diff --git a/test/e2e/node.go b/test/e2e/node.go
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index 61bd3aa84..000000000
--- a/test/e2e/node.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"gotest.tools/assert"
-	is "gotest.tools/assert/cmp"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
-	watchapi "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-)
-
-// TestNodeCreateAfterDelete makes sure that a node is automatically recreated
-// if it is deleted while VK is running.
-func (ts *EndToEndTestSuite) TestNodeCreateAfterDelete(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	podList, err := f.KubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
-		FieldSelector: fields.OneTermEqualSelector("spec.nodeName", f.NodeName).String(),
-	})
-
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	assert.Assert(t, is.Len(podList.Items, 0), "Kubernetes does not allow node deletion with dependent objects (pods) in existence: %v")
-
-	chErr := make(chan error, 1)
-
-	originalNode, err := f.GetNode(ctx)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	go func() {
-		wait := func(e watchapi.Event) (bool, error) {
-			err = ctx.Err()
-			// Our timeout has expired
-			if err != nil {
-				return true, err
-			}
-			if e.Type == watchapi.Deleted || e.Type == watchapi.Error {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-
-			return originalNode.ObjectMeta.UID != e.Object.(*v1.Node).ObjectMeta.UID, nil
-		}
-		chErr <- f.WaitUntilNodeCondition(wait)
-	}()
-
-	assert.NilError(t, f.DeleteNode(ctx))
-
-	select {
-	case result := <-chErr:
-		assert.NilError(t, result, "Did not observe new node object created after deletion")
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Fatal("Test timed out while waiting for node object to be deleted / recreated")
-	}
-}