diff --git a/test/util/e2e.go b/test/util/e2e.go
index 2b69e89e5e..3809562092 100644
--- a/test/util/e2e.go
+++ b/test/util/e2e.go
@@ -94,13 +94,6 @@ func WaitForKueueAvailability(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client) {
 	gomega.EventuallyWithOffset(1, func(g gomega.Gomega) error {
 		g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, kcmKey, deployment)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 		g.Expect(k8sClient.List(ctx, &pods, client.InNamespace(GetNamespace()), client.MatchingLabels(deployment.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels))).To(gomega.Succeed())
-		for _, pod := range pods.Items {
-			for _, cs := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
-				if cs.RestartCount > 0 {
-					return gomega.StopTrying(fmt.Sprintf("%q in %q has restarted %d times", cs.Name, pod.Name, cs.RestartCount))
-				}
-			}
-		}
 		g.Expect(deployment.Status.Conditions).To(gomega.ContainElement(gomega.BeComparableTo(
 			appsv1.DeploymentCondition{
 				Type:   appsv1.DeploymentAvailable,