diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientBlockingAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientBlockingAutoConfiguration.java
index 79f607a180..1b2752226b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientBlockingAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientBlockingAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnCloudPlatform;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.cloud.CloudPlatform;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.ConditionalOnBlockingDiscoveryEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ConditionalOnDiscoveryEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ConditionalOnDiscoveryHealthIndicatorEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.event.InstanceRegisteredEvent;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 @ConditionalOnDiscoveryEnabled
 @ConditionalOnKubernetesDiscoveryEnabled
+@ConditionalOnBlockingDiscoveryEnabled
 @ConditionalOnCloudPlatform(CloudPlatform.KUBERNETES)
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ DiscoveryClientHealthIndicatorProperties.class,
 		KubernetesDiscoveryClientProperties.class })
@@ -49,14 +50,12 @@ class KubernetesDiscoveryClientBlockingAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingClass("org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient")
 	RestTemplate restTemplate() {
 		return new RestTemplateBuilder().build();
 	}
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingClass("org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient")
 	KubernetesDiscoveryClient kubernetesDiscoveryClient(RestTemplate restTemplate,
 			KubernetesDiscoveryClientProperties properties) {
 		return new KubernetesDiscoveryClient(restTemplate, properties);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryAutoConfigurationTests.java
index c62e61ef58..e7e6c50202 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ void reactiveDisabledBlockingEnabledWebClientPresent() {
 	@Test
 	void reactiveDisabledBlockingEnabledWebClientMissing() {
 		setupWithFilteredClassLoader(null, "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
-				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=false",
+				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=false", "spring.cloud.discovery.blocking.enabled=false",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver");
 		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RestTemplate.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
-			assertThat(context).getBean("indicatorInitializer").isNotNull();
+			assertThat(context).getBean("indicatorInitializer").isNull();
 
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(WebClient.Builder.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ void reactiveDisabledBlockingEnabledWebClientMissingHealthIndicatorMissing() {
 				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=false",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver");
 		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RestTemplate.class);
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(RestTemplate.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean("indicatorInitializer");
 
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(WebClient.Builder.class);
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ void blockingHealthIndicatorDisabled() {
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver",
 				"spring.cloud.discovery.client.health-indicator.enabled=false");
 		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RestTemplate.class);
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(RestTemplate.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean("indicatorInitializer");
 
 			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(WebClient.Builder.class);
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ void reactiveEnabledBlockingEnabledWebClientPresent() {
 				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=true",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver");
 		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RestTemplate.class);
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(RestTemplate.class);
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 			assertThat(context).getBean("indicatorInitializer").isNotNull();
 
 			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(WebClient.Builder.class);
@@ -223,6 +223,48 @@ void reactiveEnabledBlockingEnabledWebClientMissing() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     '@ConditionalOnBlockingDiscoveryEnabled' is not matched.
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void testBlockingDisabled() {
+		setupWithFilteredClassLoader(WebClient.class, "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.discovery.blocking.enabled=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver");
+		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RestTemplate.class);
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).getBean("indicatorInitializer").isNull();
+
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(WebClient.Builder.class);
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).getBean("kubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator").isNull();
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - WebClient is on the classpath (this is asserted via the presence of beans that come
+	 *       from the reactive auto-configuration)
+	 *     - This has no impact of the creation of the blocking discovery client
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void testFor1426Issue() {
+		setupWithFilteredClassLoader(null, "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.discovery.blocking.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver");
+		applicationContextRunner.run(context -> {
+			// blocking client is present
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+
+			// reactive client is present
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+		});
+	}
+
 	private ApplicationContextRunner applicationContextRunner;
 
 	private void setupWithFilteredClassLoader(Class<?> cls, String... properties) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 0f9c2698dc..54fb77860e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.FilteredClassLoader;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ReactiveCommonsClientAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.DiscoveryClient;
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.ReactiveDiscoveryClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.health.reactive.ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.UtilAutoConfiguration;
 
@@ -45,8 +43,8 @@ void shouldWorkWithDefaults() {
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
 						"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver")
 				.withClassLoader(new FilteredClassLoader("org.springframework.web.reactive")).run(context -> {
-					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(DiscoveryClient.class);
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
 					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 				});
 	}
@@ -57,8 +55,8 @@ void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenDiscoveryDisabled() {
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.discovery.enabled=false",
 						"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver")
 				.run(context -> {
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(DiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 				});
 	}
@@ -69,8 +67,8 @@ void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenKubernetesDiscoveryDisabled() {
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.enabled=false",
 						"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver")
 				.run(context -> {
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(DiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 				});
 	}
@@ -79,10 +77,11 @@ void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenKubernetesDiscoveryDisabled() {
 	void shouldHaveReactiveDiscoveryClient() {
 		contextRunner
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+						"spring.cloud.discovery.blocking.enabled=false",
 						"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver")
 				.run(context -> {
-					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
-					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(DiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesDiscoveryClient.class);
 					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 				});
 	}
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ void shouldHaveReactiveDiscoveryClient() {
 	@Test
 	void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenReactiveDiscoveryDisabled() {
 		contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.discovery.reactive.enabled=false").run(context -> {
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 		});
 	}
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenReactiveDiscoveryDisabled() {
 	@Test
 	void shouldNotHaveDiscoveryClientWhenKubernetesDisabled() {
 		contextRunner.run(context -> {
-			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
 			assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 		});
 	}
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ void worksWithoutActuator() {
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
 						"spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.discovery-server-url=http://k8sdiscoveryserver")
 				.withClassLoader(new FilteredClassLoader("org.springframework.boot.actuate")).run(context -> {
-					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(KubernetesReactiveDiscoveryClient.class);
 					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ReactiveDiscoveryClientHealthIndicator.class);
 				});
 	}