diff --git a/test/utils/image/manifest.go b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
index d212748d290..b105526c21f 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/manifest.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ func initReg() RegistryList {
 		GcEtcdRegistry:          "k8s.gcr.io",
 		GcRegistry:              "k8s.gcr.io",
 		SigStorageRegistry:      "k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage",
-		GcrReleaseRegistry:      "gcr.io/gke-release",
 		PrivateRegistry:         "gcr.io/k8s-authenticated-test",
 		SampleRegistry:          "gcr.io/google-samples",
 		MicrosoftRegistry:       "mcr.microsoft.com",
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ var (
 	gcEtcdRegistry          = registry.GcEtcdRegistry
 	gcRegistry              = registry.GcRegistry
 	sigStorageRegistry      = registry.SigStorageRegistry
-	gcrReleaseRegistry      = registry.GcrReleaseRegistry
 	invalidRegistry         = registry.InvalidRegistry
 	sampleRegistry          = registry.SampleRegistry
 	microsoftRegistry       = registry.MicrosoftRegistry
@@ -392,8 +390,6 @@ func ReplaceRegistryInImageURL(imageURL string) (string, error) {
 		registryAndUser = PrivateRegistry
 	case "gcr.io/google-samples":
 		registryAndUser = sampleRegistry
-	case "gcr.io/gke-release":
-		registryAndUser = gcrReleaseRegistry
 	case "docker.io/library":
 		registryAndUser = dockerLibraryRegistry
 	default:
diff --git a/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go b/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
index 2cd10f1ac6d..7894713d990 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/manifest_test.go
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ var registryTests = []struct {
 			err:    nil,
 		},
 	},
-	{
-		"gcr.io/gke-release/test:latest",
-		result{
-			result: "test.io/gke-release/test:latest",
-			err:    nil,
-		},
-	},
 	{
 		"gcr.io/google-samples/test:latest",
 		result{
@@ -111,7 +104,6 @@ func TestReplaceRegistryInImageURL(t *testing.T) {
 	dockerLibraryRegistry = "test.io/library"
 	e2eRegistry = "test.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images"
 	gcRegistry = "test.io"
-	gcrReleaseRegistry = "test.io/gke-release"
 	PrivateRegistry = "test.io/k8s-authenticated-test"
 	sampleRegistry = "test.io/google-samples"
 	sigStorageRegistry = "test.io/sig-storage"