diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbd5406..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: e2e
-on:
-  pull_request:
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c #v6.4.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-      - name: Install the latest version of kind
-        run: |
-          curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-linux-amd64
-          chmod +x ./kind
-          sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind
-      - name: Verify kind installation
-        run: kind version
-      - name: Create kind cluster
-        run: kind create cluster
-      - name: Running e2e test
-        run: |
-          make test-e2e
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 512f52f..0000000
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"testing"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/kubernetes-operator/test/utils"
-)
-
-var (
-	// Optional Environment Variables:
-	// - CERT_MANAGER_INSTALL_SKIP=true: Skips CertManager installation during test setup.
-	// This variable is useful if CertManager is already installed, avoiding
-	// re-installation and conflicts.
-	skipCertManagerInstall = os.Getenv("CERT_MANAGER_INSTALL_SKIP") == "true"
-	// isCertManagerAlreadyInstalled will be set true when CertManager CRDs be found on the cluster
-	isCertManagerAlreadyInstalled = false
-
-	// projectImage is the name of the image which will be build and loaded
-	// with the code source changes to be tested.
-	projectImage = "docker.io/netbirdio/kubernetes-operator:e2e"
-)
-
-// TestE2E runs the end-to-end (e2e) test suite for the project. These tests execute in an isolated,
-// temporary environment to validate project changes with the the purposed to be used in CI jobs.
-// The default setup requires Kind, builds/loads the Manager Docker image locally, and installs
-// CertManager.
-func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
-	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Starting operator integration test suite\n")
-	RunSpecs(t, "e2e suite")
-}
-
-var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
-	By("building the manager(Operator) image")
-	cmd := exec.Command("make", "docker-build", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-	ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to build the manager(Operator) image")
-
-	By("loading the manager(Operator) image on Kind")
-	err = utils.LoadImageToKindClusterWithName(projectImage)
-	ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to load the manager(Operator) image into Kind")
-
-	if !skipCertManagerInstall {
-		By("checking if cert manager is installed already")
-		isCertManagerAlreadyInstalled = utils.IsCertManagerCRDsInstalled()
-		if !isCertManagerAlreadyInstalled {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Installing CertManager...\n")
-			Expect(utils.InstallCertManager()).To(Succeed(), "Failed to install CertManager")
-		} else {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "WARNING: CertManager is already installed. Skipping installation...\n")
-		}
-	}
-})
-
-var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
-	// Teardown CertManager after the suite if not skipped and if it was not already installed
-	if !skipCertManagerInstall && !isCertManagerAlreadyInstalled {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Uninstalling CertManager...\n")
-		utils.UninstallCertManager()
-	}
-})
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a98dd3..0000000
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,461 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/kubernetes-operator/test/utils"
-)
-
-// namespace where the project is deployed in
-const namespace = "netbird"
-
-// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
-const metricsServiceName = "kubernetes-operator-metrics"
-
-var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
-	var controllerPodName string
-
-	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
-	// enforce the restricted security policy to the namespace, installing CRDs,
-	// and deploying the controller.
-	BeforeAll(func() {
-		By("creating manager namespace")
-		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
-
-		By("labeling the namespace to enforce the restricted security policy")
-		cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "label", "--overwrite", "ns", namespace,
-			"pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=restricted")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to label namespace with restricted policy")
-
-		By("installing CRDs")
-		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
-
-		By("deploying the kubernetes-operator")
-		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		out, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(out)
-		}
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the kubernetes-operator")
-	})
-
-	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
-	// and deleting the namespace.
-	AfterAll(func() {
-		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
-		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
-		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
-
-		By("undeploying the kubernetes-operator")
-		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
-		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
-
-		By("uninstalling CRDs")
-		cmd = exec.Command("make", "uninstall")
-		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
-
-		By("removing manager namespace")
-		cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "ns", namespace)
-		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
-	})
-
-	// After each test, check for failures and collect logs, events,
-	// and pod descriptions for debugging.
-	AfterEach(func() {
-		specReport := CurrentSpecReport()
-		if specReport.Failed() {
-			By("Fetching controller manager pod logs")
-			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
-			controllerLogs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-			if err == nil {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Controller logs:\n %s", controllerLogs)
-			} else {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Failed to get Controller logs: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			By("Fetching Kubernetes events")
-			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "events", "-n", namespace, "--sort-by=.lastTimestamp")
-			eventsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-			if err == nil {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Kubernetes events:\n%s", eventsOutput)
-			} else {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Failed to get Kubernetes events: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			By("Fetching curl-metrics logs")
-			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
-			metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-			if err == nil {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Metrics logs:\n %s", metricsOutput)
-			} else {
-				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Failed to get curl-metrics logs: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			By("Fetching controller manager pod description")
-			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "describe", "pod", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
-			podDescription, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-			if err == nil {
-				fmt.Println("Pod description:\n", podDescription)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Println("Failed to describe controller pod")
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
-	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
-
-	Context("Manager", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			By("validating that the kubernetes-operator pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
-				// Get the name of the kubernetes-operator pod
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
-					"pods", "-l", "app.kubernetes.io/component=operator,app.kubernetes.io/name=kubernetes-operator",
-					"-o", "go-template={{ range .items }}"+
-						"{{ if not .metadata.deletionTimestamp }}"+
-						"{{ .metadata.name }}"+
-						"{{ \"\\n\" }}{{ end }}{{ end }}",
-					"-n", namespace,
-				)
-
-				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve kubernetes-operator pod information")
-				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(podOutput)
-				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
-				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("kubernetes-operator"))
-
-				// Validate the pod's status
-				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
-					"pods", controllerPodName,
-					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.conditions[?(@.type=='Ready')].status}",
-					"-n", namespace,
-				)
-				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(output).To(Equal("True"), "Incorrect kubernetes-operator pod status")
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
-		})
-
-		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
-			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
-			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
-			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
-
-			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
-			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
-				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("8080"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
-
-			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
-			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
-				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
-					"Metrics server not yet started")
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
-
-			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
-			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
-					"--namespace", namespace,
-					"--image=curlimages/curl:latest",
-					"--overrides",
-					fmt.Sprintf(`{
-					"spec": {
-						"containers": [{
-							"name": "curl",
-							"image": "curlimages/curl:latest",
-							"command": ["/bin/sh", "-c"],
-							"args": ["curl -v http://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8080/metrics"],
-							"securityContext": {
-								"allowPrivilegeEscalation": false,
-								"capabilities": {
-									"drop": ["ALL"]
-								},
-								"runAsNonRoot": true,
-								"runAsUser": 1000,
-								"seccompProfile": {
-									"type": "RuntimeDefault"
-								}
-							}
-						}]
-					}
-				}`, metricsServiceName, namespace))
-				_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
-			}).Should(Succeed())
-
-			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
-			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
-					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
-					"-n", namespace)
-				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(output).To(Equal("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
-
-			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
-			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
-			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
-				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
-			))
-		})
-
-		It("should provisioned cert-manager", func() {
-			By("validating that cert-manager has the certificate Secret")
-			verifyCertManager := func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "secrets", "kubernetes-operator-tls", "-n", namespace)
-				_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyCertManager).Should(Succeed())
-		})
-
-		It("should have CA injection for mutating webhooks", func() {
-			By("checking CA injection for mutating webhooks")
-			verifyCAInjection := func(g Gomega) {
-				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
-					"mutatingwebhookconfigurations.admissionregistration.k8s.io",
-					"kubernetes-operator-mpod-webhook",
-					"-o", "go-template={{ range .webhooks }}{{ .clientConfig.caBundle }}{{ end }}")
-				mwhOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(len(mwhOutput)).To(BeNumerically(">", 10))
-			}
-			Eventually(verifyCAInjection).Should(Succeed())
-		})
-
-		Context("NBSetupKey", Ordered, func() {
-			Describe("Basic functionality", Ordered, func() {
-				BeforeAll(func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "create", "secret", "generic",
-						"--from-literal", "sk=EEEEEEEE-EEEE-EEEE-EEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE",
-						"-n", "default",
-						"netbird-sk",
-					)
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				AfterAll(func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "--ignore-not-found", "secret", "netbird-sk")
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-					cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "--ignore-not-found", "NBSetupKey", "main")
-					_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				It("should allow setupkey resource to be created", func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "apply", "-f", "-")
-					cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(`{
-							"apiVersion": "netbird.io/v1",
-							"kind": "NBSetupKey",
-							"metadata": {
-								"name": "main"
-							},
-							"spec": {
-								"managementURL": "https://netbird.example.com",
-								"secretKeyRef": {
-									"name": "netbird-sk",
-									"key": "sk"
-								}
-							}
-						}`)
-
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				It("should set status.conditions[0].status to True", func() {
-					verifyNBSetupKeyStatus := func(g Gomega) {
-						cmd := exec.Command(
-							"kubectl", "get",
-							"nbsetupkeys", "main",
-							"-o", "jsonpath={.status.conditions[0].status}",
-						)
-						vnbskOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-						g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-						g.Expect(vnbskOutput).To(ContainSubstring("True"))
-					}
-					Eventually(verifyNBSetupKeyStatus).Should(Succeed())
-				})
-
-				It("should inject netbird container into a new pod with annotation", func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "run", "test-pod-inject",
-						"--dry-run=server", "--image=busybox",
-						"--annotations", "netbird.io/setup-key=main",
-						"-n", "default",
-						"-o", "jsonpath={.spec.containers[1].name}",
-					)
-					out, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-					Expect(out).To(ContainSubstring("netbird"))
-				})
-
-				It("should not inject netbird container into a new pod without annotation", func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "run", "test-pod-inject",
-						"--dry-run=server", "--image=busybox",
-						"-n", "default",
-						"-o", "jsonpath={.spec.containers}",
-					)
-					out, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-					Expect(out).NotTo(ContainSubstring("netbird"))
-				})
-
-				It("should fail new pod with incorrect annotation", func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "run", "test-pod-inject",
-						"--dry-run=server", "--image=busybox",
-						"--annotations", "netbird.io/setup-key=nothing",
-						"-n", "default",
-						"-o", "jsonpath={.spec.containers}",
-					)
-					out, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-					Expect(out).To(ContainSubstring("admission"))
-				})
-			})
-			Describe("Post-create validation", Ordered, func() {
-				BeforeAll(func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "create", "secret", "generic",
-						"--from-literal", "sk=EEEEEEEE-EEEE-EEEE-EEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE",
-						"-n", "default",
-						"netbird-sk",
-					)
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-					cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "apply", "-f", "-")
-					cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(`{
-							"apiVersion": "netbird.io/v1",
-							"kind": "NBSetupKey",
-							"metadata": {
-								"name": "main"
-							},
-							"spec": {
-								"managementURL": "https://netbird.example.com",
-								"secretKeyRef": {
-									"name": "netbird-sk",
-									"key": "sk"
-								}
-							}
-						}`)
-
-					_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				AfterAll(func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "--ignore-not-found", "secret", "netbird-sk")
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-					cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "--ignore-not-found", "NBSetupKey", "main")
-					_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				It("should set status.conditions[0].status to True", func() {
-					verifyNBSetupKeyStatus := func(g Gomega) {
-						cmd := exec.Command(
-							"kubectl", "get",
-							"nbsetupkeys", "main",
-							"-o", "jsonpath={.status.conditions[0].status}",
-						)
-						vnbskOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-						g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-						g.Expect(vnbskOutput).To(ContainSubstring("True"))
-					}
-					Eventually(verifyNBSetupKeyStatus).Should(Succeed())
-				})
-
-				It("should update status after secret is updated", func() {
-					cmd := exec.Command(
-						"kubectl", "apply", "-f", "-",
-					)
-					cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(`{
-							"kind": "Secret",
-							"apiVersion": "v1",
-							"metadata": {
-									"name": "netbird-sk"
-							},
-							"stringData": {
-									"sk": "WewWewInvalidWewWew"
-							}
-					}`)
-					_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				})
-
-				It("should update status.conditions[0].status to False", func() {
-					verifyNBSetupKeyStatus := func(g Gomega) {
-						cmd := exec.Command(
-							"kubectl", "get",
-							"nbsetupkeys", "main",
-							"-o", "jsonpath={.status.conditions[0].status}",
-						)
-						vnbskOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-						g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-						g.Expect(vnbskOutput).To(ContainSubstring("False"))
-					}
-					Eventually(verifyNBSetupKeyStatus).Should(Succeed())
-				})
-			})
-		})
-
-	})
-})
-
-// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
-func getMetricsOutput() string {
-	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
-	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
-	Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
-	return metricsOutput
-}
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d337e6..0000000
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2" //nolint:staticcheck
-)
-
-const (
-	certmanagerVersion = "v1.16.3"
-	certmanagerURLTmpl = "https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/%s/cert-manager.yaml"
-)
-
-func warnError(err error) {
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "warning: %v\n", err)
-}
-
-// Run executes the provided command within this context
-func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) (string, error) {
-	dir, _ := GetProjectDir()
-	cmd.Dir = dir
-
-	if err := os.Chdir(cmd.Dir); err != nil {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "chdir dir: %s\n", err)
-	}
-
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GO111MODULE=on")
-	command := strings.Join(cmd.Args, " ")
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command)
-	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return string(output), fmt.Errorf("%s failed with error: (%v) %s", command, err, string(output))
-	}
-
-	return string(output), nil
-}
-
-// UninstallCertManager uninstalls the cert manager
-func UninstallCertManager() {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf(certmanagerURLTmpl, certmanagerVersion)
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "-f", url)
-	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
-		warnError(err)
-	}
-
-	cmd = exec.Command(
-		"kubectl", "delete", "--ignore-not-found",
-		"leases.coordination.k8s.io",
-		"-n", "kube-system",
-		"cert-manager-controller", "cert-manager-cainjector-leader-election",
-	)
-
-	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
-		warnError(err)
-	}
-}
-
-// InstallCertManager installs the cert manager bundle.
-func InstallCertManager() error {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf(certmanagerURLTmpl, certmanagerVersion)
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "apply", "-f", url)
-	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// Wait for cert-manager-webhook to be ready, which can take time if cert-manager
-	// was re-installed after uninstalling on a cluster.
-	cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "wait", "deployment.apps/cert-manager-webhook",
-		"--for", "condition=Available",
-		"--namespace", "cert-manager",
-		"--timeout", "5m",
-	)
-
-	_, err := Run(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "wait", "leases/cert-manager-controller",
-		"--for", "jsonpath={.spec.holderIdentity}",
-		"-n", "kube-system",
-		"--timeout", "5m",
-	)
-
-	_, err = Run(cmd)
-	return err
-}
-
-// IsCertManagerCRDsInstalled checks if any Cert Manager CRDs are installed
-// by verifying the existence of key CRDs related to Cert Manager.
-func IsCertManagerCRDsInstalled() bool {
-	// List of common Cert Manager CRDs
-	certManagerCRDs := []string{
-		"certificates.cert-manager.io",
-		"issuers.cert-manager.io",
-		"clusterissuers.cert-manager.io",
-		"certificaterequests.cert-manager.io",
-		"orders.acme.cert-manager.io",
-		"challenges.acme.cert-manager.io",
-	}
-
-	// Execute the kubectl command to get all CRDs
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "crds")
-	output, err := Run(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// Check if any of the Cert Manager CRDs are present
-	crdList := GetNonEmptyLines(output)
-	for _, crd := range certManagerCRDs {
-		for _, line := range crdList {
-			if strings.Contains(line, crd) {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// LoadImageToKindClusterWithName loads a local docker image to the kind cluster
-func LoadImageToKindClusterWithName(name string) error {
-	cluster := "kind"
-	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("KIND_CLUSTER"); ok {
-		cluster = v
-	}
-	kindOptions := []string{"load", "docker-image", name, "--name", cluster}
-	cmd := exec.Command("kind", kindOptions...)
-	_, err := Run(cmd)
-	return err
-}
-
-// GetNonEmptyLines converts given command output string into individual objects
-// according to line breakers, and ignores the empty elements in it.
-func GetNonEmptyLines(output string) []string {
-	var res []string
-	elements := strings.SplitSeq(output, "\n")
-	for element := range elements {
-		if element != "" {
-			res = append(res, element)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return res
-}
-
-// GetProjectDir will return the directory where the project is
-func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
-	wd, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		return wd, err
-	}
-	wd = strings.ReplaceAll(wd, "/test/e2e", "")
-	return wd, nil
-}