diff --git a/test/e2e/network/networking.go b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
index bb8698665b3..b5c0728a5ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/networking.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package network
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -81,20 +80,6 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 	var svcname = "nettest"
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework(svcname)
 
-	ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
-		// Assert basic external connectivity.
-		// Since this is not really a test of kubernetes in any way, we
-		// leave it as a pre-test assertion, rather than a Ginko test.
-		ginkgo.By("Executing a successful http request from the external internet")
-		resp, err := http.Get("http://google.com")
-		if err != nil {
-			framework.Failf("Unable to connect/talk to the internet: %v", err)
-		}
-		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-			framework.Failf("Unexpected error code, expected 200, got, %v (%v)", resp.StatusCode, resp)
-		}
-	})
-
 	ginkgo.It("should provide Internet connection for containers [Feature:Networking-IPv4]", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Running container which tries to connect to 8.8.8.8")
 		framework.ExpectNoError(
@@ -109,6 +94,12 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Networking", func() {
 			checkConnectivityToHost(f, "", "connectivity-test", "2001:4860:4860::8888", 53, 30))
 	})
 
+	ginkgo.It("should provider Internet connection for containers using DNS [Feature:Networking-DNS]", func() {
+		ginkgo.By("Running container which tries to connect to google.com")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(
+			checkConnectivityToHost(f, "", "connectivity-test", "google.com", 80, 30))
+	})
+
 	// First test because it has no dependencies on variables created later on.
 	ginkgo.It("should provide unchanging, static URL paths for kubernetes api services", func() {
 		tests := []struct {