diff --git a/tests/e2e/testutils.go b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
index 5c507d2809..eff6b1792f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testutils.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/testutils.go
@@ -214,15 +214,6 @@ func CreateLocalCluster(nodeOS string, serverCount, agentCount int) ([]string, [
 	return serverNodeNames, agentNodeNames, nil
 }
 
-// Deletes the content of a manifest file previously applied
-func DeleteWorkload(workload, kubeconfig string) error {
-	cmd := "kubectl delete -f " + workload + " --kubeconfig=" + kubeconfig
-	if _, err := RunCommand(cmd); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func DeployWorkload(workload, kubeconfig string, hardened bool) (string, error) {
 	resourceDir := "../amd64_resource_files"
 	if hardened {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
index 712769f8be..d90f73525e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/validatecluster/validatecluster_test.go
@@ -274,25 +274,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Create", Ordered, func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("Validate restart", func() {
-		It("Deletes daemonset", func() {
-			_, err := e2e.DeployWorkload("daemonset.yaml", kubeConfigFile, *hardened)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Daemonset manifest not deployed")
-			defer e2e.DeleteWorkload("daemonset.yaml", kubeConfigFile)
-			nodes, _ := e2e.ParseNodes(kubeConfigFile, false)
-
-			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
-				pods, _ := e2e.ParsePods(kubeConfigFile, false)
-				count := e2e.CountOfStringInSlice("test-daemonset", pods)
-				g.Expect(len(nodes)).Should((Equal(count)), "Daemonset pod count does not match node count")
-				podsRunning := 0
-				for _, pod := range pods {
-					if strings.Contains(pod.Name, "test-daemonset") && pod.Status == "Running" && pod.Ready == "1/1" {
-						podsRunning++
-					}
-				}
-				g.Expect(len(nodes)).Should((Equal(podsRunning)), "Daemonset running pods count does not match node count")
-			}, "620s", "5s").Should(Succeed())
-		})
 		It("Restarts normally", func() {
 			errRestart := e2e.RestartCluster(append(serverNodeNames, agentNodeNames...))
 			Expect(errRestart).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Restart Nodes not happened correctly")