diff --git a/test/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/test/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index 9aba3a57ea..5a1eda07e1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		masterSSHPort = "22"
 	}
 	masterSSHPrivateKeyFilepath = cfg.GetSSHKeyPath()
-	if cfg.StabilityIterations == 0 && !eng.HasWindowsAgents() {
-		cfg.StabilityIterations = 10
-	}
 	longRunningApacheDeploymentName = "php-apache-long-running"
 })