diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 4f5ebad611d..3fb59b78213 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pkg/volume/azure_dd
 pkg/volume/gcepd
 pkg/volume/testing
 test/e2e/autoscaling
-test/e2e_node
 test/integration/examples
 test/integration/framework
 test/integration/garbagecollector
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/gke_environment_test.go b/test/e2e_node/gke_environment_test.go
index 5bb29597aae..b601db42ca1 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/gke_environment_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/gke_environment_test.go
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("GKE system requirements [NodeConformance][Featur
 		framework.ExpectNoError(checkDockerSeccomp())
 	})
 	ginkgo.It("The docker storage driver should work", func() {
-		e2eskipper.Skipf("GKE does not currently require overlay")
 		framework.ExpectNoError(checkDockerStorageDriver())
 	})
 })