diff --git a/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go b/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
index 269643411742..740a16cc79bd 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
+++ b/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
@@ -756,9 +756,15 @@ func configurePortMappings(portMappings []PortMapping, config *dockercontainer.C
 			HostIP:   pm.ListenAddress,
 			HostPort: fmt.Sprintf("%d", pm.HostPort),
 		}
+		if pm.HostPort == 0 {
+			mapping.HostIP = ""
+			mapping.HostPort = ""
+		}
 		hostConfig.PortBindings[port] = append(hostConfig.PortBindings[port], mapping)
 		exposedPorts[port] = struct{}{}
-		exposedPorts[nat.Port(fmt.Sprintf("%d/tcp", pm.HostPort))] = struct{}{}
+		if pm.HostPort > 0 {
+			exposedPorts[nat.Port(fmt.Sprintf("%d/tcp", pm.HostPort))] = struct{}{}
+		}
 	}
 
 	config.ExposedPorts = exposedPorts
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/docker/internal/docker/kind_manager.go b/test/infrastructure/docker/internal/docker/kind_manager.go
index 2eec6a137b2f..9dedf83d83b1 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/docker/internal/docker/kind_manager.go
+++ b/test/infrastructure/docker/internal/docker/kind_manager.go
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ func (m *Manager) CreateWorkerNode(ctx context.Context, name, image, clusterName
 func (m *Manager) CreateExternalLoadBalancerNode(ctx context.Context, name, image, clusterName, listenAddress string, port int32, _ clusterv1.ClusterIPFamily) (*types.Node, error) {
 	// gets a random host port for control-plane load balancer
 	// gets a random host port for the API server
-	if port == 0 {
-		p, err := getPort()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get port for API server")
-		}
-		port = p
-	}
+	// if port == 0 {
+	// 	p, err := getPort()
+	// 	if err != nil {
+	// 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get port for API server")
+	// 	}
+	// 	port = p
+	// }
 
 	// load balancer port mapping
 	portMappings := []v1alpha4.PortMapping{{