diff --git a/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_linux.go b/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_linux.go
index d89e8e28c22..721a4b8d701 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_linux.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_linux.go
@@ -60,17 +60,6 @@ func isMultiNUMA() bool {
 	return numaNodes > 1
 }
 
-func getSMTLevel() int {
-	cpuID := 0 // this is just the most likely cpu to be present in a random system. No special meaning besides this.
-	out, err := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/topology/thread_siblings_list | tr -d \"\n\r\"", cpuID)).Output()
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-	// how many thread sibling you have = SMT level
-	// example: 2-way SMT means 2 threads sibling for each thread
-	cpus, err := cpuset.Parse(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-	return cpus.Size()
-}
-
 func getUncoreCPUGroupSize() int {
 	cpuID := 0 // this is just the most likely cpu to be present in a random system. No special meaning besides this.
 	out, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/cache/index3/shared_cpu_list", cpuID))
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_unsupported.go b/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_unsupported.go
index a5d6687706e..a9eed499316 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_unsupported.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/util_machineinfo_unsupported.go
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ func isMultiNUMA() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func getSMTLevel() int {
-	return 1
-}
-
 func getUncoreCPUGroupSize() int {
 	return 1
 }