diff --git a/controllers/absence_prometheusrule.go b/controllers/absence_prometheusrule.go
index 1771e7bb..85c63645 100644
--- a/controllers/absence_prometheusrule.go
+++ b/controllers/absence_prometheusrule.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"testing"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
@@ -121,9 +120,7 @@ func updateAnnotationTime(absencePromRule *monitoringv1.PrometheusRule) {
 }
 
 func (r *PrometheusRuleReconciler) createAbsencePrometheusRule(ctx context.Context, absencePromRule *monitoringv1.PrometheusRule) error {
-	if testing.Testing() {
-		sortRuleGroups(absencePromRule)
-	}
+	sortRuleGroups(absencePromRule)
 	updateAnnotationTime(absencePromRule)
 	if err := r.Create(ctx, absencePromRule); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -140,9 +137,7 @@ func (r *PrometheusRuleReconciler) patchAbsencePrometheusRule(
 	unmodifiedAbsencePromRule *monitoringv1.PrometheusRule,
 ) error {
 
-	if testing.Testing() {
-		sortRuleGroups(absencePromRule)
-	}
+	sortRuleGroups(absencePromRule)
 	updateAnnotationTime(absencePromRule)
 	if err := r.Patch(ctx, absencePromRule, client.MergeFrom(unmodifiedAbsencePromRule)); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/controllers/alert_rule.go b/controllers/alert_rule.go
index 9969c4c7..7496db18 100644
--- a/controllers/alert_rule.go
+++ b/controllers/alert_rule.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
@@ -167,11 +166,9 @@ func ParseRuleGroups(logger logr.Logger, in []monitoringv1.RuleGroup, promRuleNa
 		if len(absenceAlertRules) > 0 {
 			// Sort alert rules for consistent test results.
 
-			if testing.Testing() {
-				sort.SliceStable(absenceAlertRules, func(i, j int) bool {
-					return absenceAlertRules[i].Alert < absenceAlertRules[j].Alert
-				})
-			}
+			sort.SliceStable(absenceAlertRules, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return absenceAlertRules[i].Alert < absenceAlertRules[j].Alert
+			})
 
 			out = append(out, monitoringv1.RuleGroup{
 				Name:  AbsenceRuleGroupName(promRuleName, g.Name),
@@ -289,11 +286,9 @@ func parseRule(logger logr.Logger, in monitoringv1.Rule, keepLabel KeepLabel) ([
 	}
 
 	// Sort alert rules for consistent test results.
-	if testing.Testing() {
-		sort.SliceStable(out, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return out[i].Alert < out[j].Alert
-		})
-	}
+	sort.SliceStable(out, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return out[i].Alert < out[j].Alert
+	})
 
 	return out, nil
 }