diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/commons/cluster-resource-set-csi-insecure.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/commons/cluster-resource-set-csi-insecure.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86c659694a..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/commons/cluster-resource-set-csi-insecure.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: csi-vsphere-config
-  namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
-stringData:
-  data: |
-    apiVersion: v1
-    kind: Secret
-    metadata:
-      name: csi-vsphere-config
-      namespace: kube-system
-    stringData:
-      csi-vsphere.conf: |+
-        [Global]
-        cluster-id = "${NAMESPACE}/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-
-        [VirtualCenter "${VSPHERE_SERVER}"]
-        insecure-flag = "${VSPHERE_INSECURE_CSI}"
-        user = "${VSPHERE_USERNAME}"
-        password = "${VSPHERE_PASSWORD}"
-        datacenters = "${VSPHERE_DATACENTER}"
-
-        [Network]
-        public-network = "${VSPHERE_NETWORK}"
-
-    type: Opaque
-type: addons.cluster.x-k8s.io/resource-set
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/topology/kustomization.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/topology/kustomization.yaml
index de372e3513..a1fdbd4d10 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/topology/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-vsphere/v1.8/topology/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ resources:
 patchesStrategicMerge:
   - ../commons/cluster-resource-set-label.yaml
   - ../commons/cluster-network-CIDR.yaml
-  - ../commons/cluster-resource-set-csi-insecure.yaml
 patches:
   - target:
       kind: VSphereMachineTemplate