diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 4cab88db40b..81e1204e147 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ type TestContextType struct {
 	GatherMetricsAfterTest            string
 	GatherSuiteMetricsAfterTest       bool
 	MaxNodesToGather                  int
-	AllowGatheringProfiles            bool
 	// If set to 'true' framework will gather ClusterAutoscaler metrics when gathering them for other components.
 	IncludeClusterAutoscalerMetrics bool
 	// Currently supported values are 'hr' for human-readable and 'json'. It's a comma separated list.
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.IntVar(&TestContext.MaxNodesToGather, "max-nodes-to-gather-from", 20, "The maximum number of nodes to gather extended info from on test failure.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.GatherMetricsAfterTest, "gather-metrics-at-teardown", "false", "If set to 'true' framework will gather metrics from all components after each test. If set to 'master' only master component metrics would be gathered.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.GatherSuiteMetricsAfterTest, "gather-suite-metrics-at-teardown", false, "If set to true framwork will gather metrics from all components after the whole test suite completes.")
-	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.AllowGatheringProfiles, "allow-gathering-profiles", true, "If set to true framework will allow to gather CPU/memory allocation pprof profiles from the master.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.IncludeClusterAutoscalerMetrics, "include-cluster-autoscaler", false, "If set to true, framework will include Cluster Autoscaler when gathering metrics.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.OutputPrintType, "output-print-type", "json", "Format in which summaries should be printed: 'hr' for human readable, 'json' for JSON ones.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.DumpLogsOnFailure, "dump-logs-on-failure", true, "If set to true test will dump data about the namespace in which test was running.")