diff --git a/test/e2e_node/critical_pod_test.go b/test/e2e_node/critical_pod_test.go
index 45eda9ffa21..2135fc99ab6 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/critical_pod_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/critical_pod_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kubeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/scheduling"
-	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	kubelettypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
@@ -44,12 +43,6 @@ const (
 var _ = SIGDescribe("CriticalPod [Serial] [Disruptive] [NodeFeature:CriticalPod]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("critical-pod-test")
 	ginkgo.Context("when we need to admit a critical pod", func() {
-		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
-			if initialConfig.FeatureGates == nil {
-				initialConfig.FeatureGates = make(map[string]bool)
-			}
-		})
-
 		ginkgo.It("[Flaky] should be able to create and delete a critical pod", func() {
 			configEnabled, err := isKubeletConfigEnabled(f)
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
index c579c7a5ed8..b4be666213f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	kubeletpodresourcesv1 "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1"
 	kubeletpodresourcesv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/podresources/v1alpha1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2enode "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/node"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
@@ -113,12 +111,6 @@ func testDevicePlugin(f *framework.Framework, pluginSockDir string) {
 	pluginSockDir = filepath.Join(pluginSockDir) + "/"
 	ginkgo.Context("DevicePlugin", func() {
 		ginkgo.By("Enabling support for Kubelet Plugins Watcher")
-		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
-			if initialConfig.FeatureGates == nil {
-				initialConfig.FeatureGates = map[string]bool{}
-			}
-			initialConfig.FeatureGates[string(features.KubeletPodResources)] = true
-		})
 		ginkgo.It("[Flaky] Verifies the Kubelet device plugin functionality.", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("Wait for node is ready to start with")
 			e2enode.WaitForNodeToBeReady(f.ClientSet, framework.TestContext.NodeName, 5*time.Minute)
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/node_shutdown_linux_test.go b/test/e2e_node/node_shutdown_linux_test.go
index e24f492d1e9..3a6a70c4283 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/node_shutdown_linux_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/node_shutdown_linux_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/scheduling"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 )
 
-var _ = SIGDescribe("GracefulNodeShutdown [Serial] [NodeAlphaFeature:GracefulNodeShutdown]", func() {
+var _ = SIGDescribe("GracefulNodeShutdown [Serial] [NodeFeature:GracefulNodeShutdown]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("graceful-node-shutdown")
 	ginkgo.Context("when gracefully shutting down", func() {
 
@@ -56,9 +55,6 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("GracefulNodeShutdown [Serial] [NodeAlphaFeature:GracefulNod
 		)
 
 		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
-			initialConfig.FeatureGates = map[string]bool{
-				string(features.GracefulNodeShutdown): true,
-			}
 			initialConfig.ShutdownGracePeriod = metav1.Duration{Duration: nodeShutdownGracePeriod}
 			initialConfig.ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods = metav1.Duration{Duration: nodeShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods}
 		})
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go b/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
index e070ecc2815..1b27dda6fab 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/podresources_test.go
@@ -791,11 +791,7 @@ func configurePodResourcesInKubelet(f *framework.Framework, cleanStateFile bool,
 	oldCfg, err := getCurrentKubeletConfig()
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	newCfg := oldCfg.DeepCopy()
-	if newCfg.FeatureGates == nil {
-		newCfg.FeatureGates = make(map[string]bool)
-	}
-	newCfg.FeatureGates["CPUManager"] = true
-	newCfg.FeatureGates["KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable"] = true
+	newCfg.FeatureGates[string(kubefeatures.KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable)] = true
 
 	// After graduation of the CPU Manager feature to Beta, the CPU Manager
 	// "none" policy is ON by default. But when we set the CPU Manager policy to