diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
index 130be1829..261454bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HOST_OS: ${{ matrix.host_os }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
index bb4c5d0bd..4260f4335 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBECONFIG: /home/kata/.kube/config
+      KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
index fde2131a7..34cb5e6cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBECONFIG: /home/kata/.kube/config
+      KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
index 3cf2e9b10..1e15dd5a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: "k3s"
       USING_NFD: "true"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index c12f886cf..657d7161a 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function deploy_kata() {
     echo "::endgroup::"
 
     kubectl apply -f "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-rbac/base/kata-rbac.yaml"
-    if [ "${platform}" = "tdx" ]; then
+    if [ "${KUBERNETES}" = "k3s" ]; then
         kubectl apply -k "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/k3s"
     else
         kubectl apply -f "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml"
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function cleanup() {
     kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=default
     kubectl delete namespace kata-containers-k8s-tests
 
-    if [ "${platform}" = "tdx" ]; then
+    if [ "${KUBERNETES}" = "k3s" ]; then
         deploy_spec="-k "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/overlays/k3s""
         cleanup_spec="-k "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-cleanup/overlays/k3s""
     else