diff --git a/test/integration/e2e_test.go b/test/integration/e2e_test.go
index 5973a8a9..a1eecc6a 100644
--- a/test/integration/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/e2e_test.go
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/tls"
-	"crypto/x509"
 	"crypto/x509/pkix"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -173,42 +170,6 @@ func TestE2EFullIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log("sleeping 10s to wait for JWTAuthenticator to become initialized")
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 
-	// Verify that we can actually reach the endpoint in the kubeconfig.
-	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
-		kubeconfigCA := x509.NewCertPool()
-		require.True(t, kubeconfigCA.AppendCertsFromPEM(restConfig.TLSClientConfig.CAData), "expected to load kubeconfig CA")
-
-		// Create an HTTP client that can reach the downstream discovery endpoint using the CA certs.
-		httpClient := &http.Client{
-			Transport: &http.Transport{
-				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-					MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
-					RootCAs:    kubeconfigCA,
-				},
-				Proxy: func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
-					if env.Proxy == "" {
-						t.Logf("passing request for %s with no proxy", req.URL)
-						return nil, nil
-					}
-					proxyURL, err := url.Parse(env.Proxy)
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-					t.Logf("passing request for %s through proxy %s", req.URL, proxyURL.String())
-					return proxyURL, nil
-				},
-			},
-		}
-		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, restConfig.Host, nil)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Logf("could not connect to the API server at %q: %v", restConfig.Host, err)
-			return false
-		}
-		t.Logf("got %d response from API server at %q", resp.StatusCode, restConfig.Host)
-		require.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
-		return resp.StatusCode < 500
-	}, 5*time.Minute, 2*time.Second)
-
 	// Run "kubectl get namespaces" which should trigger a browser login via the plugin.
 	start := time.Now()
 	kubectlCmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "kubectl", "get", "namespace", "--kubeconfig", kubeconfigPath)