diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index 7197d287344..b482d30356c 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ long-running-request-regexp
 low-diskspace-threshold-mb
 make-iptables-util-chains
 make-symlinks
-manifest-path
 manifest-url
 manifest-url-header
 masquerade-all
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Dockerfile b/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Dockerfile
index 8e490331f54..7424cc9e727 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Dockerfile
@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ COPY e2e_node.test /usr/local/bin
 
 # The following environment variables can be override when starting the container.
 # FOCUS is regex matching test to run. By default run all conformance test.
-# SKIP is regex matching test to skip. By default empty.
+# SKIP is regex matching test to skip. By default skip flaky and serial test.
 # PARALLELISM is the number of processes the test will run in parallel.
 # REPORT_PATH is the path in the container to save test result and logs.
-# MANIFEST_PATH is the kubelet manifest path in the container.
 # FLAKE_ATTEMPTS is the time to retry when there is a test failure. By default 2.
 # TEST_ARGS is the test arguments passed into the test.
 ENV FOCUS="\[Conformance\]" \
 	   SKIP="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]" \
 	   PARALLELISM=8 \
 	   REPORT_PATH="/var/result" \
-	   MANIFEST_PATH="/etc/manifest" \
 	   FLAKE_ATTEMPTS=2 \
 	   TEST_ARGS=""
 
@@ -40,5 +38,5 @@ ENTRYPOINT ginkgo --focus="$FOCUS" \
 	/usr/local/bin/e2e_node.test \
 	-- --conformance=true \
 	--prepull-images=false \
-	--manifest-path="$MANIFEST_PATH"\
-	--report-dir="$REPORT_PATH $TEST_ARGS"
+	--report-dir="$REPORT_PATH" \
+	$TEST_ARGS
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Makefile b/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Makefile
index 2ac003f747b..5b8ec5e92f2 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Makefile
+++ b/test/e2e_node/conformance/build/Makefile
@@ -56,5 +56,9 @@ endif
 
 push: build
 	gcloud docker push ${REGISTRY}/node-test-${ARCH}:${VERSION}
+ifeq ($(ARCH),amd64)
+	docker tag ${REGISTRY}/node-test-${ARCH}:${VERSION} ${REGISTRY}/node-test:${VERSION}
+	gcloud docker -- push ${REGISTRY}/node-test:${VERSION}
+endif
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh b/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
index a1ad7af0f5c..c70603066ef 100755
--- a/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e_node/conformance/run_test.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 # TODO(random-liu): Use standard installer to install kubelet.
 # TODO(random-liu): Use standard tool to start kubelet in production way (such
 # as systemd, supervisord etc.)
-# TODO(random-liu): Initialize kubelet with standard configmap after dynamic
-# configuration landing, so that all test could get the current kubelet
-# configuration and react accordingly.
 
 # Refresh sudo credentials if not running on GCE.
 if ! ping -c 1 -q metadata.google.internal &> /dev/null; then
@@ -42,6 +39,10 @@ FOCUS=${FOCUS:-""}
 # flaky and serial test.
 SKIP=${SKIP:-""}
 
+# TEST_ARGS is the test arguments. It could be used to override default test
+# arguments in the container.
+TEST_ARGS=${TEST_ARGS:-""}
+
 # REGISTRY is the image registry for node test image.
 REGISTRY=${REGISTRY:-"gcr.io/google_containers"}
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ REGISTRY=${REGISTRY:-"gcr.io/google_containers"}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-"amd64"}
 
 # VERSION is the version of the test container image.
-VERSION=${VERSION:-"0.1"}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-"0.2"}
 
 # KUBELET_BIN is the kubelet binary name. If it is not specified, use the
 # default binary name "kubelet".
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ wait_kubelet() {
       echo "Kubelet is ready"
       break
     fi
-    if [ $cur -eq $maxRetry]; then
+    if [ $cur -eq $maxRetry ]; then
       echo "Health check exceeds max retry"
       exit 1
     fi
@@ -119,17 +120,20 @@ kill_kubelet() {
 run_test() {
   env=""
   if [ ! -z "$FOCUS" ]; then
-    env="$env -e FOCUS=$FOCUS"
+    env="$env -e FOCUS=\"$FOCUS\""
   fi
   if [ ! -z "$SKIP" ]; then
-    env="$env -e SKIP=$SKIP"
+    env="$env -e SKIP=\"$SKIP\""
+  fi
+  if [ ! -z "$TEST_ARGS" ]; then
+    env="$env -e TEST_ARGS=\"$TEST_ARGS\""
   fi
   # The test assumes that inside the container:
-  # * kubelet manifest path is mounted to /etc/manifest;
+  # * kubelet manifest path is mounted to the same path;
   # * log collect directory is mounted to /var/result;
   # * root file system is mounted to /rootfs.
-  sudo docker run -it --rm --privileged=true --net=host  -v /:/rootfs \
-    -v $config_dir:/etc/manifest -v $LOG_DIR:/var/result $env $REGISTRY/node-test-$ARCH:$VERSION
+  sudo sh -c "docker run -it --rm --privileged=true --net=host -v /:/rootfs \
+    -v $config_dir:$config_dir -v $LOG_DIR:/var/result ${env} $REGISTRY/node-test-$ARCH:$VERSION"
 }
 
 # Check whether kubelet is running. If kubelet is running, tell the user to stop
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
index 5287b1956e4..3a6ab5bea42 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
@@ -257,7 +257,10 @@ func containerGCTest(f *framework.Framework, test testRun) {
 
 // Runs containerGCTest using the docker runtime.
 func dockerContainerGCTest(f *framework.Framework, test testRun) {
-	runtime := docker.ConnectToDockerOrDie(defaultDockerEndpoint, defaultRuntimeRequestTimeoutDuration)
+	var runtime docker.DockerInterface
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		runtime = docker.ConnectToDockerOrDie(defaultDockerEndpoint, defaultRuntimeRequestTimeoutDuration)
+	})
 	for _, pod := range test.testPods {
 		// Initialize the getContainerNames function to use the dockertools api
 		thisPrefix := pod.containerPrefix