diff --git a/test/e2e/examples.go b/test/e2e/examples.go
index ecc751eecf0..1a659d47163 100644
--- a/test/e2e/examples.go
+++ b/test/e2e/examples.go
@@ -155,5 +155,5 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("[Feature:Example]", func() {
 
 func readFile(test, file string) string {
 	from := filepath.Join(test, file)
-	return commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(from, ginkgo.Fail)))
+	return commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(from)))
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/BUILD
index 285fb5ae3d5..6df4381186e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/testfiles:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/device_plugin_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/device_plugin_util.go
index 0771bd58d9f..aef67d0c34e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/device_plugin_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deviceplugin/device_plugin_util.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
-
-	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ func NumberOfSampleResources(node *v1.Node) int64 {
 
 // GetSampleDevicePluginPod returns the Device Plugin pod for sample resources in e2e tests
 func GetSampleDevicePluginPod() *v1.Pod {
-	ds := ReadDaemonSetV1OrDie(testfiles.ReadOrDie(sampleDevicePluginDSYAML, ginkgo.Fail))
+	ds := ReadDaemonSetV1OrDie(testfiles.ReadOrDie(sampleDevicePluginDSYAML))
 	p := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      sampleDevicePluginName,
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
index c265a2e885e..09a8a35402d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/ingress/ingress_utils.go
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ func NewIngressTestJig(c clientset.Interface) *TestJig {
 func (j *TestJig) CreateIngress(manifestPath, ns string, ingAnnotations map[string]string, svcAnnotations map[string]string) {
 	var err error
 	read := func(file string) string {
-		return string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail))
+		return string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file)))
 	}
 	exists := func(file string) bool {
-		return testfiles.Exists(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail)
+		return testfiles.Exists(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file))
 	}
 
 	j.Logger.Infof("creating replication controller")
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ type NginxIngressController struct {
 // Init initializes the NginxIngressController
 func (cont *NginxIngressController) Init() {
 	read := func(file string) string {
-		return string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(IngressManifestPath, "nginx", file), ginkgo.Fail))
+		return string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(IngressManifestPath, "nginx", file)))
 	}
 	e2elog.Logf("initializing nginx ingress controller")
 	framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(read("rc.yaml"), "create", "-f", "-", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", cont.Ns))
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/BUILD
index fbc7055edd3..b2aa1f83079 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/BUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["testfiles.go"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = ["//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library"],
 )
 
 filegroup(
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
index 84f717ec935..f2434925daa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/testfiles/testfiles.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
 var filesources []FileSource
@@ -64,20 +66,14 @@ type FileSource interface {
 	DescribeFiles() string
 }
 
-// Fail is an error handler function with the same prototype and
-// semantic as ginkgo.Fail. Typically ginkgo.Fail is what callers
-// of ReadOrDie and Exists will pass. This way this package
-// avoids depending on Ginkgo.
-type Fail func(failure string, callerSkip ...int)
-
 // ReadOrDie tries to retrieve the desired file content from
 // one of the registered file sources. In contrast to FileSource, it
 // will either return a valid slice or abort the test by calling the fatal function,
 // i.e. the caller doesn't have to implement error checking.
-func ReadOrDie(filePath string, fail Fail) []byte {
+func ReadOrDie(filePath string) []byte {
 	data, err := Read(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		fail(err.Error(), 1)
+		ginkgo.Fail(err.Error(), 1)
 	}
 	return data
 }
@@ -110,11 +106,11 @@ func Read(filePath string) ([]byte, error) {
 // Exists checks whether a file could be read. Unexpected errors
 // are handled by calling the fail function, which then should
 // abort the current test.
-func Exists(filePath string, fail Fail) bool {
+func Exists(filePath string) bool {
 	for _, filesource := range filesources {
 		data, err := filesource.ReadTestFile(filePath)
 		if err != nil {
-			fail(fmt.Sprintf("fatal error looking for test file %s: %s", filePath, err), 1)
+			ginkgo.Fail(fmt.Sprintf("fatal error looking for test file %s: %s", filePath, err), 1)
 		}
 		if data != nil {
 			return true
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index a37fcdb6355..e200a538850 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func cleanupKubectlInputs(fileContents string, ns string, selectors ...string) {
 }
 
 func readTestFileOrDie(file string) []byte {
-	return testfiles.ReadOrDie(path.Join(kubeCtlManifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail)
+	return testfiles.ReadOrDie(path.Join(kubeCtlManifestPath, file))
 }
 
 func runKubectlRetryOrDie(args ...string) string {
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 		var nautilus, kitten string
 		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
 			updateDemoRoot := "test/fixtures/doc-yaml/user-guide/update-demo"
-			nautilus = commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "nautilus-rc.yaml.in"), ginkgo.Fail)))
-			kitten = commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "kitten-rc.yaml.in"), ginkgo.Fail)))
+			nautilus = commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "nautilus-rc.yaml.in"))))
+			kitten = commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "kitten-rc.yaml.in"))))
 		})
 		/*
 			Release : v1.9
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				"redis-master-deployment.yaml.in",
 				"redis-slave-deployment.yaml.in",
 			} {
-				contents := commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(guestbookRoot, gbAppFile), ginkgo.Fail)))
+				contents := commonutils.SubstituteImageName(string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(guestbookRoot, gbAppFile))))
 				run(contents)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
index b0b743411a6..8ae2ad99048 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/flexvolume.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func installFlex(c clientset.Interface, node *v1.Node, vendor, driver, filePath
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("sudo mkdir -p %s", flexDir)
 	sshAndLog(cmd, host, true /*failOnError*/)
 
-	data := testfiles.ReadOrDie(filePath, ginkgo.Fail)
+	data := testfiles.ReadOrDie(filePath)
 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("sudo tee <<'EOF' %s\n%s\nEOF", flexFile, string(data))
 	sshAndLog(cmd, host, true /*failOnError*/)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
index 2acedb46160..14388835116 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/cassandra.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (CassandraUpgradeTest) Skip(upgCtx UpgradeContext) bool {
 }
 
 func cassandraKubectlCreate(ns, file string) {
-	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(cassandraManifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail))
+	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(cassandraManifestPath, file)))
 	framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(input, "create", "-f", "-", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%s", ns))
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
index ae7400e2cee..7fd742a1bda 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/etcd.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (EtcdUpgradeTest) Skip(upgCtx UpgradeContext) bool {
 }
 
 func kubectlCreate(ns, file string) {
-	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail))
+	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(manifestPath, file)))
 	framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(input, "create", "-f", "-", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%s", ns))
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
index 56744ec0200..945ee198a69 100644
--- a/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
+++ b/test/e2e/upgrades/mysql.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (MySQLUpgradeTest) Skip(upgCtx UpgradeContext) bool {
 }
 
 func mysqlKubectlCreate(ns, file string) {
-	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(mysqlManifestPath, file), ginkgo.Fail))
+	input := string(testfiles.ReadOrDie(filepath.Join(mysqlManifestPath, file)))
 	framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(input, "create", "-f", "-", fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%s", ns))
 }