diff --git a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
index 179c34d06a8..1ae1c450670 100644
--- a/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
+++ b/test/e2e/windows/host_process.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2emetrics "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/metrics"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ var (
 var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:WindowsHostProcessContainers] [Excluded:WindowsDocker] [MinimumKubeletVersion:1.22] HostProcess containers", func() {
 	ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
 		e2eskipper.SkipUnlessNodeOSDistroIs("windows")
-		SkipUnlessWindowsHostProcessContainersEnabled()
 	})
 
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("host-process-test-windows")
@@ -744,9 +742,3 @@ func getCurrentHostProcessMetrics(f *framework.Framework, nodeName string) (Host
 
 	return result, nil
 }
-
-func SkipUnlessWindowsHostProcessContainersEnabled() {
-	if !framework.TestContext.FeatureGates[string(features.WindowsHostProcessContainers)] {
-		e2eskipper.Skipf("Skipping test because feature 'WindowsHostProcessContainers' is not enabled")
-	}
-}