diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index 128733ce38..47b2007820 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -25,23 +25,10 @@
 
 source $(dirname $0)/../scripts/e2e-tests.sh
 
-function parse_flags() {
-  if [[ "$1" == "--smoke-test-custom-flag" ]]; then
-    echo "--smoke-test-custom-flag passed"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  return 0
-}
-
 # Script entry point.
 
 initialize $@
 
-if (( USING_EXISTING_CLUSTER )); then
-  echo "ERROR: this test isn't intended to run against an existing cluster"
-  fail_test
-fi
-
 start_latest_knative_serving || fail_test "Knative Serving is not up"
 
 # This is actually a unit test, but it does exercise the necessary helper functions.