diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4661e85174..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - 'release-*'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - 'release-*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "**/*.md"
-      - ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*"
-      - ".goreleaser.yaml"
-      - ".github/workflows/docs-gen-and-push.yaml"
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-# NOTE!!!
-#
-# If you add a job here that is a REQUIRED status check in GitHub, you MUST add a job with the same name to ci-docs-only.yaml
-#
-# NOTE!!!
-
-env:
-  # etcd uses fsync by default, disable it for running on github actions to avoid disk contention
-  # xref: https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp/pull/435/commits/064a517747d69c2cd8f7f8b4a595ad909e595c89
-  UNSAFE_E2E_HACK_DISABLE_ETCD_FSYNC: true
-  # always enable the Kubernetes cache mutation detector when running in CI, this guarantees to catch
-  # potentiall issues with controllers not properly copying objects before mutating them.
-  KUBE_CACHE_MUTATION_DETECTOR: true
-
-jobs:
-  e2e-shared-server:
-    name: e2e-shared-server
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: v1.19
-          cache: true
-      - run: make build
-
-      # Install kind with a local registry
-      - uses: container-tools/kind-action@v2
-        name: Kubernetes KinD Cluster w/local registry
-        with:
-          version: v0.17.0
-          config: test/e2e/kind/config-calico.yaml
-
-      # Install Calico
-      - run: |-
-          kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/release-v3.24/manifests/calico.yaml
-          kubectl -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
-
-      # Install ko
-      - run: |-
-          go install github.com/google/ko@latest
-
-      # wait for Calico to be ready
-      - run: |-
-          kubectl wait pods -n kube-system -l k8s-app=calico-node --for=condition=Ready --timeout=90s
-
-      - run: |-
-          LOG_DIR=/tmp/e2e/shared-server/artifacts ARTIFACT_DIR=/tmp/e2e COUNT=2 SUITES=transparent-multi-cluster:requires-kind \
-          ./hack/run-with-prometheus.sh make test-e2e-shared
-
-      - uses: cytopia/upload-artifact-retry-action@v0.1.7
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          name: e2e-shared-server
-          path: /tmp/e2e/**/artifacts/
-
-      - uses: cytopia/upload-artifact-retry-action@v0.1.7
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          name: e2e-shared-server-metrics
-          path: /tmp/e2e/**/metrics/
-
-  e2e-sharded:
-    name: e2e-sharded
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-      with:
-        go-version: v1.19
-        cache: true
-    - run: make build
-
-    # Install kind with a local registry
-    - uses: container-tools/kind-action@v2
-      name: Kubernetes KinD Cluster w/local registry
-      with:
-        version: v0.17.0
-        config: test/e2e/kind/config-calico.yaml
-
-    # Install Calico
-    - run: |-
-        kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/release-v3.24/manifests/calico.yaml
-        kubectl -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
-
-    # Install ko
-    - run: |-
-        go install github.com/google/ko@latest
-
-    # wait for Calico to be ready
-    - run: |-
-        kubectl wait pods -n kube-system -l k8s-app=calico-node --for=condition=Ready --timeout=90s
-
-    - run: |-
-        LOG_DIR=/tmp/e2e/sharded/artifacts ARTIFACT_DIR=/tmp/e2e COUNT=2 SUITES=transparent-multi-cluster:requires-kind \
-        ./hack/run-with-prometheus.sh make test-e2e-sharded
-
-    - uses: cytopia/upload-artifact-retry-action@v0.1.7
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      with:
-        name: e2e-sharded
-        path: /tmp/e2e/**/artifacts/
-
-    - uses: cytopia/upload-artifact-retry-action@v0.1.7
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      with:
-        name: e2e-sharded-metrics
-        path: /tmp/e2e/**/metrics/
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/config.go b/test/e2e/framework/config.go
index c516d9abd8b..0bdbe868260 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/config.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/config.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func registerFlags(c *testConfig) {
 	flag.StringVar(&c.syncerImage, "syncer-image", "", "The syncer image to use with the pcluster. Requires --pcluster-kubeconfig")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.kcpTestImage, "kcp-test-image", "", "The test image to use with the pcluster. Requires --pcluster-kubeconfig")
 	flag.BoolVar(&c.useDefaultKCPServer, "use-default-kcp-server", false, "Whether to use server configuration from .kcp/admin.kubeconfig.")
-	flag.StringVar(&c.suites, "suites", "control-plane,transparent-multi-cluster,transparent-multi-cluster:requires-kind", "A comma-delimited list of suites to run.")
+	flag.StringVar(&c.suites, "suites", "control-plane", "A comma-delimited list of suites to run.")
 }
 
 // WriteLogicalClusterConfig creates a logical cluster config for the given config and