diff --git a/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js b/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
index 00a497bf9ac..cebc96972d5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/config/bootstrap.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import { get } from 'lodash';
 import {
 	activateTheme,
 	clearLocalStorage,
-	createMenu,
-	deleteAllMenus,
 	enablePageDialogAccept,
 	installTheme,
 	isOfflineMode,
@@ -250,36 +248,6 @@ async function createTestData() {
 	} );
 }
 
-/**
- * Create test posts so that the WordPress instance has some data.
- */
-async function createTestMenus() {
-	await deleteAllMenus();
-	await createMenu(
-		{
-			name: 'Test Menu 1',
-		},
-		[
-			{
-				title: 'WordPress.org',
-				url: 'https://wordpress.org',
-				menu_order: 1,
-			},
-			{
-				title: 'Wikipedia.org',
-				url: 'https://wikipedia.org',
-				menu_order: 2,
-			},
-			{
-				title: 'Google',
-				url: 'https://google.com',
-				menu_order: 3,
-				parent: 1,
-			},
-		],
-	);
-}
-
 /**
  * Install themes and plugins needed in tests.
  */
@@ -309,7 +277,6 @@ beforeAll( async () => {
 	await setupThemesAndPlugins();
 	await trashAllPosts();
 	await createTestData();
-	await createTestMenus();
 	await cleanUpSettings();
 	await page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout( 10000 );
 	await page.setDefaultTimeout( 10000 );
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfifteen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfifteen.js
index 88444ecdf50..fb3fd139935 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfifteen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfifteen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Fifteen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Fifteen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfourteen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfourteen.js
index b9e7180c0b3..e563fa97592 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfourteen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyfourteen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Fourteen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Fourteen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentynineteen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentynineteen.js
index 9c2b9316897..04ec1d0108b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentynineteen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentynineteen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Nineteen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Nineteen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'menu-1' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyseventeen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyseventeen.js
index b93777f4404..8dece2e7dd3 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyseventeen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentyseventeen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Seventeen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Seventeen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'top' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentysixteen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentysixteen.js
index a3d3df7d4c1..bff8b2cb575 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentysixteen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentysixteen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Sixteen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Sixteen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentythirteen.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentythirteen.js
index afdaa884617..e5df09abeaa 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentythirteen.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentythirteen.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Thirteen theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Thirteen theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwelve.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwelve.js
index 2fef4e3b422..d599478a871 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwelve.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwelve.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Twelve theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Twelve theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwenty.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwenty.js
index 4da7f801af2..dc13a49b3bf 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwenty.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwenty.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminPage } from '@w
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Twenty theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Twenty theme on AMP', () => {
 
 		describe( 'main navigation', () => {
 			beforeAll( async () => {
+				await createTestMenu();
 				await assignMenuToLocation( 'mobile' );
 			} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwentyone.js b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwentyone.js
index f20ad3640fb..9b51a543a32 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwentyone.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/core-themes/twentytwentyone.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { activateTheme, createURL, installTheme, setBrowserViewport, visitAdminP
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setTemplateMode } from '../../utils/amp-settings-utils';
-import { assignMenuToLocation } from '../../utils/assign-menu-to-location';
+import { assignMenuToLocation, createTestMenu } from '../../utils/nav-menu-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE, MOBILE_BROWSER_VIEWPORT_SIZE } from '../../config/bootstrap';
 
 describe( 'Twenty Twenty-One theme on AMP', () => {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe( 'Twenty Twenty-One theme on AMP', () => {
 
 	describe( 'main navigation on mobile', () => {
 		beforeAll( async () => {
+			await createTestMenu();
 			await assignMenuToLocation( 'primary' );
 		} );
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/utils/assign-menu-to-location.js b/tests/e2e/utils/nav-menu-utils.js
similarity index 51%
rename from tests/e2e/utils/assign-menu-to-location.js
rename to tests/e2e/utils/nav-menu-utils.js
index 2c44d40d615..d986092fad2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utils/assign-menu-to-location.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/utils/nav-menu-utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,34 @@
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { visitAdminPage } from '@wordpress/e2e-test-utils';
+import { createMenu, deleteAllMenus, visitAdminPage } from '@wordpress/e2e-test-utils';
+
+export async function createTestMenu() {
+	await deleteAllMenus();
+	await createMenu(
+		{
+			name: 'Test Menu 1',
+		},
+		[
+			{
+				title: 'WordPress.org',
+				url: 'https://wordpress.org',
+				menu_order: 1,
+			},
+			{
+				title: 'Wikipedia.org',
+				url: 'https://wikipedia.org',
+				menu_order: 2,
+			},
+			{
+				title: 'Google',
+				url: 'https://google.com',
+				menu_order: 3,
+				parent: 1,
+			},
+		],
+	);
+}
 
 export async function assignMenuToLocation( menuLocationName ) {
 	await visitAdminPage( 'nav-menus.php', '' );