diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index b59232597b6..258e8557079 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	// Never, ever remove the line with "/ginkgo". Without it,
@@ -143,10 +146,9 @@ var _ = ginkgo.ReportAfterEach(func(report ginkgo.SpecReport) {
 	progressReporter.ProcessSpecReport(report)
 })
 
-var _ = ginkgo.ReportAfterSuite("Kubernetes e2e suite report", func(report ginkgo.Report) {
-	var err error
-	// The DetailsRepoerter will output details about every test (name, files, lines, etc) which helps
-	// when documenting our tests.
+// writeSpecSummaryOutput will output details about every test (name, files, lines, etc) which helps
+// when documenting our tests.
+func writeSpecSummaryOutput(report ginkgo.Report) {
 	if len(framework.TestContext.SpecSummaryOutput) <= 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -169,16 +171,58 @@ var _ = ginkgo.ReportAfterSuite("Kubernetes e2e suite report", func(report ginkg
 			klog.Errorf("Error in detail reporter: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
-		_, err = f.Write(b)
-		if err != nil {
+		if _, err = f.Write(b); err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Error saving test details in detail reporter: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
 		// Printing newline between records for easier viewing in various tools.
-		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(f, "")
-		if err != nil {
+		if _, err = fmt.Fprintln(f, ""); err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Error saving test details in detail reporter: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+// writeJUnitReport generates a JUnit file in the e2e report directory that is
+// shorter than the one normally written by `ginkgo --junit-report`. This is
+// needed because the full report can become too large for tools like Spyglass
+// (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/111510).
+//
+// Users who want the full report can use `--junit-report`.
+func writeJUnitReport(report ginkgo.Report) {
+	if framework.TestContext.ReportDir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	trimmedReport := report
+	trimmedReport.SpecReports = nil
+	for _, specReport := range report.SpecReports {
+		// Remove details for any spec that hasn't failed. In Prow,
+		// the test output captured in build-log.txt has all of this
+		// information, so we don't need it in the XML.
+		if specReport.State != types.SpecStateFailed {
+			// strip the "system-error" if the testcase is not failed.
+			specReport.CapturedGinkgoWriterOutput = ""
+			// strip the "system-out" if the testcase is not failed.
+			specReport.CapturedStdOutErr = ""
+			// strip some details for tracing each steps executed by Ginkgo, this is used to build the "system-out"
+			// while "system-out" is not shown by Spyglass if the testcase is not failed.
+			specReport.ReportEntries = nil
+
+		}
+
+		trimmedReport.SpecReports = append(trimmedReport.SpecReports, specReport)
+	}
+
+	// With Ginkgo v1, we used to write one file per parallel node. Now
+	// Ginkgo v2 automatically merges all results into a report for us. The
+	// 01 suffix is kept in case that users expect files to be called
+	// "junit_<prefix><number>.xml".
+	junitReport := path.Join(framework.TestContext.ReportDir, "junit_"+framework.TestContext.ReportPrefix+"01.xml")
+	reporters.GenerateJUnitReport(trimmedReport, junitReport)
+}
+
+var _ = ginkgo.ReportAfterSuite("Kubernetes e2e suite report", func(report ginkgo.Report) {
+	writeSpecSummaryOutput(report)
+	writeJUnitReport(report)
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 848d7f0e641..e0b5002d425 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -356,14 +355,6 @@ func CreateGinkgoConfig() (types.SuiteConfig, types.ReporterConfig) {
 	suiteConfig.RandomizeAllSpecs = true
 	// Turn on verbose by default to get spec names
 	reporterConfig.Verbose = true
-	// Enable JUnit output to the result directory, but only if not already specified
-	// via -junit-report.
-	if reporterConfig.JUnitReport == "" && TestContext.ReportDir != "" {
-		// With Ginkgo v1, we used to write one file per parallel node. Now Ginkgo v2 automatically
-		// merges all results into a single file for us. The 01 suffix is kept in case that users
-		// expect files to be called "junit_<prefix><number>.xml".
-		reporterConfig.JUnitReport = path.Join(TestContext.ReportDir, "junit_"+TestContext.ReportPrefix+"01.xml")
-	}
 	// Disable skipped tests unless they are explicitly requested.
 	if len(suiteConfig.FocusStrings) == 0 && len(suiteConfig.SkipStrings) == 0 {
 		suiteConfig.SkipStrings = []string{`\[Flaky\]|\[Feature:.+\]`}