diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
index 30da5df9484..65e31d31dcb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import (
 	e2epodoutput "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod/output"
 	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
-	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -838,14 +837,10 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) setup(ctx context.Context, selector map[stri
 		config.SecondaryClusterIP = config.NodePortService.Spec.ClusterIPs[1]
 	}
 
-	// Obtain the primary IP family of the Cluster based on the first ClusterIP
-	// TODO: Eventually we should just be getting these from Spec.IPFamilies
-	// but for now that would only if the feature gate is enabled.
-	family := v1.IPv4Protocol
-	secondaryFamily := v1.IPv6Protocol
-	if netutils.IsIPv6String(config.ClusterIP) {
-		family = v1.IPv6Protocol
-		secondaryFamily = v1.IPv4Protocol
+	var family, secondaryFamily v1.IPFamily
+	family = config.NodePortService.Spec.IPFamilies[0]
+	if len(config.NodePortService.Spec.IPFamilies) == 2 {
+		secondaryFamily = config.NodePortService.Spec.IPFamilies[1]
 	}
 	if config.PreferExternalAddresses {
 		// Get Node IPs from the cluster, ExternalIPs take precedence
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
index ffd3ece47f4..9abfb13cca4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/dual_stack.go
@@ -58,20 +58,35 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe(feature.IPv6DualStack, func() {
 		podClient = e2epod.NewPodClient(f)
 	})
 
-	ginkgo.It("should have ipv4 and ipv6 internal node ip", func(ctx context.Context) {
-		// TODO (aramase) can switch to new function to get all nodes
+	// A dual-stack cluster should have at least one dual-stack node (though it may
+	// also have some single-stack IPv4 or single-stack IPv6 nodes for some use
+	// cases).
+	ginkgo.It("should have at least one dual-stack node", func(ctx context.Context) {
 		nodeList, err := e2enode.GetReadySchedulableNodes(ctx, cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
+		var found bool
 		for _, node := range nodeList.Items {
-			// get all internal ips for node
-			internalIPs := e2enode.GetAddresses(&node, v1.NodeInternalIP)
-
-			gomega.Expect(internalIPs).To(gomega.HaveLen(2))
-			// assert 2 ips belong to different families
-			if netutils.IsIPv4String(internalIPs[0]) == netutils.IsIPv4String(internalIPs[1]) {
-				framework.Failf("both internalIPs %s and %s belong to the same families", internalIPs[0], internalIPs[1])
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("examining %s", node.Name))
+			var hasIPv4, hasIPv6 bool
+			for _, addr := range node.Status.Addresses {
+				if addr.Type != v1.NodeInternalIP && addr.Type != v1.NodeExternalIP {
+					continue
+				}
+				if netutils.IsIPv4String(addr.Address) {
+					hasIPv4 = true
+				} else if netutils.IsIPv6String(addr.Address) {
+					hasIPv6 = true
+				}
 			}
+			if hasIPv4 && hasIPv6 {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !found {
+			framework.Failf("Could not find any schedulable node with both an IPv4 IP and an IPv6 IP")
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index 4ae4c72ceb2..f1cd06b3e7d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
-	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
@@ -4210,10 +4209,7 @@ func execAffinityTestForSessionAffinityTimeout(ctx context.Context, f *framework
 		nodes, err := e2enode.GetReadySchedulableNodes(ctx, cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		// The node addresses must have the same IP family as the ClusterIP
-		family := v1.IPv4Protocol
-		if netutils.IsIPv6String(svc.Spec.ClusterIP) {
-			family = v1.IPv6Protocol
-		}
+		family := svc.Spec.IPFamilies[0]
 		svcIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodes, v1.NodeInternalIP, family)
 		if svcIP == "" {
 			svcIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodes, v1.NodeExternalIP, family)
@@ -4296,10 +4292,7 @@ func execAffinityTestForNonLBServiceWithOptionalTransition(ctx context.Context,
 		nodes, err := e2enode.GetReadySchedulableNodes(ctx, cs)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		// The node addresses must have the same IP family as the ClusterIP
-		family := v1.IPv4Protocol
-		if netutils.IsIPv6String(svc.Spec.ClusterIP) {
-			family = v1.IPv6Protocol
-		}
+		family := svc.Spec.IPFamilies[0]
 		svcIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodes, v1.NodeInternalIP, family)
 		if svcIP == "" {
 			svcIP = e2enode.FirstAddressByTypeAndFamily(nodes, v1.NodeExternalIP, family)