diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index c1b97d7678f..3a439dc02f2 100755
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ readonly KUBE_TEST_TARGETS=($(kube::golang::test_targets))
 readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES=("${KUBE_TEST_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
 readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_TEST_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
 readonly KUBE_TEST_PORTABLE=(
-  test/images/network-tester/rc.json
-  test/images/network-tester/service.json
+  test/e2e/testing-manifests
   test/kubemark
   hack/e2e.go
   hack/e2e-internal
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index e13f3c2b55e..94ec99dc0b0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		var podPath string
 
 		BeforeEach(func() {
-			podPath = filepath.Join(testContext.RepoRoot, "docs/user-guide/pod.yaml")
-			By("creating the pod")
+			podPath = filepath.Join(testContext.RepoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "kubectl", "pod-with-readiness-probe.yaml")
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("creating the pod from %v", podPath))
 			runKubectlOrDie("create", "-f", podPath, fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns))
 			checkPodsRunningReady(c, ns, []string{simplePodName}, podStartTimeout)
 		})
diff --git a/test/e2e/serviceloadbalancers.go b/test/e2e/serviceloadbalancers.go
index 4b773c28e8b..c27fe90df35 100644
--- a/test/e2e/serviceloadbalancers.go
+++ b/test/e2e/serviceloadbalancers.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func getLoadBalancerControllers(repoRoot string, client *client.Client) []LBCTes
 	return []LBCTester{
 		&haproxyControllerTester{
 			name:   "haproxy",
-			cfg:    filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "haproxyrc.yaml"),
+			cfg:    filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "serviceloadbalancer", "haproxyrc.yaml"),
 			client: client,
 		},
 	}
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func getIngManagers(repoRoot string, client *client.Client) []*ingManager {
 	return []*ingManager{
 		{
 			name:        "netexec",
-			rcCfgPaths:  []string{filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "netexecrc.yaml")},
-			svcCfgPaths: []string{filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "netexecsvc.yaml")},
+			rcCfgPaths:  []string{filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "serviceloadbalancer", "netexecrc.yaml")},
+			svcCfgPaths: []string{filepath.Join(repoRoot, "test", "e2e", "testing-manifests", "serviceloadbalancer", "netexecsvc.yaml")},
 			svcNames:    []string{},
 			client:      client,
 		},
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/pod-with-readiness-probe.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/pod-with-readiness-probe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2a368d7e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/pod-with-readiness-probe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: nginx
+  labels:
+    name: nginx
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: nginx
+    image: nginx
+    ports:
+    - containerPort: 80
+    readinessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        path: /
+        port: 80
+      initialDelaySeconds: 5
+      timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/haproxyrc.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/haproxyrc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/haproxyrc.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/haproxyrc.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/netexecrc.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/netexecrc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/netexecrc.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/netexecrc.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/netexecsvc.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/netexecsvc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/netexecsvc.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/netexecsvc.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/nginxrc.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/nginxrc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/nginxrc.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/nginxrc.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/nginxsvc.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/nginxsvc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/nginxsvc.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/serviceloadbalancer/nginxsvc.yaml