diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
index e4d598348f9..5b3d9c750ed 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
@@ -828,3 +828,26 @@ func matchContainerDevices(ident string, contDevs []*kubeletpodresourcesv1.Conta
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// getSampleDevicePluginPod returns the Sample Device Plugin pod to be used e2e tests.
+func getSampleDevicePluginPod(pluginSockDir string) *v1.Pod {
+	data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SampleDevicePluginDSYAML)
+	if err != nil {
+		framework.Fail(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	ds := readDaemonSetV1OrDie(data)
+	dp := &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: SampleDevicePluginName,
+		},
+		Spec: ds.Spec.Template.Spec,
+	}
+	for i := range dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
+		if dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Name == SampleDeviceEnvVarNamePluginSockDir {
+			dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Value = pluginSockDir
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dp
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
index e6e7da29766..aabe5a25da7 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/image_list.go
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	internalapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis"
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 	commontest "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2egpu "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/gpu"
 	e2emanifest "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/manifest"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
@@ -244,29 +241,6 @@ func getContainerImageFromE2ETestDaemonset(dsYamlPath string) (string, error) {
 	return ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image, nil
 }
 
-// getSampleDevicePluginPod returns the Sample Device Plugin pod to be used e2e tests.
-func getSampleDevicePluginPod(pluginSockDir string) *v1.Pod {
-	data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SampleDevicePluginDSYAML)
-	if err != nil {
-		framework.Fail(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	ds := readDaemonSetV1OrDie(data)
-	dp := &v1.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: SampleDevicePluginName,
-		},
-		Spec: ds.Spec.Template.Spec,
-	}
-	for i := range dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
-		if dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Name == SampleDeviceEnvVarNamePluginSockDir {
-			dp.Spec.Containers[0].Env[i].Value = pluginSockDir
-		}
-	}
-
-	return dp
-}
-
 // getSRIOVDevicePluginImage returns the image of SRIOV device plugin.
 func getSRIOVDevicePluginImage() (string, error) {
 	data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SRIOVDevicePluginDSYAML)