diff --git a/test/e2e/soak_namespace.go b/test/e2e/soak_namespace.go
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--- a/test/e2e/soak_namespace.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	//"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("ns-soak", func() {
-
-	//This namespace is modified throughout the course of the test.
-	var namespace *api.Namespace
-	var c *client.Client
-	var err error = nil
-	BeforeEach(func() {
-		By("Creating a kubernetes client")
-		c, err = loadClient()
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	})
-
-	AfterEach(func() {
-	})
-
-	// First test because it has no dependencies on variables created later on.
-	totalNS := 100
-	It("Namespaces should be deleted within 100 seconds", func() {
-		for n := 0; n < totalNS; n += 1 {
-			namespace, err = createTestingNS(fmt.Sprintf("nslifetest-%v", n), c)
-		}
-
-		//100 seconds after the ns are created, they should all be gone !
-		deletionCompleted := time.After(time.Duration(150) * time.Second)
-		deletionStart := time.After(time.Duration(10 * time.Second))
-		tick := time.Tick(2 * time.Second)
-	T:
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-deletionCompleted:
-				Logf("Timeout %v reached. Breaking!", deletionCompleted)
-				break T
-			case <-deletionStart:
-				print("STARTING DELETION")
-				nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				for _, item := range nsList.Items {
-					if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
-						print(item.Name)
-						if err := c.Namespaces().Delete(item.Name); err != nil {
-							Failf("Failed deleting error ::: --- %v ", err)
-						}
-					}
-					Logf("namespace : %v api call to delete is complete ", item)
-				}
-
-			case <-tick:
-				nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				var cnt = 0
-				for _, item := range nsList.Items {
-					if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
-						cnt++
-					}
-				}
-				Logf("currently remaining NS == %v", cnt)
-				//if all the ns's are gone, we break early
-				if cnt == 0 {
-					break T
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		for _, item := range nsList.Items {
-			if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
-				Failf("FAILED.  There is still a remaining ns %v", item.Name)
-			}
-			Logf("namespace : %v", item)
-		}
-
-	})
-
-})