diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
index 8814aca589943..a83edd244f2ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: run external script create-external-cluster-resources.py unit tests
       run: |
         kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $(kubectl get pod -l app=rook-ceph-tools -n rook-ceph -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') -- python3 -m unittest /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources-tests.py
-        # write a test file
-        # copy the test file
-        # execute the test file
 
     - name: wait for the subvolumegroup to be created
       run: |
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ jobs:
         kubectl create -f deploy/examples/radosnamespace.yaml
         toolbox=$(kubectl get pod -l app=rook-ceph-tools -n rook-ceph -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')
         timeout 60 sh -c "until kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- rbd namespace ls replicapool --format=json|jq .[0].name|grep -q "namespace-a"; do sleep 1 && echo 'waiting for the rados namespace to be created'; done"
-        kubectl delete -f deploy/examples/radosnamespace.yaml
 
     - name: test external script with restricted_auth_permission flag and without having cephfs_filesystem flag
       run: |
@@ -105,6 +101,8 @@ jobs:
         # create `radosNamespace1` rados-namespace for `replicapool` rbd data-pool
         kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- rbd namespace create replicapool/radosNamespace1
         kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- python3 /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name replicapool --rados-namespace radosNamespace1 --cluster-name rookStorage --restricted-auth-permission true
+        # test the above CRD created rados namespace `namespace-a` using external script
+        kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- python3 /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name replicapool --rados-namespace namespace-a --cluster-name rookStorage --restricted-auth-permission true
 
     - name: test external script with restricted_auth_permission flag
       run: |