diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index 0480725d16..26acaa1bd8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func Start(starter Starter, apiServer bool) (*kubeconfig.Settings, error) {
 			klog.Errorf("Unable to scale down deployment %q in namespace %q to 1 replica: %v", kconst.CoreDNSDeploymentName, meta.NamespaceSystem, err)
 		}
 		// inject {"host.minikube.internal": hostIP} record into CoreDNS
-		if err := updateCoreDNS(starter.Runner, "host.minikube.internal", hostIP.String(), *starter.Cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := addCoreDNSEntry(starter.Runner, "host.minikube.internal", hostIP.String(), *starter.Cfg); err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Unable to inject {%q: %s} record into CoreDNS: %v", "host.minikube.internal", hostIP.String(), err)
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -676,13 +676,16 @@ func prepareNone() {
 	}
 }
 
-// updateCoreDNS adds host name and IP record to the DNS by updating CoreDNS's ConfigMap.
+// addCoreDNSEntry adds host name and IP record to the DNS by updating CoreDNS's ConfigMap.
 // ref: https://coredns.io/plugins/hosts/
-func updateCoreDNS(runner command.Runner, name, ip string, cc config.ClusterConfig) error {
+func addCoreDNSEntry(runner command.Runner, name, ip string, cc config.ClusterConfig) error {
 	kubectl := kapi.KubectlBinaryPath(cc.KubernetesConfig.KubernetesVersion)
 	kubecfg := path.Join(vmpath.GuestPersistentDir, "kubeconfig")
+	// get current coredns configmap
 	cur := fmt.Sprintf("sudo %s --kubeconfig=%s -n kube-system get configmap coredns -o yaml", kubectl, kubecfg)
+	// inject hosts record into coredns configmap
 	sed := fmt.Sprintf("sed '/^        forward . \\/etc\\/resolv.conf.*/i \\        hosts {\\n           %s %s\\n           fallthrough\\n        }'", ip, name)
+	// replace coredns configmap
 	new := fmt.Sprintf("sudo %s --kubeconfig=%s replace -f -", kubectl, kubecfg)
 	_, err := runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("%s | %s | %s", cur, sed, new)))
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/multinode_test.go b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
index 1de08025e7..ac6e19be3e 100644
--- a/test/integration/multinode_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
@@ -485,21 +485,9 @@ func validateDeployAppToMultiNode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile str
 
 	// verify both pods could resolve "host.minikube.internal"
 	for _, name := range podNames {
-		// get node's default gateway via 'ip' - eg: "default via 192.168.49.1 dev eth0" => "192.168.49.1"
-		out, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "ssh", "-p", profile, "ip -4 route show default | cut -d' ' -f3"))
+		_, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "kubectl", "-p", profile, "--", "exec", name, "--", "nslookup", "host.minikube.internal"))
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Error getting default gateway for pod %s: %v", name, err)
-		} else {
-			dgw := strings.TrimSpace(out.Stdout.String())
-			out, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "kubectl", "-p", profile, "--", "exec", name, "--", "sh", "-c", "nslookup host.minikube.internal | awk 'NR==5' | cut -d' ' -f3"))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Pod %s could not resolve 'host.minikube.internal': %v", name, err)
-			} else {
-				hip := strings.TrimSpace(out.Stdout.String())
-				if hip != dgw {
-					t.Errorf("Pod %s resolved 'host.minikube.internal' to %q different from host's IP (%s)", name, hip, dgw)
-				}
-			}
+			t.Errorf("Pod %s could not resolve 'host.minikube.internal': %v", name, err)
 		}
 	}
 }