diff --git a/test/e2e/common/sysctl.go b/test/e2e/common/sysctl.go
index 3c26f7bc07d..457ab3317b1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/sysctl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/sysctl.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Sysctls [LinuxOnly] [NodeFeature:Sysctls]", func
 		gomega.Expect(ev).To(gomega.BeNil())
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for pod completion")
-		err = f.WaitForPodNoLongerRunning(pod.Name)
+		err = e2epod.WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		pod, err = podClient.Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Sysctls [LinuxOnly] [NodeFeature:Sysctls]", func
 		gomega.Expect(ev).To(gomega.BeNil())
 
 		ginkgo.By("Waiting for pod completion")
-		err = f.WaitForPodNoLongerRunning(pod.Name)
+		err = e2epod.WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, pod.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		pod, err = podClient.Get(context.TODO(), pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index e574a8ee3b9..e05b0615eb3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -539,12 +539,6 @@ func (f *Framework) WaitForPodRunningSlow(podName string) error {
 	return e2epod.WaitForPodRunningInNamespaceSlow(f.ClientSet, podName, f.Namespace.Name)
 }
 
-// WaitForPodNoLongerRunning waits for the pod to no longer be running in the namespace, for either
-// success or failure.
-func (f *Framework) WaitForPodNoLongerRunning(podName string) error {
-	return e2epod.WaitForPodNoLongerRunningInNamespace(f.ClientSet, podName, f.Namespace.Name)
-}
-
 // ClientConfig an externally accessible method for reading the kube client config.
 func (f *Framework) ClientConfig() *rest.Config {
 	ret := rest.CopyConfig(f.clientConfig)