diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index 6b5154f5f0e..c5bcdc60ed5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ const (
 	kubeCtlManifestPath      = "test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl"
 	redisControllerFilename  = "redis-master-controller.json"
 	redisServiceFilename     = "redis-master-service.json"
-	kubectlInPodFilename     = "kubectl-in-pod.json"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -538,6 +537,9 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				Expect(logOutput).ToNot(ContainSubstring("stdin closed"))
 				return strings.Contains(logOutput, "abcd1234"), nil
 			})
+			if err != nil {
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
 			Expect(c.Batch().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test-3", nil)).To(BeNil())
@@ -561,30 +563,6 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl should be able to talk to api server", func() {
-		It("kubectl running in a pod could talk to api server [Conformance]", func() {
-			framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gke")
-			nsFlag := fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns)
-			podJson := readTestFileOrDie(kubectlInPodFilename)
-			By("validating api verions")
-			framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(podJson), "create", "-f", "-", nsFlag)
-			err := wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-				output := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("get", "pods/kubectl-in-pod", nsFlag)
-				if strings.Contains(output, "Running") {
-					return true, nil
-				} else {
-					return false, nil
-				}
-			})
-			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-			output := framework.RunKubectlOrDie("exec", "kubectl-in-pod", nsFlag, "--", "kubectl", "version")
-			if !strings.Contains(output, "Server Version") {
-				framework.Failf("kubectl in the pod fails to talk to api server")
-			}
-			framework.RunKubectlOrDie("delete", "pods", "kubectl-in-pod", nsFlag)
-		})
-	})
-
 	framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl api-versions", func() {
 		It("should check if v1 is in available api versions [Conformance]", func() {
 			By("validating api verions")
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/kubectl-in-pod.json b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/kubectl-in-pod.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c4d76cd7e..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/kubectl-in-pod.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "apiVersion": "v1",
-  "kind": "Pod",
-  "metadata": {
-    "name": "kubectl-in-pod"
-  },
-  "spec": {
-    "containers": [
-      {
-        "name": "busybox",
-        "image": "busybox",
-        "stdin": true,
-        "stdinOnce": true,
-        "tty": true,
-        "volumeMounts": [{
-          "mountPath": "/usr/bin/kubectl",
-          "name": "kubectl"
-        }]
-      }
-    ],
-    "volumes": [{
-      "name":"kubectl",
-      "hostPath":{"path": "/usr/bin/kubectl"}
-    }]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/test_owners.csv b/test/test_owners.csv
index de32346f011..79e5ffe50f5 100644
--- a/test/test_owners.csv
+++ b/test/test_owners.csv
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ Kubectl client Kubectl run deployment should create a deployment from an image,j
 Kubectl client Kubectl run job should create a job from an image when restart is OnFailure,soltysh,1
 Kubectl client Kubectl run pod should create a pod from an image when restart is Never,janetkuo,0
 Kubectl client Kubectl run rc should create an rc from an image,janetkuo,0
-Kubectl client Kubectl should be able to talk to api server kubectl running in a pod could talk to api server,ymqytw,0
 Kubectl client Kubectl taint should remove all the taints with the same key off a node,erictune,1
 Kubectl client Kubectl taint should update the taint on a node,pwittrock,0
 Kubectl client Kubectl version should check is all data is printed,janetkuo,0