diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
index 72e34262350..f2e31c8197f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/networking_utils.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
-	k8utilnet "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -76,16 +75,6 @@ const (
 // NetexecImageName is the image name for agnhost.
 var NetexecImageName = imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Agnhost)
 
-// TranslateIPv4ToIPv6 maps an IPv4 address into a valid IPv6 address
-// adding the well known prefix "0::ffff:" https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2765
-// if the ip is IPv4 and the cluster IPFamily is IPv6, otherwise returns the same ip
-func TranslateIPv4ToIPv6(ip string) string {
-	if TestContext.IPFamily == "ipv6" && !k8utilnet.IsIPv6String(ip) && ip != "" {
-		ip = "0::ffff:" + ip
-	}
-	return ip
-}
-
 // NewNetworkingTestConfig creates and sets up a new test config helper.
 func NewNetworkingTestConfig(f *Framework) *NetworkingTestConfig {
 	config := &NetworkingTestConfig{f: f, Namespace: f.Namespace.Name, HostNetwork: true}
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
index 7a7bdf920bf..ef83680617b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/api/compute/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/net:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
index 231f06a11e0..57aaa9395d4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/predicates.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
+	k8utilnet "k8s.io/utils/net"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 
@@ -810,7 +811,7 @@ func CreateNodeSelectorPods(f *framework.Framework, id string, replicas int, nod
 
 // create pod which using hostport on the specified node according to the nodeSelector
 func createHostPortPodOnNode(f *framework.Framework, podName, ns, hostIP string, port int32, protocol v1.Protocol, nodeSelector map[string]string, expectScheduled bool) {
-	hostIP = framework.TranslateIPv4ToIPv6(hostIP)
+	hostIP = translateIPv4ToIPv6(hostIP)
 	createPausePod(f, pausePodConfig{
 		Name: podName,
 		Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{
@@ -829,3 +830,13 @@ func createHostPortPodOnNode(f *framework.Framework, podName, ns, hostIP string,
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	}
 }
+
+// translateIPv4ToIPv6 maps an IPv4 address into a valid IPv6 address
+// adding the well known prefix "0::ffff:" https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2765
+// if the ip is IPv4 and the cluster IPFamily is IPv6, otherwise returns the same ip
+func translateIPv4ToIPv6(ip string) string {
+	if framework.TestContext.IPFamily == "ipv6" && !k8utilnet.IsIPv6String(ip) && ip != "" {
+		ip = "0::ffff:" + ip
+	}
+	return ip
+}