diff --git a/test/e2e_kubeadm/runner/local/run_local.go b/test/e2e_kubeadm/runner/local/run_local.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 54829aefea3..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e_kubeadm/runner/local/run_local.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 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 main
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
-)
-
-func bazelBuild() error {
-	targets := []string{
-		"//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo",
-		"//test/e2e_kubeadm:e2e_kubeadm.test",
-	}
-
-	args := append([]string{"build"}, targets...)
-
-	return execCommand("bazel", args...)
-}
-
-var ginkgoFlags = flag.String("ginkgo-flags", "", "Space-separated list of arguments to pass to Ginkgo test runner.")
-var testFlags = flag.String("test-flags", "", "Space-separated list of arguments to pass to kubeadm e2e test.")
-var build = flag.Bool("build", false, "use Bazel to build binaries before testing")
-
-func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-
-	if *build {
-		if err := bazelBuild(); err != nil {
-			klog.Exitf("couldn't build with bazel: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	ginkgo, err := getBazelGinkgo()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("Failed to get ginkgo binary: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	test, err := getBazelTestBin()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("Failed to get test file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	args := append(strings.Split(*ginkgoFlags, " "), test, "--")
-	args = append(args, strings.Split(*testFlags, " ")...)
-
-	if execCommand(ginkgo, args...); err != nil {
-		klog.Exitf("Test failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-}
-
-func getBazelTestBin() (string, error) {
-	k8sRoot, err := utils.GetK8sRootDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	buildFile := filepath.Join(k8sRoot, "bazel-bin/test/e2e_kubeadm/e2e_kubeadm.test")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(buildFile); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return buildFile, nil
-
-}
-
-func getBazelGinkgo() (string, error) {
-	k8sRoot, err := utils.GetK8sRootDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	buildOutputDir := filepath.Join(k8sRoot, "bazel-bin", "vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo", fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_stripped", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH), "ginkgo")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(buildOutputDir); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return buildOutputDir, nil
-}
-
-func execCommand(binary string, args ...string) error {
-	fmt.Printf("Running command: %v %v\n", binary, strings.Join(args, " "))
-	cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", strings.Join(append([]string{binary}, args...), " "))
-
-	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	return cmd.Run()
-}