diff --git a/pkg/resources/aws/aws.go b/pkg/resources/aws/aws.go
index c3e513d054e14..cdbffb0ec7094 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/aws/aws.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/route53"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/dns"
+	kopsapi "k8s.io/kops/pkg/apis/kops"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/featureflag"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/resources"
 	"k8s.io/kops/pkg/resources/spotinst"
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ const (
 
 type listFn func(fi.Cloud, string) ([]*resources.Resource, error)
 
-func ListResourcesAWS(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, clusterName string) (map[string]*resources.Resource, error) {
+func ListResourcesAWS(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, cluster *kopsapi.Cluster) (map[string]*resources.Resource, error) {
+	clusterName := cluster.Name
 	resourceTrackers := make(map[string]*resources.Resource)
 
 	// These are the functions that are used for looking up
@@ -75,8 +76,6 @@ func ListResourcesAWS(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, clusterName string) (map[string]*res
 		ListELBV2s,
 		ListTargetGroups,
 
-		// Route 53
-		ListRoute53Records,
 		// IAM
 		ListIAMInstanceProfiles,
 		ListIAMRoles,
@@ -88,6 +87,11 @@ func ListResourcesAWS(cloud awsup.AWSCloud, clusterName string) (map[string]*res
 		ListEventBridgeRules,
 	}
 
+	if !cluster.IsGossip() && !cluster.UsesNoneDNS() {
+		// Route 53
+		listFunctions = append(listFunctions, ListRoute53Records)
+	}
+
 	if featureflag.Spotinst.Enabled() {
 		// Spotinst resources
 		listFunctions = append(listFunctions, ListSpotinstResources)
@@ -1768,10 +1772,6 @@ func deleteRoute53Records(cloud fi.Cloud, zone *route53.HostedZone, resourceTrac
 func ListRoute53Records(cloud fi.Cloud, clusterName string) ([]*resources.Resource, error) {
 	var resourceTrackers []*resources.Resource
 
-	if dns.IsGossipClusterName(clusterName) {
-		return resourceTrackers, nil
-	}
-
 	c := cloud.(awsup.AWSCloud)
 
 	// Normalize cluster name, with leading "."
diff --git a/pkg/resources/ops/collector.go b/pkg/resources/ops/collector.go
index 6a8e79e10c436..2a19f8a75c4dd 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/ops/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/ops/collector.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func ListResources(cloud fi.Cloud, cluster *kops.Cluster, region string) (map[st
 	clusterName := cluster.Name
 	switch cloud.ProviderID() {
 	case kops.CloudProviderAWS:
-		return aws.ListResourcesAWS(cloud.(awsup.AWSCloud), clusterName)
+		return aws.ListResourcesAWS(cloud.(awsup.AWSCloud), cluster)
 	case kops.CloudProviderDO:
 		return digitalocean.ListResources(cloud.(clouddo.DOCloud), clusterName)
 	case kops.CloudProviderGCE: