diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
index 93e9a6603e1..c74eef1199f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -3771,14 +3771,6 @@ func (c *Cloud) buildNLBHealthCheckConfiguration(svc *v1.Service) (healthCheckCo
 		return healthCheckConfig{}, err
 	}
 
-	if hc.HealthyThreshold != hc.UnhealthyThreshold {
-		return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Health check healthy threshold and unhealthy threshold must be equal")
-	}
-
-	if hc.Interval != 10 && hc.Interval != 30 {
-		return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid health check interval '%v', must be either 10 or 30", hc.Interval)
-	}
-
 	if hc.Port != defaultHealthCheckPort {
 		if _, err := strconv.ParseInt(hc.Port, 10, 0); err != nil {
 			return healthCheckConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid health check port '%v'", hc.Port)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws_test.go
index 1b04429d8e6..56fd43dd12c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ func TestCloud_buildNLBHealthCheckConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 			wantError: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "invalid interval",
+			name: "interval not 10 or 30",
 			service: &v1.Service{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: "test-svc",
@@ -2982,8 +2982,15 @@ func TestCloud_buildNLBHealthCheckConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			want:      healthCheckConfig{},
-			wantError: true,
+			want: healthCheckConfig{
+				Port:               "traffic-port",
+				Protocol:           elbv2.ProtocolEnumTcp,
+				Interval:           23,
+				Timeout:            10,
+				HealthyThreshold:   3,
+				UnhealthyThreshold: 3,
+			},
+			wantError: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid timeout",
@@ -3033,8 +3040,15 @@ func TestCloud_buildNLBHealthCheckConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			want:      healthCheckConfig{},
-			wantError: true,
+			want: healthCheckConfig{
+				Port:               "traffic-port",
+				Protocol:           elbv2.ProtocolEnumTcp,
+				Interval:           30,
+				Timeout:            10,
+				HealthyThreshold:   7,
+				UnhealthyThreshold: 5,
+			},
+			wantError: false,
 		},
 	}