diff --git a/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts b/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
index 8e8e18f025b6..86502fa91ce2 100644
--- a/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
+++ b/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ProjectDetails } from 'e2e/models/pages/ProjectDetails';
 import { detExecSync, fullPath } from 'e2e/utils/detCLI';
 import { safeName } from 'e2e/utils/naming';
 import { repeatWithFallback } from 'e2e/utils/polling';
-import { V1Project, V1Workspace } from 'services/api-ts-sdk';
+import { V1Project } from 'services/api-ts-sdk';
 import { ExperimentBase } from 'types';
 
 test.describe('Experiment List', () => {
@@ -563,48 +563,30 @@ test.describe('Experiment List', () => {
 
   test.describe('Row Actions', () => {
     let destinationProject: V1Project;
-    let destinationWorkspace: V1Workspace;
     let experimentId: number;
 
     // create a new project, workspace and experiment
-    test.beforeAll(async ({ backgroundApiProject, backgroundApiWorkspace }) => {
-      destinationWorkspace = (await backgroundApiWorkspace.createWorkspace(
-        backgroundApiWorkspace.new(),
-      )).workspace;
+    test.beforeAll(async ({ backgroundApiProject, newProject: { response: { project } } }) => {
       destinationProject = (await backgroundApiProject.createProject(
-        destinationWorkspace.id,
-        backgroundApiProject.new(),
+        project.workspaceId,
+        backgroundApiProject.new({ projectProps: { workspaceId: project.workspaceId } }),
       )).project;
 
       const expId = Number(detExecSync(
-        `experiment create ${fullPath('examples/tutorials/mnist_pytorch/adaptive.yaml')} --paused --project_id ${destinationProject.id}`,
+        `experiment create ${fullPath('examples/tutorials/mnist_pytorch/adaptive.yaml')} --paused --project_id ${project.id}`,
       ).split(' ')[2]); // returns in the format "Created experiment <exp_id>"
 
       if (!Number.isNaN(expId)) experimentId = expId;
     });
 
-    test.beforeEach(async ({ authedPage, newProject }) => {
-      test.slow();
-      projectDetailsPage = new ProjectDetails(authedPage);
-
-      await projectDetailsPage.gotoProject(newProject.response.project.id);
-
-      const grid = projectDetailsPage.f_experimentList.dataGrid;
-
-      await grid.setColumnHeight();
-      await grid.headRow.setColumnDefs();
-    });
-
     // cleanup
-    test.afterAll(async ({ backgroundApiProject, backgroundApiWorkspace }) => {
+    test.afterAll(async ({ backgroundApiProject }) => {
       if (experimentId !== undefined) {
         detExecSync(`experiment kill ${experimentId}`);
         detExecSync(`experiment delete ${experimentId} --y`);
       }
 
       await backgroundApiProject.deleteProject(destinationProject.id);
-      await backgroundApiWorkspace.deleteWorkspace(destinationProject.id);
-
     });
 
     test('move experiment', async () => {
@@ -615,7 +597,6 @@ test.describe('Experiment List', () => {
       const menuMove = await newExperimentRow.experimentActionDropdown.open();
 
       await menuMove.menuItem('Move').pwLocator.click();
-      await menuMove.moveModal.destinationWorkspace.pwLocator.fill(destinationProject.workspaceName ?? '');
       await menuMove.moveModal.destinationProject.pwLocator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
       await menuMove.moveModal.destinationProject.pwLocator.fill(destinationProject.name);
       await menuMove.moveModal.footer.submit.pwLocator.click();