diff --git a/openshift/e2e-common.sh b/openshift/e2e-common.sh
index f53f69002..2bfbe89f8 100755
--- a/openshift/e2e-common.sh
+++ b/openshift/e2e-common.sh
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ install_serverless_operator_branch() {
   unset OPENSHIFT_CI
 
   # Install all components Serving,Eventing,Strimzi and Kafka
-  make install-all || failed=1
+  make install-serving install-eventing || failed=1
   subheader "Successfully installed serverless operator."
   
   # Workaround default 'https' scheme
@@ -231,19 +231,6 @@ install_serverless_operator_branch() {
     --namespace knative-serving --type merge \
     --patch '{"spec":{"config":{"network":{"default-external-scheme":"http"}}}}' || return 1
 
-  header "Applying Strimzi Topic CR"
-  cat <<-EOF | oc apply -n kafka -f - || failed=1
-apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
-kind: KafkaTopic
-metadata:
-  name: test-topic
-  labels:
-    strimzi.io/cluster: my-cluster
-spec:
-  partitions: 100
-  replicas: 1
-EOF
-
   popd
   return $failed
 }