diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/clusterresolver.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/clusterresolver.go
index d49014cfa43..9b373fb3697 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/clusterresolver.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/clusterresolver.go
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/attributes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/connectivity"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/buffer"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/grpclog"
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/resolver"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/serviceconfig"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/balancer/priority"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/xdsclient"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource"
 )
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ func (bb) ParseConfig(c json.RawMessage) (serviceconfig.LoadBalancingConfig, err
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(c, &cfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal balancer config %s into cluster-resolver config, error: %v", string(c), err)
 	}
+	if lbp := cfg.XDSLBPolicy; lbp != nil && !strings.EqualFold(lbp.Name, roundrobin.Name) && !strings.EqualFold(lbp.Name, ringhash.Name) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported child policy with name %q, not one of {%q,%q}", lbp.Name, roundrobin.Name, ringhash.Name)
+	}
 	return &cfg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
index cb870027a4e..2458b106772 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin"
 	internalserviceconfig "google.golang.org/grpc/internal/serviceconfig"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/serviceconfig"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/xdsclient/bootstrap"
 )
 
@@ -167,19 +164,3 @@ type LBConfig struct {
 	// is responsible for both locality picking and endpoint picking.
 	XDSLBPolicy *internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig `json:"xdsLbPolicy,omitempty"`
 }
-
-const (
-	rrName = roundrobin.Name
-	rhName = ringhash.Name
-)
-
-func parseConfig(c json.RawMessage) (*LBConfig, error) {
-	var cfg LBConfig
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(c, &cfg); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if lbp := cfg.XDSLBPolicy; lbp != nil && !strings.EqualFold(lbp.Name, rrName) && !strings.EqualFold(lbp.Name, rhName) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported child policy with name %q, not one of {%q,%q}", lbp.Name, rrName, rhName)
-	}
-	return &cfg, nil
-}
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config_test.go
index fb859e75ba4..6e2d8624050 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/balancer/stub"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
 	internalserviceconfig "google.golang.org/grpc/internal/serviceconfig"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/xds/internal/xdsclient/bootstrap"
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ func TestDiscoveryMechanismTypeUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// This is needed now for the config parsing tests to pass. Otherwise they
-	// will fail with "RING_HASH unsupported".
-	//
-	// TODO: delete this once ring-hash policy is implemented and imported.
-	stub.Register(rhName, stub.BalancerFuncs{})
-}
-
 const (
 	testJSONConfig1 = `{
   "discoveryMechanisms": [{
@@ -257,7 +249,7 @@ func TestParseConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				XDSLBPolicy: &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{
 					Name:   ringhash.Name,
-					Config: nil,
+					Config: &ringhash.LBConfig{MinRingSize: 1024, MaxRingSize: 8388608}, // Ringhash LB config with default min and max.
 				},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
@@ -269,11 +261,22 @@ func TestParseConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
+		b := balancer.Get(Name)
+		if b == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("LB policy %q not registered", Name)
+		}
+		cfgParser, ok := b.(balancer.ConfigParser)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("LB policy %q does not support config parsing", Name)
+		}
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := parseConfig([]byte(tt.js))
+			got, err := cfgParser.ParseConfig([]byte(tt.js))
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Fatalf("parseConfig() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				return
+			}
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("parseConfig() got unexpected output, diff (-got +want): %v", diff)
 			}
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
index dc91d7fbd13..186409bf9bc 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
@@ -304,22 +304,22 @@ func priorityLocalitiesToClusterImpl(localities []xdsresource.Locality, priority
 		// ChildPolicy is not set. Will be set based on xdsLBPolicy
 	}
 
-	if xdsLBPolicy == nil || xdsLBPolicy.Name == rrName {
+	if xdsLBPolicy == nil || xdsLBPolicy.Name == roundrobin.Name {
 		// If lb policy is ROUND_ROBIN:
 		// - locality-picking policy is weighted_target
 		// - endpoint-picking policy is round_robin
-		logger.Infof("xds lb policy is %q, building config with weighted_target + round_robin", rrName)
+		logger.Infof("xds lb policy is %q, building config with weighted_target + round_robin", roundrobin.Name)
 		// Child of weighted_target is hardcoded to round_robin.
 		wtConfig, addrs := localitiesToWeightedTarget(localities, priorityName, rrBalancerConfig)
 		clusterImplCfg.ChildPolicy = &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{Name: weightedtarget.Name, Config: wtConfig}
 		return clusterImplCfg, addrs, nil
 	}
 
-	if xdsLBPolicy.Name == rhName {
+	if xdsLBPolicy.Name == ringhash.Name {
 		// If lb policy is RIHG_HASH, will build one ring_hash policy as child.
 		// The endpoints from all localities will be flattened to one addresses
 		// list, and the ring_hash policy will pick endpoints from it.
-		logger.Infof("xds lb policy is %q, building config with ring_hash", rhName)
+		logger.Infof("xds lb policy is %q, building config with ring_hash", ringhash.Name)
 		addrs := localitiesToRingHash(localities, priorityName)
 		// Set child to ring_hash, note that the ring_hash config is from
 		// xdsLBPolicy.
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func priorityLocalitiesToClusterImpl(localities []xdsresource.Locality, priority
 		return clusterImplCfg, addrs, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported xds LB policy %q, not one of {%q,%q}", xdsLBPolicy.Name, rrName, rhName)
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported xds LB policy %q, not one of {%q,%q}", xdsLBPolicy.Name, roundrobin.Name, ringhash.Name)
 }
 
 // localitiesToRingHash takes a list of localities (with the same priority), and
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder_test.go
index cfe7de65d1a..d050df11b02 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder_test.go
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ func TestPriorityLocalitiesToClusterImpl(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		priorityName: "test-priority",
-		childPolicy:  &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{Name: rrName},
+		childPolicy:  &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{Name: roundrobin.Name},
 		mechanism: DiscoveryMechanism{
 			Cluster:        testClusterName,
 			Type:           DiscoveryMechanismTypeEDS,
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func TestPriorityLocalitiesToClusterImpl(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			priorityName: "test-priority",
-			childPolicy:  &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{Name: rhName, Config: &ringhash.LBConfig{MinRingSize: 1, MaxRingSize: 2}},
+			childPolicy:  &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{Name: ringhash.Name, Config: &ringhash.LBConfig{MinRingSize: 1, MaxRingSize: 2}},
 			// lrsServer is nil, so LRS policy will not be used.
 			wantConfig: &clusterimpl.LBConfig{
 				ChildPolicy: &internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig{