diff --git a/test/helpers/cons.go b/test/helpers/cons.go
index 83a6d8fa248b9..a028401ac5d6c 100644
--- a/test/helpers/cons.go
+++ b/test/helpers/cons.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	k8sConst "github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/k8s/apis/cilium.io"
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/versioncheck"
-	"github.com/cilium/cilium/test/ginkgo-ext"
+	ginkgoext "github.com/cilium/cilium/test/ginkgo-ext"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ const (
 	CiliumDockerDaemonName = "cilium-docker"
 	AgentDaemon            = "cilium-agent"
 
-	GeneratedHTMLManifest   = "html.yaml"
-	GeneratedServerManifest = "server.yaml"
-	GeneratedClientManifest = "client.yaml"
-
 	KubectlCreate = ResourceLifeCycleAction("create")
 	KubectlDelete = ResourceLifeCycleAction("delete")
 	KubectlApply  = ResourceLifeCycleAction("apply")
diff --git a/test/helpers/kubectl.go b/test/helpers/kubectl.go
index 7ca7da1f20847..d201dec8bbc06 100644
--- a/test/helpers/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/helpers/kubectl.go
@@ -2642,16 +2642,6 @@ func (kub *Kubectl) CiliumEndpointsList(ctx context.Context, pod string) *CmdRes
 	return kub.CiliumExecContext(ctx, pod, "cilium endpoint list -o json")
 }
 
-// CiliumEndpointsStatus returns a mapping  of a pod name to it is corresponding
-// endpoint's status
-func (kub *Kubectl) CiliumEndpointsStatus(pod string) map[string]string {
-	filter := `{range [*]}{@.status.external-identifiers.pod-name}{"="}{@.status.state}{"\n"}{end}`
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), ShortCommandTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	return kub.CiliumExecContext(ctx, pod, fmt.Sprintf(
-		"cilium endpoint list -o jsonpath='%s'", filter)).KVOutput()
-}
-
 // CiliumEndpointIPv6 returns the IPv6 address of each endpoint which matches
 // the given endpoint selector.
 func (kub *Kubectl) CiliumEndpointIPv6(pod string, endpoint string) map[string]string {
diff --git a/test/helpers/manifest_generator.go b/test/helpers/manifest_generator.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0873f12a4446a..0000000000000
--- a/test/helpers/manifest_generator.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 Authors of Cilium
-//
-// 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 helpers
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path"
-	"text/template"
-)
-
-// ManifestValues wraps manifest index
-type ManifestValues struct {
-	Index int
-}
-
-// GenerateManifestForEndpoints generates k8s manifests that will create
-// endpointCount Cilium endpoints when applied.
-// 1/3 of endpoints are servers, the rest are clients.
-// returns lastServer index
-// Saves generated manifest to manifestPath, also returns it via string
-func GenerateManifestForEndpoints(endpointCount int, manifestPath string) (string, int, error) {
-	configMapStr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(K8sManifestBase, GeneratedHTMLManifest))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-
-	serverTemplateStr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(K8sManifestBase, GeneratedServerManifest))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-	serverTemplate, err := template.New("server").Parse(string(serverTemplateStr))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-
-	clientTemplateStr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(K8sManifestBase, GeneratedClientManifest))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-	clientTemplate, err := template.New("client").Parse(string(clientTemplateStr))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-
-	separator := "\n---\n"
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	buf.Write(configMapStr)
-	i := 0
-	for ; i < endpointCount/3; i++ {
-		buf.WriteString(separator)
-
-		vals := ManifestValues{i}
-		serverTemplate.Execute(buf, vals)
-	}
-	lastServer := i
-
-	for ; i < endpointCount; i++ {
-		buf.WriteString(separator)
-
-		vals := ManifestValues{i}
-		clientTemplate.Execute(buf, vals)
-	}
-
-	result := buf.String()
-	ioutil.WriteFile(manifestPath, []byte(result), os.ModePerm)
-
-	return result, lastServer, nil
-}
diff --git a/test/k8sT/manifests/client.yaml b/test/k8sT/manifests/client.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd61e0611b11..0000000000000
--- a/test/k8sT/manifests/client.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: app{{.Index}}
-  labels:
-    id: app{{.Index}}
-    zgroup: testapp
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - name: app-frontend
-    image: docker.io/cilium/connectivity-container:v1.0
-    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    command: [ "sleep" ]
-    args:
-      - "1000h"
diff --git a/test/k8sT/manifests/html.yaml b/test/k8sT/manifests/html.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dd1cfbd777e7a..0000000000000
--- a/test/k8sT/manifests/html.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: html
-data:
-  index.html: index
diff --git a/test/k8sT/manifests/server.yaml b/test/k8sT/manifests/server.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a071d63fa8b..0000000000000
--- a/test/k8sT/manifests/server.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: app{{.Index}}-service
-  labels:
-    zgroup: testapp
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - port: 80
-  selector:
-    id: app{{.Index}}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: app{{.Index}}
-  labels:
-    id: app{{.Index}}
-    zgroup: testapp
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - name: web
-    image: docker.io/cilium/connectivity-container:v1.0
-    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    ports:
-    - containerPort: 80
-    volumeMounts:
-    - name: html-volume
-      mountPath: /var/www
-  volumes:
-    - name: html-volume
-      configMap:
-        name: html