diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index 9b826b06112..bc0c6084d25 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ import (
 	commontest "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2ekubectl "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/kubectl"
-	e2emanifest "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/manifest"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	e2ereporters "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/reporters"
-	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/utils/net"
 
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -130,39 +128,6 @@ func RunE2ETests(t *testing.T) {
 	ginkgo.RunSpecsWithDefaultAndCustomReporters(t, "Kubernetes e2e suite", r)
 }
 
-// Run a test container to try and contact the Kubernetes api-server from a pod, wait for it
-// to flip to Ready, log its output and delete it.
-func runKubernetesServiceTestContainer(c clientset.Interface, ns string) {
-	path := "test/images/clusterapi-tester/pod.yaml"
-	framework.Logf("Parsing pod from %v", path)
-	p, err := e2emanifest.PodFromManifest(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		framework.Logf("Failed to parse clusterapi-tester from manifest %v: %v", path, err)
-		return
-	}
-	p.Namespace = ns
-	if _, err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Create(context.TODO(), p, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-		framework.Logf("Failed to create %v: %v", p.Name, err)
-		return
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := c.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Delete(context.TODO(), p.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{}); err != nil {
-			framework.Logf("Failed to delete pod %v: %v", p.Name, err)
-		}
-	}()
-	timeout := 5 * time.Minute
-	if err := e2epod.WaitForPodCondition(c, ns, p.Name, "clusterapi-tester", timeout, testutils.PodRunningReady); err != nil {
-		framework.Logf("Pod %v took longer than %v to enter running/ready: %v", p.Name, timeout, err)
-		return
-	}
-	logs, err := e2epod.GetPodLogs(c, ns, p.Name, p.Spec.Containers[0].Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		framework.Logf("Failed to retrieve logs from %v: %v", p.Name, err)
-	} else {
-		framework.Logf("Output of clusterapi-tester:\n%v", logs)
-	}
-}
-
 // getDefaultClusterIPFamily obtains the default IP family of the cluster
 // using the Cluster IP address of the kubernetes service created in the default namespace
 // This unequivocally identifies the default IP family because services are single family
@@ -282,7 +247,6 @@ func setupSuite() {
 	if err := e2epod.WaitForPodsRunningReady(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem, int32(framework.TestContext.MinStartupPods), int32(framework.TestContext.AllowedNotReadyNodes), podStartupTimeout, map[string]string{}); err != nil {
 		framework.DumpAllNamespaceInfo(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem)
 		e2ekubectl.LogFailedContainers(c, metav1.NamespaceSystem, framework.Logf)
-		runKubernetesServiceTestContainer(c, metav1.NamespaceDefault)
 		framework.Failf("Error waiting for all pods to be running and ready: %v", err)
 	}