diff --git a/test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml b/test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml
index 0e795d4edfa..a4e4ce97d0e 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e_node/system/specs/gke.yaml
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ packageSpecs:
   versionRange: '>=1.28'
 - name: util-linux
   versionRange: '>=2.27.1'
-- name: vim
-  versionRange: '>=7.4.712'
 - name: wget
   versionRange: '>=1.18'
 - name: gce-compute-image-packages