diff --git a/e2e/v3_curl_test.go b/e2e/v3_curl_test.go
index 56652b82e..cb140f2b6 100644
--- a/e2e/v3_curl_test.go
+++ b/e2e/v3_curl_test.go
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
 
 	epb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3election/v3electionpb"
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/testutil"
-	"github.com/coreos/etcd/version"
 
 	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/runtime"
 )
@@ -283,45 +281,3 @@ type campaignResponse struct {
 		Lease string `json:"lease,omitempty"`
 	} `json:"leader,omitempty"`
 }
-
-func TestV3CurlCipherSuitesValid(t *testing.T)    { testV3CurlCipherSuites(t, true) }
-func TestV3CurlCipherSuitesMismatch(t *testing.T) { testV3CurlCipherSuites(t, false) }
-func testV3CurlCipherSuites(t *testing.T, valid bool) {
-	cc := configClientTLS
-	cc.clusterSize = 1
-	cc.cipherSuites = []string{
-		"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-		"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
-		"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-		"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
-		"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305",
-		"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305",
-	}
-	testFunc := cipherSuiteTestValid
-	if !valid {
-		testFunc = cipherSuiteTestMismatch
-	}
-	testCtl(t, testFunc, withCfg(cc))
-}
-
-func cipherSuiteTestValid(cx ctlCtx) {
-	if err := cURLGet(cx.epc, cURLReq{
-		endpoint:         "/metrics",
-		expected:         fmt.Sprintf(`etcd_server_version{server_version="%s"} 1`, version.Version),
-		metricsURLScheme: cx.cfg.metricsURLScheme,
-		ciphers:          "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", // TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
-	}); err != nil {
-		cx.t.Fatalf("failed get with curl (%v)", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func cipherSuiteTestMismatch(cx ctlCtx) {
-	if err := cURLGet(cx.epc, cURLReq{
-		endpoint:         "/metrics",
-		expected:         "alert handshake failure",
-		metricsURLScheme: cx.cfg.metricsURLScheme,
-		ciphers:          "ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", // TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
-	}); err != nil {
-		cx.t.Fatalf("failed get with curl (%v)", err)
-	}
-}