diff --git a/test/conformance/suite_test.go b/test/conformance/suite_test.go
index 59649c3b2..89c87c236 100644
--- a/test/conformance/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/conformance/suite_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	gatewayGroupId := f.CreateNewGatewayGroupWithIngress()
 	adminKey := f.GetAdminKey(gatewayGroupId)
 
-	svc := f.DeployGateway(framework.API7DeployOptions{
+	svc := f.DeployGateway(&framework.API7DeployOptions{
 		Namespace:              namespace,
 		GatewayGroupID:         gatewayGroupId,
 		DPManagerEndpoint:      framework.DPManagerTLSEndpoint,
diff --git a/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/consumer.go b/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/consumer.go
index bb8f92d39..daa092cd7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/consumer.go
+++ b/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/consumer.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
-	"github.com/apache/apisix-ingress-controller/internal/provider/adc"
 	"github.com/apache/apisix-ingress-controller/test/e2e/scaffold"
 )
 
@@ -616,9 +615,6 @@ spec:
 		})
 
 		It("Should sync Consumer during startup", func() {
-			if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
-				Skip("don't need to run on api7ee mode")
-			}
 			Expect(s.CreateResourceFromString(consumer2)).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "creating unused consumer")
 			s.ResourceApplied("Consumer", "consumer-sample", consumer1, 1)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/gatewayproxy.go b/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/gatewayproxy.go
index 2c582dd20..8a934150d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/gatewayproxy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/crds/v1alpha1/gatewayproxy.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ spec:
 `
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		By("create GatewayProxy")
-		if s.Deployer.Name() == "api7ee" {
+		if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
 			err = s.CreateResourceFromString(fmt.Sprintf(gatewayProxySpecAPI7, s.Deployer.GetAdminEndpoint(), s.AdminKey()))
 		} else {
 			err = s.CreateResourceFromString(fmt.Sprintf(gatewayProxySpec, framework.ProviderType, s.AdminKey()))
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ spec:
 
 	Context("Test GatewayProxy update configs", func() {
 		It("scaling apisix pods to test that the controller watches endpoints", func() {
-			if s.Deployer.Name() == "api7ee" {
+			if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
 				Skip("this case only for apisix/apisix-standalone mode")
 			}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go b/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
index 0eefa518e..a35f25627 100644
--- a/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
+++ b/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ spec:
 		})
 
 		It("Test ApisixRoute filterFunc", func() {
-			if s.Deployer.Name() == "api7ee" {
+			if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
 				Skip("filterFunc is not supported in api7ee")
 			}
 			const apisixRouteSpec = `
@@ -711,9 +711,6 @@ spec:
       servicePort: 80
 `
 		It("Should sync ApisixRoute during startup", func() {
-			if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
-				Skip("don't need to run on api7ee mode")
-			}
 			By("apply ApisixRoute")
 			Expect(s.CreateResourceFromString(route2)).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "apply ApisixRoute with nonexistent ingressClassName")
 			Expect(s.CreateResourceFromString(route3)).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "apply ApisixRoute without ingressClassName")
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/api7_gateway.go b/test/e2e/framework/api7_gateway.go
index 34c31fae4..4149d46ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/api7_gateway.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/api7_gateway.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type API7DeployOptions struct {
 	Replicas         *int
 }
 
-func (f *Framework) DeployGateway(opts API7DeployOptions) *corev1.Service {
+func (f *Framework) DeployGateway(opts *API7DeployOptions) *corev1.Service {
 	if opts.ServiceName == "" {
 		opts.ServiceName = "api7ee3-apisix-gateway-mtls"
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/gatewayapi/httproute.go b/test/e2e/gatewayapi/httproute.go
index 42f06844b..fec9a4312 100644
--- a/test/e2e/gatewayapi/httproute.go
+++ b/test/e2e/gatewayapi/httproute.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
           value: "%s"
 `
 	getGatewayProxySpec := func() string {
-		if s.Deployer.Name() == "api7ee" {
+		if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
 			return fmt.Sprintf(gatewayProxyYamlAPI7, s.Deployer.GetAdminEndpoint(), s.AdminKey())
 		}
 		return fmt.Sprintf(gatewayProxyYaml, framework.ProviderType, s.AdminKey())
@@ -1963,9 +1963,6 @@ spec:
       port: 80
 `
 		It("Should sync ApisixRoute during startup", func() {
-			if s.Deployer.Name() == adc.BackendModeAPI7EE {
-				Skip("don't need to run on api7ee mode")
-			}
 			By("apply ApisixRoute")
 			Expect(s.CreateResourceFromString(route2)).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "applying HTTPRoute with non-existent parent")
 			s.ResourceApplied("HTTPRoute", "httpbin", route, 1)
diff --git a/test/e2e/scaffold/api7_deployer.go b/test/e2e/scaffold/api7_deployer.go
index d4846bf7e..4646d9429 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scaffold/api7_deployer.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scaffold/api7_deployer.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ func (s *API7Deployer) DeployDataplane(deployOpts DeployDataplaneOptions) {
 		ForIngressGatewayGroup: true,
 		ServiceHTTPPort:        9080,
 		ServiceHTTPSPort:       9443,
+		Replicas:               ptr.To(1),
 	}
 	if deployOpts.Namespace != "" {
 		opts.Namespace = deployOpts.Namespace
@@ -164,13 +165,22 @@ func (s *API7Deployer) DeployDataplane(deployOpts DeployDataplaneOptions) {
 	if deployOpts.Replicas != nil {
 		opts.Replicas = deployOpts.Replicas
 	}
+	if opts.Replicas != nil && *opts.Replicas == 0 {
+		deployOpts.SkipCreateTunnels = true
+	}
 
-	svc := s.DeployGateway(opts)
+	for _, close := range []func(){
+		s.closeApisixHttpTunnel,
+		s.closeApisixHttpsTunnel,
+	} {
+		close()
+	}
 
+	svc := s.DeployGateway(&opts)
 	s.dataplaneService = svc
 
 	if !deployOpts.SkipCreateTunnels {
-		err := s.newAPISIXTunnels()
+		err := s.newAPISIXTunnels(opts.ServiceName)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "creating apisix tunnels")
 	}
 }
@@ -181,8 +191,7 @@ func (s *API7Deployer) ScaleDataplane(replicas int) {
 	})
 }
 
-func (s *API7Deployer) newAPISIXTunnels() error {
-	serviceName := "api7ee3-apisix-gateway-mtls"
+func (s *API7Deployer) newAPISIXTunnels(serviceName string) error {
 	httpTunnel, httpsTunnel, err := s.createDataplaneTunnels(s.dataplaneService, s.kubectlOptions, serviceName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -247,7 +256,7 @@ func (s *API7Deployer) CreateAdditionalGateway(namePrefix string) (string, *core
 	serviceName := fmt.Sprintf("api7ee3-apisix-gateway-%s", namePrefix)
 
 	// Deploy dataplane for this gateway group
-	svc := s.DeployGateway(framework.API7DeployOptions{
+	svc := s.DeployGateway(&framework.API7DeployOptions{
 		GatewayGroupID:         gatewayGroupID,
 		Namespace:              additionalNS,
 		Name:                   serviceName,