diff --git a/tests/integration/templates/ingress-test.yaml b/tests/integration/templates/ingress-test.yaml
index 1895da7f2..52a6c70fe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/templates/ingress-test.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/templates/ingress-test.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: minimal-ingress
 spec:
-  ingressClassName: cilium
+  ingressClassName: ck-ingress
   rules:
   - host: "foo.bar.com"
     http:
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/test_cilium_e2e.py b/tests/integration/tests/test_cilium_e2e.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e4e36b46..000000000
--- a/tests/integration/tests/test_cilium_e2e.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2024 Canonical, Ltd.
-#
-import logging
-import os
-import platform
-from typing import List
-
-import pytest
-from test_util import config, harness, util
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-ARCH = platform.machine()
-CILIUM_CLI_ARCH_MAP = {"aarch64": "arm64", "x86_64": "amd64"}
-CILIUM_CLI_VERSION = "v0.16.3"
-CILIUM_CLI_TAR_GZ = f"https://github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/releases/download/{CILIUM_CLI_VERSION}/cilium-linux-{CILIUM_CLI_ARCH_MAP.get(ARCH)}.tar.gz"  # noqa
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    ARCH not in CILIUM_CLI_ARCH_MAP, reason=f"Platform {ARCH} not supported"
-)
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    os.getenv("TEST_CILIUM_E2E") in ["false", None],
-    reason="Test is known to be flaky on GitHub Actions",
-)
-def test_cilium_e2e(instances: List[harness.Instance]):
-    instance = instances[0]
-    instance.exec(["bash", "-c", "mkdir -p ~/.kube"])
-    instance.exec(["bash", "-c", "k8s config > ~/.kube/config"])
-
-    # Download cilium-cli
-    instance.exec(["curl", "-L", CILIUM_CLI_TAR_GZ, "-o", "cilium.tar.gz"])
-    instance.exec(["tar", "xvzf", "cilium.tar.gz"])
-    instance.exec(["./cilium", "version", "--client"])
-
-    instance.exec(["k8s", "status", "--wait-ready"])
-
-    util.wait_for_dns(instance)
-    util.wait_for_network(instance)
-
-    # Run cilium e2e tests
-    e2e_args = []
-    if config.SUBSTRATE == "lxd":
-        # NOTE(neoaggelos): disable "no-unexpected-packet-drops" on LXD as it fails:
-        # [=] Test [no-unexpected-packet-drops] [1/61]
-        #   [-] Scenario [no-unexpected-packet-drops/no-unexpected-packet-drops]
-        #       Found unexpected packet drops:
-        # {
-        #   "labels": {
-        #     "direction": "INGRESS",
-        #     "reason": "VLAN traffic disallowed by VLAN filter"
-        #   },
-        #   "name": "cilium_drop_count_total",
-        #   "value": 4
-        # }
-        e2e_args.extend(["--test", "!no-unexpected-packet-drops"])
-
-    instance.exec(["./cilium", "connectivity", "test", *e2e_args])