diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
index d7e6e9b5d..73386de7d 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
@@ -23,31 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 )
 
-var (
-	initBinPath    func(string) binPath
-	additionalArgs func() ([]string, error)
-)
-
-const noOutputLineCount = 0 // regular binaries emit no extra lines
-
-func init() {
-	initBinPath = initBinPathNoCov
-	additionalArgs = additionalArgsNoCov
-}
-
-func initBinPathNoCov(binDir string) binPath {
-	return binPath{
-		Etcd:            binDir + "/etcd",
-		EtcdLastRelease: binDir + "/etcd-last-release",
-		Etcdctl:         binDir + "/etcdctl",
-		Etcdutl:         binDir + "/etcdutl",
-	}
-}
-
-func additionalArgsNoCov() ([]string, error) {
-	return []string{}, nil
-}
-
 func SpawnCmd(args []string, envVars map[string]string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
 	return SpawnNamedCmd(strings.Join(args, "_"), args, envVars)
 }
@@ -62,15 +37,11 @@ func SpawnCmdWithLogger(lg *zap.Logger, args []string, envVars map[string]string
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	newArgs, err := additionalArgs()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	env := mergeEnvVariables(envVars)
 	lg.Info("spawning process",
 		zap.Strings("args", args),
 		zap.String("working-dir", wd),
 		zap.String("name", name),
 		zap.Strings("environment-variables", env))
-	return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(args[0], append(args[1:], newArgs...), env, name)
+	return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(args[0], args[1:], env, name)
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/flags.go b/tests/framework/e2e/flags.go
index d51d28980..ef072f8ad 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/flags.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/flags.go
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ func InitFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&CertDir, "cert-dir", certDirDef, "The directory for store certificate files.")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	BinPath = initBinPath(*binDir)
+	BinPath = binPath{
+		Etcd:            *binDir + "/etcd",
+		EtcdLastRelease: *binDir + "/etcd-last-release",
+		Etcdctl:         *binDir + "/etcdctl",
+		Etcdutl:         *binDir + "/etcdutl",
+	}
 	CertPath = CertDir + "/server.crt"
 	PrivateKeyPath = CertDir + "/server.key.insecure"
 	CaPath = CertDir + "/ca.crt"
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/util.go b/tests/framework/e2e/util.go
index 46ac286f0..94e1156a2 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/util.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/util.go
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ func SpawnWithExpectLines(ctx context.Context, args []string, envVars map[string
 	}
 
 	l := proc.LineCount()
-	if len(xs) == 0 && l != noOutputLineCount { // expect no output
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected output from %v (got lines %q, line count %d) %v. Try EXPECT_DEBUG=TRUE", args, lines, l, l != noOutputLineCount)
+	if len(xs) == 0 && l != 0 { // expect no output
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected output from %v (got lines %q, line count %d). Try EXPECT_DEBUG=TRUE", args, lines, l)
 	}
 	return lines, nil
 }