diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
index 07f011afcdb..fa55de8c300 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/deployment.go
@@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ func testRollingUpdateDeployment(f *framework.Framework) {
 	_, allOldRSs, err := deploymentutil.GetOldReplicaSets(deployment, c.ExtensionsV1beta1())
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	Expect(len(allOldRSs)).Should(Equal(1))
-	// The old RS should contain pod-template-hash in its selector, label, and template label
-	Expect(len(allOldRSs[0].Labels[extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey])).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
-	Expect(len(allOldRSs[0].Spec.Selector.MatchLabels[extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey])).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
-	Expect(len(allOldRSs[0].Spec.Template.Labels[extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey])).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
 }
 
 func testRecreateDeployment(f *framework.Framework) {