diff --git a/integration-tests/ccip-tests/actions/ccip_helpers.go b/integration-tests/ccip-tests/actions/ccip_helpers.go
index 5bc98b853e..19788eb5d3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/ccip-tests/actions/ccip_helpers.go
+++ b/integration-tests/ccip-tests/actions/ccip_helpers.go
@@ -992,10 +992,8 @@ func (ccipModule *CCIPCommon) DeployContracts(noOfTokens int,
 		ccipModule.BridgeTokenPools = pools
 	}
 
-	if ccipModule.PriceRegistry == nil {
-		if ccipModule.ExistingDeployment {
-			return fmt.Errorf("price registry contract address is not provided in lane config")
-		}
+	// no need to have price registry for existing deployment, we consider that it's already deployed
+	if ccipModule.PriceRegistry == nil && !ccipModule.ExistingDeployment {
 		// we will update the price updates later based on source and dest PriceUpdates
 		ccipModule.PriceRegistry, err = cd.DeployPriceRegistry(
 			[]common.Address{
@@ -1023,11 +1021,9 @@ func (ccipModule *CCIPCommon) DeployContracts(noOfTokens int,
 	}
 
 	// if the version is after 1.4.0, we need to deploy TokenAdminRegistry
-	if ccipModule.NeedTokenAdminRegistry() {
+	// no need to have token admin registry for existing deployment, we consider that it's already deployed
+	if ccipModule.NeedTokenAdminRegistry() && !ccipModule.ExistingDeployment {
 		if ccipModule.TokenAdminRegistry == nil {
-			if ccipModule.ExistingDeployment {
-				return fmt.Errorf("token admin registry contract address is not provided in lane config")
-			}
 			// deploy token admin registry
 			ccipModule.TokenAdminRegistry, err = cd.DeployTokenAdminRegistry()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -1061,6 +1057,7 @@ func (ccipModule *CCIPCommon) DeployContracts(noOfTokens int,
 		}
 	}
 	log.Info().Msg("finished deploying common contracts")
+
 	// approve router to spend fee token
 	return ccipModule.ApproveTokens()
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/ccip-tests/contracts/laneconfig/parse_contracts.go b/integration-tests/ccip-tests/contracts/laneconfig/parse_contracts.go
index b40eedcb22..9425ea5db0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/ccip-tests/contracts/laneconfig/parse_contracts.go
+++ b/integration-tests/ccip-tests/contracts/laneconfig/parse_contracts.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type CommonContracts struct {
 	PriceAggregators   map[string]string `json:"price_aggregators,omitempty"`
 	ARM                string            `json:"arm"`
 	Router             string            `json:"router"`
-	PriceRegistry      string            `json:"price_registry"`
+	PriceRegistry      string            `json:"price_registry,omitempty"`
 	WrappedNative      string            `json:"wrapped_native"`
 	Multicall          string            `json:"multicall,omitempty"`
 	TokenTransmitter   string            `json:"token_transmitter,omitempty"`