diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/aarch64.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/aarch64.yaml
index ec8607575e..92f1bab555 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/aarch64.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/aarch64.yaml
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ kubernetes:
   - k8s-limit-range
   - k8s-number-cpus
   - k8s-oom
-  - k8s-qos-pods
-  - k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats
+  - k8s-qos-pods
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/ppc64le.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/ppc64le.yaml
index 33a45e151e..dcff675e81 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/ppc64le.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ kubernetes:
   - k8s-inotify
   - k8s-limit-range
   - k8s-number-cpus
-  - k8s-oom
-  - k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats
+  - k8s-oom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/s390x.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/s390x.yaml
index 1bd80590ba..57de88adfb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/s390x.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/filter_out_per_arch/s390x.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@
 kubernetes:
   - k8s-caps
   - k8s-inotify
-  - k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation # see https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/9093
-  - k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats
+  - k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation # see https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/9093
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats
deleted file mode 100644
index 3353a66d40..0000000000
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bats
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024 Microsoft.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
-load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
-
-setup() {
-	get_pod_config_dir
-	pod_name="nginxhttps"
-	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/pod-manifest-v1.yaml"
-	auto_generate_policy "${pod_config_dir}" "${pod_yaml}"
-}
-
-@test "Deploy manifest v1 pod" {
-
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_yaml}"
-
-	# Wait for pod to start
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
-}
-
-teardown() {
-	# Debugging information
-	kubectl describe "pod/$pod_name"
-
-	kubectl delete pod "$pod_name"
-}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index 24d701e4e1..b6f62d93d2 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ else
 		"k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats" \
 	)
 
-	# When testing auto-generated policy, the genpolicy tool:
-	# - Is able to pull this older format container image by pulling through containerd.
-	# - Fails to pull the same container image by using the oci_distribution crate.
-	# Pulling through containerd might not be practical for all users, so both pulling
-	# methods are supported for most container images.
-	if [ "${GENPOLICY_PULL_METHOD}" == "containerd" ]; then
-		K8S_TEST_SMALL_HOST_UNION+=("k8s-pod-manifest-v1.bats")
-	fi
-
 	K8S_TEST_NORMAL_HOST_UNION=( \
 		"k8s-number-cpus.bats" \
 		"k8s-parallel.bats" \
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-manifest-v1.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-manifest-v1.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92c029b4c7..0000000000
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-manifest-v1.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024 Microsoft
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: nginxhttps
-  
-spec:
-  runtimeClassName: kata
-  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
-  containers:
-    - name: nginxhttps
-      image: "docker.io/ymqytw/nginxhttps:1.5"
-      ports:
-        - containerPort: 80