBehavior.CalledWithInput.Pop()
 		Expect(len(createFleetInput.LaunchTemplateConfigs)).To(BeNumerically("==", awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()))
-		Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+		Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 		awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 			launchTemplate, ok := lo.Find(createFleetInput.LaunchTemplateConfigs, func(ltConfig *ec2.FleetLaunchTemplateConfigRequest) bool {
 				return *ltConfig.LaunchTemplateSpecification.LaunchTemplateName == *ltInput.LaunchTemplateName
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 		pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 		ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 		ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-		Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+		Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 		awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 			Expect(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.IamInstanceProfile.Name).To(Equal("overridden-profile"))
 		})
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				ltName := aws.StringValue(ltInput.LaunchTemplateName)
 				lt, ok := awsEnv.LaunchTemplateCache.Get(ltName)
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(len(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings)).To(Equal(1))
 				Expect(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeSize).To(Equal(int64(20)))
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(len(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings)).To(Equal(1))
 				Expect(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeSize).To(Equal(int64(20)))
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs).To(Equal(&ec2.LaunchTemplateEbsBlockDeviceRequest{
 					VolumeSize:          aws.Int64(187),
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				// Both of these values are rounded up when converting to Gibibytes
 				Expect(aws.Int64Value(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeSize)).To(BeNumerically("==", 4))
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(len(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings)).To(Equal(2))
 				// Bottlerocket control volume
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(len(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings)).To(Equal(0))
 			})
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(len(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings)).To(Equal(1))
 				Expect(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.BlockDeviceMappings[0].Ebs.VolumeSize).To(Equal(int64(40)))
@@ -1125,6 +1125,19 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
 			ExpectLaunchTemplatesCreatedWithUserDataContaining("--use-max-pods false", "--max-pods=10")
 		})
+		It("should generate different launch templates for different --max-pods values when specifying kubelet configuration", func() {
+			// We validate that we no longer combine instance types into the same launch template with the same --max-pods values
+			// that shouldn't have been combined but were combined due to a pointer error
+			nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet = &v1.KubeletConfiguration{
+				ClusterDNS: []string{"test"},
+			}
+			ExpectApplied(ctx, env.Client, nodePool, nodeClass)
+			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
+			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
+			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
+			// We expect to generate 5 launch templates for our image/max-pods combination where we were only generating 2 before
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
+		})
 		It("should specify --system-reserved when overriding system reserved values", func() {
 			nodeClass.Spec.Kubelet = &v1.KubeletConfiguration{
 				SystemReserved: map[string]string{
@@ -1137,7 +1150,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1164,7 +1177,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1191,7 +1204,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1223,7 +1236,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1255,7 +1268,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1434,7 +1447,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1458,7 +1471,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1482,7 +1495,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1502,7 +1515,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1520,7 +1533,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1540,7 +1553,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1557,7 +1570,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 2))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1575,7 +1588,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					userData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.UserData)
 					Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -1858,7 +1871,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					Expect("ami-123").To(Equal(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.ImageId))
 				})
@@ -1985,7 +1998,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 				pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 				ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 				ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+				Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
 				awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 					Expect("ami-456").To(Equal(*ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.ImageId))
 				})
@@ -2123,7 +2136,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(aws.BoolValue(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.Monitoring.Enabled)).To(BeFalse())
 			})
@@ -2134,7 +2147,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(aws.BoolValue(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.Monitoring.Enabled)).To(BeTrue())
 			})
@@ -2146,7 +2159,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(lo.FromPtr(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.MetadataOptions.HttpEndpoint)).To(Equal(ec2.InstanceMetadataEndpointStateEnabled))
 				Expect(lo.FromPtr(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.MetadataOptions.HttpProtocolIpv6)).To(Equal(ec2.InstanceMetadataEndpointStateDisabled))
@@ -2159,7 +2172,7 @@ var _ = Describe("LaunchTemplate Provider", func() {
 			pod := coretest.UnschedulablePod()
 			ExpectProvisioned(ctx, env.Client, cluster, cloudProvider, prov, pod)
 			ExpectScheduled(ctx, env.Client, pod)
-			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))
+			Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically("==", 5))
 			awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.ForEach(func(ltInput *ec2.CreateLaunchTemplateInput) {
 				Expect(lo.FromPtr(ltInput.LaunchTemplateData.MetadataOptions.InstanceMetadataTags)).To(Equal(ec2.InstanceMetadataTagsStateDisabled))
 			})
@@ -2178,15 +2191,6 @@ func ExpectTags(tags []*ec2.Tag, expected map[string]string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func ExpectTagsNotFound(tags []*ec2.Tag, expectNotFound map[string]string) {
-	GinkgoHelper()
-	existingTags := lo.SliceToMap(tags, func(t *ec2.Tag) (string, string) { return *t.Key, *t.Value })
-	for k, v := range expectNotFound {
-		elem, ok := existingTags[k]
-		Expect(!ok || v != elem).To(BeTrue())
-	}
-}
-
 func ExpectLaunchTemplatesCreatedWithUserDataContaining(substrings ...string) {
 	GinkgoHelper()
 	Expect(awsEnv.EC2API.CalledWithCreateLaunchTemplateInput.Len()).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1))