diff --git a/test/e2e/cluster_logging_gcl.go b/test/e2e/cluster_logging_gcl.go
index ccd87a455c6..9d5e65687ee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cluster_logging_gcl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/cluster_logging_gcl.go
@@ -31,20 +31,12 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-const (
-	increaseFluentdVerbosityCommand = "sudo sed -i 's/-q/-vv/g' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/fluentd-gcp.yaml;" +
-		" sudo sed -i 's/-q/-vv/g' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/fluentd-gcp-gci.yaml"
-)
-
 var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Cluster level logging using GCL", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("gcl-logging")
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		// TODO (crassirostris): Expand to GKE once the test is stable
 		framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("gce")
-
-		// TODO (crassirostris): Remove once the test is stable
-		increaseFluentdVerbosity(f)
 	})
 
 	It("should check that logs from containers are ingested in GCL", func() {
@@ -142,36 +134,3 @@ func readFilteredEntriesFromGcl(filter string) ([]string, error) {
 
 	return result, nil
 }
-
-func increaseFluentdVerbosity(f *framework.Framework) error {
-	masters, nodeList := framework.GetMasterAndWorkerNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
-
-	for master := range masters {
-		if err := increaseFluentdVerbosityOnNode(f, master); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, node := range nodeList.Items {
-		if err := increaseFluentdVerbosityOnNode(f, node.Name); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func increaseFluentdVerbosityOnNode(f *framework.Framework, nodeName string) error {
-	argList := []string{"compute",
-		"ssh",
-		nodeName,
-		"--project",
-		framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.ProjectID,
-		"--zone",
-		framework.TestContext.CloudConfig.Zone,
-		"--command",
-		increaseFluentdVerbosityCommand,
-	}
-
-	return exec.Command("gcloud", argList...).Run()
-}