diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
index 90f527a5d9f..867b31a1e34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ func NewDynamicResourceConsumer(name, nsName string, kind schema.GroupVersionKin
 		dynamicRequestSizeInMillicores, dynamicRequestSizeInMegabytes, dynamicRequestSizeCustomMetric, cpuLimit, memLimit, clientset, scaleClient, nil, nil)
 }
 
-// NewStaticResourceConsumer is a wrapper to create a new static ResourceConsumer
-// TODO this still defaults to replication controller
-func NewStaticResourceConsumer(name, nsName string, replicas, initCPUTotal, initMemoryTotal, initCustomMetric int, cpuLimit, memLimit int64, clientset clientset.Interface, scaleClient scaleclient.ScalesGetter) *ResourceConsumer {
-	return newResourceConsumer(name, nsName, KindRC, replicas, initCPUTotal, initMemoryTotal, initCustomMetric, staticConsumptionTimeInSeconds,
-		initCPUTotal/replicas, initMemoryTotal/replicas, initCustomMetric/replicas, cpuLimit, memLimit, clientset, scaleClient, nil, nil)
-}
-
 // NewMetricExporter is a wrapper to create a new ResourceConsumer for metrics exporter
 func NewMetricExporter(name, nsName string, podAnnotations, serviceAnnotations map[string]string, metricValue int, clientset clientset.Interface, scaleClient scaleclient.ScalesGetter) *ResourceConsumer {
 	return newResourceConsumer(name, nsName, KindDeployment, 1, 0, 0, metricValue, dynamicConsumptionTimeInSeconds,