diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/hostpath/hostpath/csi-hostpath-testing.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/hostpath/hostpath/csi-hostpath-testing.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7253a70a9d4..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/hostpath/hostpath/csi-hostpath-testing.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# WARNING: this is only for testing purposes. Do not install in a production
-# cluster.
-#
-# This exposes the hostpath's Unix domain csi.sock as a TCP port to the
-# outside world. The mapping from Unix domain socket to TCP is done
-# by socat.
-#
-# This is useful for testing with csi-sanity or csc.
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: hostpath-service
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: csi-driver-host-path
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: csi-hostpath-socat
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: socat
-spec:
-  type: NodePort
-  selector:
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: csi-driver-host-path
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: csi-hostpath-socat
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: socat
-  ports:
-  - port: 10000 # fixed port inside the pod, dynamically allocated port outside
----
-kind: StatefulSet
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-metadata:
-  name: csi-hostpath-socat
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: csi-driver-host-path
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: csi-hostpath-socat
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: socat
-spec:
-  serviceName: "csi-hostpath-socat"
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/instance: hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-      app.kubernetes.io/part-of: csi-driver-host-path
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: csi-hostpath-socat
-      app.kubernetes.io/component: socat
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app.kubernetes.io/instance: hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-        app.kubernetes.io/part-of: csi-driver-host-path
-        app.kubernetes.io/name: csi-hostpath-socat
-        app.kubernetes.io/component: socat
-    spec:
-      affinity:
-        podAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-          - labelSelector:
-              matchExpressions:
-              - key: app.kubernetes.io/instance
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                  - hostpath.csi.k8s.io
-            topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
-      containers:
-        - name: socat
-          image: docker.io/alpine/socat:1.7.4.3-r0
-          args:
-            - tcp-listen:10000,fork,reuseaddr
-            - unix-connect:/csi/csi.sock
-          securityContext:
-            # This is necessary only for systems with SELinux, where
-            # non-privileged sidecar containers cannot access unix domain socket
-            # created by privileged CSI driver container.
-            privileged: true
-          volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: /csi
-            name: socket-dir
-      volumes:
-        - hostPath:
-            path: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/csi-hostpath
-            type: DirectoryOrCreate
-          name: socket-dir
diff --git a/test/utils/image/csi_manifests_test.go b/test/utils/image/csi_manifests_test.go
index d2ab19560ca..26c317d4637 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/csi_manifests_test.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/csi_manifests_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ func TestCSIImageConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		"gcp-compute-persistent-disk-csi-driver",
 
 		// For some hostpath tests.
-		"socat",
 		"busybox",
 
 		// For AnyVolumeDataSource feature tests.