diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
index a420d784e72..3bbf6bdb6c2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
@@ -81,32 +81,6 @@ func (c *PodClient) Create(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
 	return p
 }
 
-// CreateEventually retries pod creation for a while before failing
-// the test with the most recent error. This mimicks the behavior
-// of a controller (like the one for DaemonSet) and is necessary
-// because pod creation can fail while its service account is still
-// getting provisioned
-// (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/68776).
-//
-// Both the timeout and polling interval are configurable as optional
-// arguments:
-// - The first optional argument is the timeout.
-// - The second optional argument is the polling interval.
-//
-// Both intervals can either be specified as time.Duration, parsable
-// duration strings or as floats/integers. In the last case they are
-// interpreted as seconds.
-func (c *PodClient) CreateEventually(pod *v1.Pod, opts ...interface{}) *v1.Pod {
-	c.mungeSpec(pod)
-	var ret *v1.Pod
-	gomega.Eventually(func() error {
-		p, err := c.PodInterface.Create(pod)
-		ret = p
-		return err
-	}, opts...).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create %q pod", pod.GetName())
-	return ret
-}
-
 // CreateSyncInNamespace creates a new pod according to the framework specifications in the given namespace, and waits for it to start.
 func (c *PodClient) CreateSyncInNamespace(pod *v1.Pod, namespace string) *v1.Pod {
 	p := c.Create(pod)