diff --git a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/hooks.ts b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/hooks.ts
index f0cde843803..5893cc31b9e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/hooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/hooks.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { alertRuleApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi';
-import { alertmanagerApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertmanagerApi';
 import { ReceiverTypes } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/onCall/onCall';
 import { useDataSourceFeatures } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/useCombinedRule';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource';
@@ -34,20 +33,3 @@ export function isOnCallContactPointReady(contactPoints: Receiver[]) {
     contactPoint.grafana_managed_receiver_configs?.some((receiver) => receiver.type === ReceiverTypes.OnCall)
   );
 }
-
-/**
- * @deprecated Will be removed when notification policies is moved to k8s API. Do not use!
- */
-export function useGetDefaultContactPoint() {
-  const alertmanagerConfiguration = alertmanagerApi.endpoints.getAlertmanagerConfiguration.useQuery(
-    GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME,
-    {
-      refetchOnFocus: true,
-      refetchOnReconnect: true,
-      refetchOnMountOrArgChange: true,
-    }
-  );
-
-  const defaultContactpoint = alertmanagerConfiguration.data?.alertmanager_config?.route?.receiver ?? '';
-  return { defaultContactpoint, isLoading: alertmanagerConfiguration.isLoading };
-}
diff --git a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/utils.ts b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/utils.ts
index 481f42504af..3982b9dcffa 100644
--- a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/alerting/utils.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ import { Receiver } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 const DEFAULT_EMAIL = '<example@email.com>';
 
 export function isContactPointReady(defaultContactPoint: string, contactPoints: Receiver[]) {
-  // We consider the contact point ready if the default contact has the address filled
-
-  const defaultEmailUpdated = contactPoints.some(
-    (contactPoint: Receiver) =>
-      contactPoint.name === defaultContactPoint &&
-      contactPoint.grafana_managed_receiver_configs?.some(
-        (receiver) => receiver.name === defaultContactPoint && receiver.settings?.address !== DEFAULT_EMAIL
-      )
+  // We consider the contact point ready if the default contact is no longer referencing the default email address
+  const matchingDefaultContactPoint = contactPoints.find(
+    (contactPoint: Receiver) => contactPoint.name === defaultContactPoint
   );
-  return defaultEmailUpdated;
+
+  if (!matchingDefaultContactPoint) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return matchingDefaultContactPoint.grafana_managed_receiver_configs?.some((receiver) => {
+    const isEmailReceiver = receiver.type === 'email';
+    if (isEmailReceiver) {
+      return receiver.settings?.addresses !== DEFAULT_EMAIL;
+    } else {
+      return true;
+    }
+  });
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
index 39121db0e6e..3510de2e5e5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { useGrafanaContactPoints } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints';
+import { useNotificationPolicyRoute } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/useNotificationPolicyRoute';
+import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource';
 import { RelativeUrl, createRelativeUrl } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/url';
 
-import { isOnCallContactPointReady, useGetDefaultContactPoint, useIsCreateAlertRuleDone } from './alerting/hooks';
+import { isOnCallContactPointReady, useIsCreateAlertRuleDone } from './alerting/hooks';
 import { isContactPointReady } from './alerting/utils';
 import { ConfigurationStepsEnum, DataSourceConfigurationData, IrmCardConfiguration } from './components/ConfigureIRM';
 import { useGetIncidentPluginConfig } from './incidents/hooks';
@@ -50,8 +52,10 @@ export interface EssentialsConfigurationData {
 function useGetConfigurationForApps() {
   // configuration checks for alerting
   const { contactPoints, isLoading: isLoadingContactPoints } = useGrafanaContactPoints();
-  // TODO: Switch to k8s API/refactored notification policies hook when available
-  const { defaultContactpoint, isLoading: isLoadingDefaultContactPoint } = useGetDefaultContactPoint();
+  const { data: rootRoute, isLoading: isLoadingDefaultContactPoint } = useNotificationPolicyRoute({
+    alertmanager: GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME,
+  });
+  const defaultContactpoint = rootRoute?.[0].receiver || '';
   const { isDone: isCreateAlertRuleDone, isLoading: isLoadingAlertCreatedDone } = useIsCreateAlertRuleDone();
   // configuration checks for incidents
   const {
@@ -124,8 +128,8 @@ export function useGetEssentialsConfiguration(): EssentialsConfigurationData {
         description: 'Configure Grafana Alerting',
         steps: [
           {
-            title: 'Update default email contact point',
-            description: 'Add a valid email to the default email contact point.',
+            title: 'Update default contact point',
+            description: 'Update the default contact point to a method other than the example email address.',
             button: {
               type: 'openLink',
               urlLink: {