diff --git a/test/e2e/capi_machine_deployment_rollout_test.go b/test/e2e/capi_machine_deployment_rollout_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 194a97b269..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/capi_machine_deployment_rollout_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-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 (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	capi_e2e "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/e2e"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/framework/clusterctl"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("ClusterAPI Machine Deployment Tests", func() {
-	const specName = "md-rollout" // copied from CAPI
-	Context("Running the MachineDeployment rollout spec", func() {
-		Setup(specName, func(testSpecificSettingsGetter func() testSettings) {
-			capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentRolloutSpec(ctx, func() capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentRolloutSpecInput {
-				return capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentRolloutSpecInput{
-					E2EConfig:             e2eConfig,
-					ClusterctlConfigPath:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().ClusterctlConfigPath,
-					BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
-					ArtifactFolder:        artifactFolder,
-					SkipCleanup:           skipCleanup,
-					Flavor:                testSpecificSettingsGetter().FlavorForMode(clusterctl.DefaultFlavor),
-					PostNamespaceCreated:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().PostNamespaceCreatedFunc,
-				}
-			})
-		})
-	})
-})
diff --git a/test/e2e/md_scale_test.go b/test/e2e/md_scale_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 67f7811453..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/md_scale_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-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 (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	capi_e2e "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/e2e"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/framework/clusterctl"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("When testing MachineDeployment scale out/in", func() {
-	const specName = "md-scale" // copied from CAPI
-	Setup(specName, func(testSpecificSettingsGetter func() testSettings) {
-		capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentScaleSpec(ctx, func() capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentScaleSpecInput {
-			return capi_e2e.MachineDeploymentScaleSpecInput{
-				E2EConfig:             e2eConfig,
-				ClusterctlConfigPath:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().ClusterctlConfigPath,
-				BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
-				ArtifactFolder:        artifactFolder,
-				SkipCleanup:           skipCleanup,
-				Flavor:                testSpecificSettingsGetter().FlavorForMode(clusterctl.DefaultFlavor),
-				PostNamespaceCreated:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().PostNamespaceCreatedFunc,
-			}
-		})
-	})
-})
diff --git a/test/e2e/node_drain_timeout_test.go b/test/e2e/node_drain_timeout_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index be28fcc4c8..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/node_drain_timeout_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-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 (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
-	capi_e2e "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/e2e"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("When testing node drain timeout", func() {
-	const specName = "node-drain" // copied from CAPI
-	Setup(specName, func(testSpecificSettingsGetter func() testSettings) {
-		capi_e2e.NodeDrainTimeoutSpec(ctx, func() capi_e2e.NodeDrainTimeoutSpecInput {
-			return capi_e2e.NodeDrainTimeoutSpecInput{
-				E2EConfig:             e2eConfig,
-				ClusterctlConfigPath:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().ClusterctlConfigPath,
-				BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
-				ArtifactFolder:        artifactFolder,
-				SkipCleanup:           skipCleanup,
-				Flavor:                ptr.To(testSpecificSettingsGetter().FlavorForMode("node-drain")),
-				PostNamespaceCreated:  testSpecificSettingsGetter().PostNamespaceCreatedFunc,
-			}
-		})
-	})
-})