diff --git a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
index abbd22f8458..7de6020dec1 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ const (
 	postTestConditionMonitoringPeriod = 1 * time.Minute
 	evictionPollInterval              = 2 * time.Second
 	pressureDissapearTimeout          = 1 * time.Minute
-	longPodDeletionTimeout            = 10 * time.Minute
 	// pressure conditions often surface after evictions because the kubelet only updates
 	// node conditions periodically.
 	// we wait this period after evictions to make sure that we wait out this delay
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
index 2ee6ce772db..957ad8d4740 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/garbage_collector_test.go
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ const (
 	maxPerPodContainer = 1
 	maxTotalContainers = -1
 
-	defaultRuntimeRequestTimeoutDuration = 1 * time.Minute
-	defaultImagePullProgressDeadline     = 1 * time.Minute
-	garbageCollectDuration               = 3 * time.Minute
-	setupDuration                        = 10 * time.Minute
-	runtimePollInterval                  = 10 * time.Second
+	garbageCollectDuration = 3 * time.Minute
+	setupDuration          = 10 * time.Minute
+	runtimePollInterval    = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 type testPodSpec struct {