diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index c7d9a1c33ee..7694023cc4e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -353,12 +353,7 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.SystemdServices, "systemd-services", "docker", "The comma separated list of systemd services the framework will dump logs for.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.DumpSystemdJournal, "dump-systemd-journal", false, "Whether to dump the full systemd journal.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.ImageServiceEndpoint, "image-service-endpoint", "", "The image service endpoint of cluster VM instances.")
-	// TODO: remove the node-role.kubernetes.io/master taint in 1.25 or later.
-	// The change will likely require an action for some users that do not
-	// use k8s originated tools like kubeadm or kOps for creating clusters
-	// and taint their control plane nodes with "master", expecting the test
-	// suite to work with this legacy non-blocking taint.
-	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.NonblockingTaints, "non-blocking-taints", `node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane,node-role.kubernetes.io/master`, "Nodes with taints in this comma-delimited list will not block the test framework from starting tests. The default taint 'node-role.kubernetes.io/master' is DEPRECATED and will be removed from the list in a future release.")
+	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.NonblockingTaints, "non-blocking-taints", `node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane`, "Nodes with taints in this comma-delimited list will not block the test framework from starting tests.")
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.ListImages, "list-images", false, "If true, will show list of images used for running tests.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.KubectlPath, "kubectl-path", "kubectl", "The kubectl binary to use. For development, you might use 'cluster/kubectl.sh' here.")