diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index d7a9bbb7486..e0c30a1b9ea 100644
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES=("${KUBE_TEST_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
 readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_TEST_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
 readonly KUBE_TEST_PORTABLE=(
   api/examples/pod.json
-  test/e2e/pod.json
   contrib/for-tests/network-tester/rc.json
   contrib/for-tests/network-tester/service.json
   hack/e2e.go
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubelet_sends_events.go b/test/e2e/kubelet_sends_events.go
index 2b9da6b428c..b0eb0c47cab 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubelet_sends_events.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubelet_sends_events.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -39,10 +40,26 @@ func TestKubeletSendsEvent(c *client.Client) bool {
 
 	podClient := c.Pods(api.NamespaceDefault)
 
-	pod := loadPodOrDie(assetPath("test", "e2e", "pod.json"))
+	name := "send-events-" + string(util.NewUUID())
 	value := strconv.Itoa(time.Now().Nanosecond())
-	pod.Labels["time"] = value
-
+	pod := &api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: name,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"name": "foo",
+				"time": value,
+			},
+		},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{
+					Name:  "p",
+					Image: "kubernetes/serve_hostname",
+					Ports: []api.Port{{ContainerPort: 80, HostPort: 8080}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	_, err := podClient.Create(pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to create pod: %v", err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod.json b/test/e2e/pod.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d6cc38eac82..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e/pod.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "kind": "Pod",
-  "apiVersion": "v1beta1",
-  "id": "p",
-  "desiredState": {
-    "manifest": {
-      "version": "v1beta1",
-      "id": "p",
-      "containers": [{
-        "name": "p",
-        "image": "kubernetes/serve_hostname",
-        "ports": [{
-          "containerPort": 80,
-          "hostPort": 8080
-        }],
-      }]
-    }
-  },
-  "labels": {
-    "name": "foo"
-  }
-}
-