diff --git a/test/e2e/initial_resources.go b/test/e2e/initial_resources.go
index 26a37c539d..2138137de8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/initial_resources.go
+++ b/test/e2e/initial_resources.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	influxdb "github.com/influxdb/influxdb/client"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
@@ -30,14 +29,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Initial Resources [Skipped] ", func() {
 	f := NewFramework("initial-resources")
 
 	It("should set initial resources based on historical data", func() {
-		// Cleanup data in InfluxDB that left from previous tests.
-		influxdbClient, err := getInfluxdbClient(f.Client)
-		expectNoError(err, "failed to create influxdb client")
-		_, err = influxdbClient.Query("drop series autoscaling.cpu.usage.2m", influxdb.Second)
-		expectNoError(err)
-		_, err = influxdbClient.Query("drop series autoscaling.memory.usage.2m", influxdb.Second)
-		expectNoError(err)
-
+		// TODO(piosz): Add cleanup data in InfluxDB that left from previous tests.
 		cpu := 100
 		mem := 200
 		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
diff --git a/test/e2e/monitoring.go b/test/e2e/monitoring.go
index ae93b9f5e0..43f4953138 100644
--- a/test/e2e/monitoring.go
+++ b/test/e2e/monitoring.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
@@ -49,10 +51,8 @@ var _ = Describe("[Flaky] Monitoring", func() {
 const (
 	influxdbService      = "monitoring-influxdb"
 	influxdbDatabaseName = "k8s"
-	influxdbUser         = "root"
-	influxdbPW           = "root"
-	podlistQuery         = "select distinct(pod_id) from \"cpu/usage_ns_cumulative\""
-	nodelistQuery        = "select distinct(hostname) from \"cpu/usage_ns_cumulative\""
+	podlistQuery         = "show tag values from \"cpu/usage\" with key = pod_id"
+	nodelistQuery        = "show tag values from \"cpu/usage\" with key = hostname"
 	sleepBetweenAttempts = 5 * time.Second
 	testTimeout          = 5 * time.Minute
 )
@@ -65,6 +65,35 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+// Query sends a command to the server and returns the Response
+func Query(c *client.Client, query string) (*influxdb.Response, error) {
+	result, err := c.Get().
+		Prefix("proxy").
+		Namespace("kube-system").
+		Resource("services").
+		Name(influxdbService+":api").
+		Suffix("query").
+		Param("q", query).
+		Param("db", influxdbDatabaseName).
+		Param("epoch", "s").
+		Do().
+		Raw()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var response influxdb.Response
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(result))
+	dec.UseNumber()
+	err = dec.Decode(&response)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &response, nil
+}
+
 func verifyExpectedRcsExistAndGetExpectedPods(c *client.Client) ([]string, error) {
 	expectedPods := []string{}
 	// Iterate over the labels that identify the replication controllers that we
@@ -135,41 +164,24 @@ func getAllNodesInCluster(c *client.Client) ([]string, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func getInfluxdbClient(c *client.Client) (*influxdb.Client, error) {
-	proxyUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/proxy/namespaces/%s/services/%s:api/", getMasterHost(), api.NamespaceSystem, influxdbService)
-	config := &influxdb.ClientConfig{
-		Host: proxyUrl,
-		// TODO(vishh): Infer username and pw from the Pod spec.
-		Username:   influxdbUser,
-		Password:   influxdbPW,
-		Database:   influxdbDatabaseName,
-		HttpClient: c.Client,
-		IsSecure:   true,
-	}
-	return influxdb.NewClient(config)
-}
-
-func getInfluxdbData(c *influxdb.Client, query string) (map[string]bool, error) {
-	series, err := c.Query(query, influxdb.Second)
+func getInfluxdbData(c *client.Client, query string, tag string) (map[string]bool, error) {
+	response, err := Query(c, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if len(series) != 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected only one series from Influxdb for query %q. Got %+v", query, series)
+	if len(response.Results) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected only one result from Influxdb for query %q. Got %+v", query, response)
 	}
-	if len(series[0].GetColumns()) != 2 {
-		Failf("Expected two columns for query %q. Found %v", query, series[0].GetColumns())
+	if len(response.Results[0].Series) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected exactly one series for query %q.", query)
+	}
+	if len(response.Results[0].Series[0].Columns) != 1 {
+		Failf("Expected one column for query %q. Found %v", query, response.Results[0].Series[0].Columns)
 	}
 	result := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, point := range series[0].GetPoints() {
-		if len(point) != 2 {
-			Failf("Expected only two entries in a point for query %q. Got %v", query, point)
-		}
-		name, ok := point[1].(string)
-		if !ok {
-			Failf("expected %v to be a string, but it is %T", point[1], point[1])
-		}
-		result[name] = false
+	for _, value := range response.Results[0].Series[0].Values {
+		name := value[0].(string)
+		result[name] = true
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
@@ -186,14 +198,14 @@ func expectedItemsExist(expectedItems []string, actualItems map[string]bool) boo
 	return true
 }
 
-func validatePodsAndNodes(influxdbClient *influxdb.Client, expectedPods, expectedNodes []string) bool {
-	pods, err := getInfluxdbData(influxdbClient, podlistQuery)
+func validatePodsAndNodes(c *client.Client, expectedPods, expectedNodes []string) bool {
+	pods, err := getInfluxdbData(c, podlistQuery, "pod_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		// We don't fail the test here because the influxdb service might still not be running.
 		Logf("failed to query list of pods from influxdb. Query: %q, Err: %v", podlistQuery, err)
 		return false
 	}
-	nodes, err := getInfluxdbData(influxdbClient, nodelistQuery)
+	nodes, err := getInfluxdbData(c, nodelistQuery, "hostname")
 	if err != nil {
 		Logf("failed to query list of nodes from influxdb. Query: %q, Err: %v", nodelistQuery, err)
 		return false
@@ -222,14 +234,11 @@ func testMonitoringUsingHeapsterInfluxdb(c *client.Client) {
 	expectNoError(expectedServicesExist(c))
 	// TODO: Wait for all pods and services to be running.
 
-	influxdbClient, err := getInfluxdbClient(c)
-	expectNoError(err, "failed to create influxdb client")
-
 	expectedNodes, err := getAllNodesInCluster(c)
 	expectNoError(err)
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	for {
-		if validatePodsAndNodes(influxdbClient, expectedPods, expectedNodes) {
+		if validatePodsAndNodes(c, expectedPods, expectedNodes) {
 			return
 		}
 		if time.Since(startTime) >= testTimeout {