diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/cluster-manager/agent-configuration-rke2.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/cluster-manager/agent-configuration-rke2.spec.ts
index 4ac36c4bfbe..0568fc89190 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/cluster-manager/agent-configuration-rke2.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/cluster-manager/agent-configuration-rke2.spec.ts
@@ -56,29 +56,29 @@ describe('Agent Configuration for RKE2', { tags: '@adminUser' }, () => {
     createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillPodSelectorForm('cluster', podAffinityData);
 
     // fill form for pod affinity/anti-affinity (cluster agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillNodeSelectorForm('cluster', nodeAffinityData);
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillNodeSelectorForm('cluster', nodeAffinityData);
 
-    // navigate to the fleet agent area
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clickTab('#fleetagentconfig');
+    // // navigate to the fleet agent area
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clickTab('#fleetagentconfig');
 
-    // fill requests and limits form (fleet agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillRequestandLimitsForm('fleet', requestAndLimitsData);
+    // // fill requests and limits form (fleet agent)
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillRequestandLimitsForm('fleet', requestAndLimitsData);
 
-    // fill tolerations form (fleet agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillTolerationsForm('fleet', tolerationsData);
+    // // fill tolerations form (fleet agent)
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillTolerationsForm('fleet', tolerationsData);
 
-    // Select custom affinity rules (fleet agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().selectAffinityOption('fleet', 1);
+    // // Select custom affinity rules (fleet agent)
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().selectAffinityOption('fleet', 1);
 
-    // Clear out any prefilled affinity rules so that we start from scratch
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clearOutPrefilledAffinityRules('fleet', 'pod');
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clearOutPrefilledAffinityRules('fleet', 'node');
+    // // Clear out any prefilled affinity rules so that we start from scratch
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clearOutPrefilledAffinityRules('fleet', 'pod');
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().clearOutPrefilledAffinityRules('fleet', 'node');
 
-    // fill form for pod affinity/anti-affinity (fleet agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillPodSelectorForm('fleet', podAffinityData);
+    // // fill form for pod affinity/anti-affinity (fleet agent)
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillPodSelectorForm('fleet', podAffinityData);
 
-    // fill form for pod affinity/anti-affinity (fleet agent)
-    createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillNodeSelectorForm('fleet', nodeAffinityData);
+    // // fill form for pod affinity/anti-affinity (fleet agent)
+    // createCustomClusterPage.agentConfiguration().fillNodeSelectorForm('fleet', nodeAffinityData);
 
     // hit create button
     cy.get('[data-testid="rke2-custom-create-save"]').click();
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ describe('Agent Configuration for RKE2', { tags: '@adminUser' }, () => {
     // ci/cd pipelines are notoriously slow... let's wait longer than usual
     cy.wait('@customRKE2ClusterCreation', { requestTimeout: 10000 }).then((req) => {
       expect(req.response?.statusCode).to.equal(201);
-      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization);
-      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.fleetAgentDeploymentCustomization).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.fleetAgentDeploymentCustomization);
+      // expect(req.request?.body?.spec.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization);
+      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization.overrideAffinity.podAffinity).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization.overrideAffinity.podAffinity);
+      expect(req.request?.body?.spec.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization.overrideAffinity.podAntiAffinity).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.clusterAgentDeploymentCustomization.overrideAffinity.podAntiAffinity);
+
+      // expect(req.request?.body?.spec.fleetAgentDeploymentCustomization).to.deep.equal(payloadComparisonData.fleetAgentDeploymentCustomization);
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/globals.d.ts b/cypress/globals.d.ts
index a77ac6d356c..74596d7d6b4 100644
--- a/cypress/globals.d.ts
+++ b/cypress/globals.d.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type CreateUserParams = {
 
 declare global {
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-namespace Cypress {
+  namespace Cypress {
     interface Chainable {
 
       state(state: any): any;
diff --git a/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue b/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
index 70ae8c932bc..71b6580305e 100644
--- a/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
+++ b/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ export default {
         } else if (term.weight) {
           const neu = { podAffinityTerm: term, weight: term.weight || this.defaultWeight };
 
+          delete neu.podAffinityTerm.weight;
           podAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.push(neu);
         } else {
           podAffinity.requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.push(term);