diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index ec578f666ac..55c978d6cdc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ const (
 	httpdDeployment1Filename  = "httpd-deployment1.yaml.in"
 	httpdDeployment2Filename  = "httpd-deployment2.yaml.in"
 	httpdDeployment3Filename  = "httpd-deployment3.yaml.in"
-	httpdRCFilename           = "httpd-rc.yaml.in"
 	metaPattern               = `"kind":"%s","apiVersion":"%s/%s","metadata":{"name":"%s"}`
 )
 
@@ -112,12 +111,7 @@ var (
 	agnhostImage  = imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.Agnhost)
 )
 
-var (
-	proxyRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:([0-9]+)")
-
-	cronJobGroupVersionResourceAlpha = schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "batch", Version: "v2alpha1", Resource: "cronjobs"}
-	cronJobGroupVersionResourceBeta  = schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "batch", Version: "v1beta1", Resource: "cronjobs"}
-)
+var proxyRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:([0-9]+)")
 
 var schemaFoo = []byte(`description: Foo CRD for Testing
 type: object