diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/namespace.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/namespace.go
index 7c3910af1f0..4080302f170 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/namespace.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/namespace.go
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("OrderedNamespaceDeletion", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("namespacedeletion")
 	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelBaseline
 
-	f.It("namespace deletion should delete pod first", feature.OrderedNamespaceDeletion, framework.WithFeatureGate(features.OrderedNamespaceDeletion), func(ctx context.Context) {
+	f.It("namespace deletion should delete pod first", framework.WithFeatureGate(features.OrderedNamespaceDeletion), framework.WithSerial(), func(ctx context.Context) {
 		ensurePodsAreRemovedFirstInOrderedNamespaceDeletion(ctx, f)
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
index 86caa4e5cee..08851b5946a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
+++ b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
@@ -313,10 +313,6 @@ var (
 	// Tests aiming to verify oom_score functionality
 	OOMScoreAdj = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("OOMScoreAdj"))
 
-	// Owner: sig-api-machinery
-	// Marks tests that enforce ordered namespace deletion.
-	OrderedNamespaceDeletion = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("OrderedNamespaceDeletion"))
-
 	// Owner: sig-node
 	// Verify ProcMount feature.
 	// Used in combination with user namespaces