diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6efc0238d3..9b902a50ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ update: update/gofmt update/kustomize update/mockgen update/gomod update/shfmt u
 verify: verify/govet verify/golangci-lint verify/update
 	@echo "All verifications passed!"
 
-
-
 .PHONY: cluster/create
 cluster/create: bin/kops bin/eksctl bin/aws bin/gomplate
 	./hack/e2e/create-cluster.sh
@@ -114,6 +112,14 @@ cluster/image: bin/aws
 cluster/delete: bin/kops bin/eksctl
 	./hack/e2e/delete-cluster.sh
 
+.PHONY: cluster/install
+cluster/install: bin/helm bin/aws
+	./hack/e2e/install.sh
+
+.PHONY: cluster/uninstall
+cluster/uninstall: bin/helm bin/aws
+	./hack/e2e/uninstall.sh
+
 ## E2E targets
 # Targets to run e2e tests
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e/install.sh b/hack/e2e/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..216eb3d26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/e2e/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# This script deletes a cluster that was created by `create-cluster.sh`
+# CLUSTER_NAME and CLUSTER_TYPE are expected to be specified by the caller
+# All other environment variables have default values (see config.sh) but
+# many can be overridden on demand if needed
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE_DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
+BIN="${BASE_DIR}/../../bin"
+
+source "${BASE_DIR}/config.sh"
+source "${BASE_DIR}/util.sh"
+
+if [ -z "${HELM_VALUES_FILE:-}" ]; then
+  if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "kops" ]]; then
+    HELM_VALUES_FILE="${BASE_DIR}/kops/values.yaml"
+  elif [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "eksctl" ]]; then
+    HELM_VALUES_FILE="${BASE_DIR}/eksctl/values.yaml"
+  else
+    echo "Cluster type ${CLUSTER_TYPE} is invalid, must be kops or eksctl" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+loudecho "Installing driver via ${DEPLOY_METHOD}"
+install_driver
+loudecho "Sucessfully installed driver via ${DEPLOY_METHOD}"
diff --git a/hack/e2e/run.sh b/hack/e2e/run.sh
index 86cff248d2..909ad7879c 100755
--- a/hack/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e/run.sh
@@ -60,37 +60,9 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${HELM_CT_TEST}" != true ]]; then
   startSec=$(date +'%s')
-
-  if [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "helm" ]]; then
-    HELM_ARGS=(upgrade --install "aws-ebs-csi-driver"
-      --namespace kube-system
-      --set image.repository="${IMAGE_NAME}"
-      --set image.tag="${IMAGE_TAG}"
-      --set node.enableWindows="${WINDOWS}"
-      --set node.windowsHostProcess="${WINDOWS_HOSTPROCESS}"
-      --set=controller.k8sTagClusterId="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-      --timeout 10m0s
-      --wait
-      --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}"
-      ./charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver)
-    if [[ -f "$HELM_VALUES_FILE" ]]; then
-      HELM_ARGS+=(-f "${HELM_VALUES_FILE}")
-    fi
-    eval "EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS=$HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS"
-    if [[ -n "$EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS" ]]; then
-      HELM_ARGS+=("${EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS}")
-    fi
-    set -x
-    "${BIN}/helm" "${HELM_ARGS[@]}"
-    set +x
-  elif [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "kustomize" ]]; then
-    set -x
-    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" apply -k "./deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable"
-    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" --namespace kube-system wait --timeout 10m0s --for "condition=ready" pod -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=aws-ebs-csi-driver"
-    set +x
-  fi
-
+  install_driver
   endSec=$(date +'%s')
+
   deployTimeSeconds=$(((endSec - startSec) / 1))
   loudecho "Driver deployment complete, time used: $deployTimeSeconds seconds"
 fi
@@ -199,14 +171,7 @@ fi
 ## Cleanup
 
 if [[ "${HELM_CT_TEST}" != true ]]; then
-  loudecho "Removing driver via ${DEPLOY_METHOD}"
-  if [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "helm" ]]; then
-    ${BIN}/helm del "aws-ebs-csi-driver" \
-      --namespace kube-system \
-      --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}"
-  elif [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "kustomize" ]]; then
-    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" delete -k "${BASE_DIR}/../../deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable"
-  fi
+  uninstall_driver
 fi
 
 if [[ "${EBS_INSTALL_SNAPSHOT}" == true ]]; then
diff --git a/hack/e2e/uninstall.sh b/hack/e2e/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e55945c593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/e2e/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This script deletes a cluster that was created by `create-cluster.sh`
+# CLUSTER_NAME and CLUSTER_TYPE are expected to be specified by the caller
+# All other environment variables have default values (see config.sh) but
+# many can be overridden on demand if needed
+
+BASE_DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
+BIN="${BASE_DIR}/../../bin"
+
+source "${BASE_DIR}/config.sh"
+source "${BASE_DIR}/util.sh"
+
+loudecho "Uninstalling driver via ${DEPLOY_METHOD}"
+uninstall_driver
+loudecho "Sucessfully uninstalled driver via ${DEPLOY_METHOD}"
diff --git a/hack/e2e/util.sh b/hack/e2e/util.sh
index 7515711ccb..1910e175bd 100644
--- a/hack/e2e/util.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e/util.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,41 @@ function loudecho() {
   echo "#"
 }
 
-function generate_ssh_key() {
-  SSH_KEY_PATH=${1}
-  if [[ ! -e ${SSH_KEY_PATH} ]]; then
-    loudecho "Generating SSH key $SSH_KEY_PATH"
-    ssh-keygen -P csi-e2e -f "${SSH_KEY_PATH}"
-  else
-    loudecho "Reusing SSH key $SSH_KEY_PATH"
+function install_driver() {
+  if [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "helm" ]]; then
+    HELM_ARGS=(upgrade --install aws-ebs-csi-driver
+      "${BASE_DIR}/../../charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver"
+      --namespace kube-system
+      --set image.repository="${IMAGE_NAME}"
+      --set image.tag="${IMAGE_TAG}"
+      --set node.enableWindows="${WINDOWS}"
+      --set node.windowsHostProcess="${WINDOWS_HOSTPROCESS}"
+      --set=controller.k8sTagClusterId="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+      --timeout 10m0s
+      --wait
+      --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}")
+    if [ -n "${HELM_VALUES_FILE:-}" ]; then
+      HELM_ARGS+=(-f "${HELM_VALUES_FILE}")
+    fi
+    eval "EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS=$HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS"
+    if [[ -n "$EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS" ]]; then
+      HELM_ARGS+=("${EXPANDED_HELM_EXTRA_FLAGS}")
+    fi
+    set -x
+    "${BIN}/helm" "${HELM_ARGS[@]}"
+    set +x
+  elif [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "kustomize" ]]; then
+    set -x
+    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" apply -k "${BASE_DIR}/../../deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable"
+    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" --namespace kube-system wait --timeout 10m0s --for "condition=ready" pod -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=aws-ebs-csi-driver"
+    set +x
+  fi
+}
+
+function uninstall_driver() {
+  if [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "helm" ]]; then
+    ${BIN}/helm uninstall "aws-ebs-csi-driver" --namespace kube-system --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}"
+  elif [[ ${DEPLOY_METHOD} == "kustomize" ]]; then
+    kubectl --kubeconfig "${KUBECONFIG}" delete -k "${BASE_DIR}/../../deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable"
   fi
 }