diff --git a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
index 6e692c3a..6c7e523e 100755
--- a/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/e2e-k8s.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset -o xtrace
 # parallel testing is enabled. Using LABEL_FILTER instead of combining SKIP and
 # FOCUS is recommended (more expressive, easier to read than regexp).
 #
-# GA_ONLY: true  - limit to GA APIs/features as much as possible
-#          false - (default) APIs and features left at defaults
 # FEATURE_GATES:
 #          JSON or YAML encoding of a string/bool map: {"FeatureGateA": true, "FeatureGateB": false}
 #          Enables or disables feature gates in the entire cluster.
@@ -130,30 +128,6 @@ create_cluster() {
   # --runtime-config argument value passed to the API server, again as a map
   runtime_config="${RUNTIME_CONFIG:-{\}}"
 
-  case "${GA_ONLY:-false}" in
-  false)
-    :
-    ;;
-  true)
-    if [ "${feature_gates}" != "{}" ]; then
-      echo "GA_ONLY=true and FEATURE_GATES=${feature_gates} are mutually exclusive."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    if [ "${runtime_config}" != "{}" ]; then
-      echo "GA_ONLY=true and RUNTIME_CONFIG=${runtime_config} are mutually exclusive."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo "Limiting to GA APIs and features for ${KUBE_VERSION}"
-    feature_gates='{"AllAlpha":false,"AllBeta":false}'
-    runtime_config='{"api/alpha":"false", "api/beta":"false"}'
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "\$GA_ONLY set to '${GA_ONLY}'; supported values are true and false (default)"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-  esac
-
   # create the config file
   cat <<EOF > "${ARTIFACTS}/kind-config.yaml"
 # config for 1 control plane node and 2 workers (necessary for conformance)