diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index a2e6fd173ab..3947b3b7481 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -304,16 +304,13 @@ GCE_PARALLEL_SKIP_TESTS=(
 # release branches defines relevant jobs for that particular version of
 # Kubernetes.
 case ${JOB_NAME} in
-  # Runs all non-flaky, non-slow tests on GCE, sequentially.
+  # Runs all non-slow, non-serial, non-flaky, tests on GCE in parallel.
   kubernetes-e2e-gce)
     : ${E2E_CLUSTER_NAME:="jenkins-gce-e2e"}
     : ${E2E_PUBLISH_GREEN_VERSION:="true"}
     : ${E2E_NETWORK:="e2e-gce"}
-    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
-          )"}
+    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]|\[Disruptive\]|\[Flaky\]|\[Feature:.+\]"}
+    : ${GINKGO_PARALLEL:="y"}
     : ${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="e2e-gce"}
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gce"}
     : ${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:=true}
@@ -591,17 +588,15 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
     ;;
 
-  kubernetes-e2e-gke-ci)
+  # Runs all non-slow, non-serial, non-flaky, tests on GKE in parallel.
+  kubernetes-e2e-gke)
     : ${E2E_CLUSTER_NAME:="jkns-gke-e2e-ci"}
     : ${E2E_NETWORK:="e2e-gke-ci"}
     : ${E2E_SET_CLUSTER_API_VERSION:=y}
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gke-ci"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
-    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
-          ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
-          )"}
+    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]|\[Disruptive\]|\[Flaky\]|\[Feature:.+\]"}
+    : ${GINKGO_PARALLEL:="y"}
     ;;
 
   # Run the GCE_PARALLEL_SKIP_TESTS on GKE.
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
index d86935da498..7f2d38f5483 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
@@ -73,15 +73,8 @@
     branch: 'master'
     emails: '$DEFAULT_RECIPIENTS, cloud-kubernetes-alerts@google.com'
     suffix:
-        - 'gke-ci':
-            description: |
-                Run e2e tests using the following config:<br>
-                - provider: GKE<br>
-                - apiary: staging<br>
-                - borg job: test<br>
-                - client (kubectl): ci/latest.txt<br>
-                - cluster (k8s): ci/latest.txt<br>
-                - tests: ci/latest.txt
+        - 'gke':
+            description: Runs all non-slow, non-serial, non-flaky, tests on GKE in parallel (against GKE test endpoint)
             timeout: 300
         - 'gke-ci-reboot':
             description: |