diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
index 600410f8bb8..b7f5098ad40 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ go_library(
         "health_handlers.go",
         "namespace.go",
         "protocol.go",
-        "request_timeout.go",
         "resource_quota.go",
         "server_version.go",
         "table_conversion.go",
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/request_timeout.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/request_timeout.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 38a6341c807..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/request_timeout.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-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 apimachinery
-
-import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-)
-
-const (
-	invalidTimeoutMessageExpected = "invalid timeout specified in the request URL"
-	timeoutExceedsMaximumExpected = "timeout specified in the request URL exceeds the maximum timeout allowed by the server"
-)
-
-var _ = SIGDescribe("Server request timeout", func() {
-	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("request-timeout")
-
-	ginkgo.It("should return HTTP status code 400 if the user specifies an invalid timeout in the request URL", func() {
-		rt := getRoundTripper(f)
-		req := newRequest(f, "invalid")
-
-		response, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		defer response.Body.Close()
-
-		if response.StatusCode != http.StatusBadRequest {
-			framework.Failf("expected HTTP status code: %d, but got: %d", http.StatusBadRequest, response.StatusCode)
-		}
-
-		messageGot := readBody(response)
-		if !strings.Contains(messageGot, invalidTimeoutMessageExpected) {
-			framework.Failf("expected HTTP status message to contain: %s, but got: %s", invalidTimeoutMessageExpected, messageGot)
-		}
-	})
-
-	ginkgo.It("should return HTTP status code 400 if the specified timeout in the request URL exceeds maximum allowed", func() {
-		rt := getRoundTripper(f)
-		// Choose a timeout that exceeds the default timeout (60s) enforced by the apiserver
-		req := newRequest(f, "3m")
-
-		response, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		defer response.Body.Close()
-
-		if response.StatusCode != http.StatusBadRequest {
-			framework.Failf("expected HTTP status code: %d, but got: %d", http.StatusBadRequest, response.StatusCode)
-		}
-
-		messageGot := readBody(response)
-		if !strings.Contains(messageGot, timeoutExceedsMaximumExpected) {
-			framework.Failf("expected HTTP status message to contain: %s, but got: %s", timeoutExceedsMaximumExpected, messageGot)
-		}
-	})
-
-	ginkgo.It("default timeout should be used if the specified timeout in the request URL is 0s", func() {
-		rt := getRoundTripper(f)
-		req := newRequest(f, "0s")
-
-		response, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		defer response.Body.Close()
-
-		if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-			framework.Failf("expected HTTP status code: %d, but got: %d", http.StatusOK, response.StatusCode)
-		}
-	})
-})
-
-func getRoundTripper(f *framework.Framework) http.RoundTripper {
-	config := rest.CopyConfig(f.ClientConfig())
-
-	// ensure we don't enforce any transport timeout from the client side.
-	config.Timeout = 0
-
-	roundTripper, err := rest.TransportFor(config)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-
-	return roundTripper
-}
-
-func newRequest(f *framework.Framework, timeout string) *http.Request {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, f.ClientSet.CoreV1().RESTClient().Get().
-		Param("timeout", timeout).AbsPath("version").URL().String(), nil)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-
-	return req
-}
-
-func readBody(response *http.Response) string {
-	raw, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-
-	return string(raw)
-}