diff --git a/test/e2e/kcp_adoption.go b/test/e2e/kcp_adoption.go
index 9824b74e9b3f..52314b9b1282 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kcp_adoption.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kcp_adoption.go
@@ -44,17 +44,11 @@ import (
 type KCPAdoptionSpecInput struct {
 	E2EConfig             *clusterctl.E2EConfig
 	ClusterctlConfigPath  string
-	BootstrapClusterProxy ClusterProxy
+	BootstrapClusterProxy framework.ClusterProxy
 	ArtifactFolder        string
 	SkipCleanup           bool
 }
 
-type ClusterProxy interface {
-	framework.ClusterProxy
-
-	ApplyWithArgs(context.Context, []byte, ...string) error
-}
-
 // KCPAdoptionSpec implements a test that verifies KCP to properly adopt existing control plane Machines
 func KCPAdoptionSpec(ctx context.Context, inputGetter func() KCPAdoptionSpecInput) {
 	var (
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ func KCPAdoptionSpec(ctx context.Context, inputGetter func() KCPAdoptionSpecInpu
 		Expect(workloadClusterTemplate).ToNot(BeNil(), "Failed to get the cluster template")
 
 		By("Applying the cluster template yaml to the cluster with the 'initial' selector")
-		Expect(input.BootstrapClusterProxy.ApplyWithArgs(ctx, workloadClusterTemplate, "--selector", "kcp-adoption.step1")).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(input.BootstrapClusterProxy.Apply(ctx, workloadClusterTemplate, "--selector", "kcp-adoption.step1")).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		cluster = framework.DiscoveryAndWaitForCluster(ctx, framework.DiscoveryAndWaitForClusterInput{
 			Getter:    client,
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@ func KCPAdoptionSpec(ctx context.Context, inputGetter func() KCPAdoptionSpecInpu
 		}, WaitForControlPlaneIntervals...)
 
 		By("Applying the cluster template yaml to the cluster with the 'kcp' selector")
-		Expect(input.BootstrapClusterProxy.ApplyWithArgs(ctx, workloadClusterTemplate, "--selector", "kcp-adoption.step2")).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(input.BootstrapClusterProxy.Apply(ctx, workloadClusterTemplate, "--selector", "kcp-adoption.step2")).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		var controlPlane *controlplanev1.KubeadmControlPlane
 		Eventually(func() *controlplanev1.KubeadmControlPlane {
diff --git a/test/e2e/kcp_adoption_test.go b/test/e2e/kcp_adoption_test.go
index a9febb8bf56d..9b8396bba50c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kcp_adoption_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kcp_adoption_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/framework"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("When testing KCP adoption", func() {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ var _ = Describe("When testing KCP adoption", func() {
 		return KCPAdoptionSpecInput{
 			E2EConfig:             e2eConfig,
 			ClusterctlConfigPath:  clusterctlConfigPath,
-			BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy.(ClusterProxy),
+			BootstrapClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy.(framework.ClusterProxy),
 			ArtifactFolder:        artifactFolder,
 			SkipCleanup:           skipCleanup,
 		}