diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d733b12..440889c0 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ ENABLE_OCM_MOCK ?= false
 
 ENABLE_GRPC ?= false
 
-# Run the e2e on kind cluster. If false, the api/grpc server, consumer_name, and consumer_kubeconfig required to be set.
-ON_KIND ?= true
-
 # Enable set images
 POSTGRES_IMAGE ?= docker.io/library/postgres:14.2
 MQTT_IMAGE ?= docker.io/library/eclipse-mosquitto:2.0.18
@@ -412,14 +409,11 @@ e2e-test/teardown:
 	./test/e2e/setup/e2e_teardown.sh
 .PHONY: e2e-test/teardown
 
-e2e-test:
-	@if [ "$(ON_KIND)" = "true" ]; then \
-		make e2e-test/teardown; make e2e-test/setup; \
-	fi
+e2e-test: e2e-test/teardown e2e-test/setup
 	ginkgo --output-dir="${PWD}/test/e2e/report" --json-report=report.json --junit-report=report.xml \
 	${PWD}/test/e2e/pkg -- \
-	-api-server=$${api_server:-https://$$(cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.external_host_ip):30080} \
-	-grpc-server=$${grpc_server:-$$(shell cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.external_host_ip):30090} \
-	-consumer-name=$${consumer_name:-$$(cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.consumer_name)} \
-	-consumer-kubeconfig=$${consumer_kubeconfig:-${PWD}/test/e2e/.kubeconfig}
+	-api-server=https://$(shell cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.external_host_ip):30080 \
+	-grpc-server=$(shell cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.external_host_ip):30090 \
+	-consumer-name=$(shell cat ${PWD}/test/e2e/.consumer_name) \
+	-consumer-kubeconfig=${PWD}/test/e2e/.kubeconfig
 .PHONY: e2e-test
diff --git a/test/e2e/pkg/consumer_test.go b/test/e2e/pkg/consumer_test.go
index eac9882a..35cb3e33 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pkg/consumer_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pkg/consumer_test.go
@@ -18,22 +18,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Consumer", Ordered, func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("Consumer CRUD Tests", func() {
-		It("list the default consumer", func() {
-			consumerList, resp, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.ApiMaestroV1ConsumersGet(ctx).Execute()
-			Expect(err).To(Succeed())
-			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
-			Expect(consumerList).NotTo(BeNil())
-			Expect(len(consumerList.Items) > 0).To(BeTrue())
-
-			got := false
-			for _, c := range consumerList.Items {
-				if *c.Name == consumer.Name {
-					got = true
-				}
-			}
-			Expect(got).To(BeTrue())
-		})
-
 		It("create consumer", func() {
 			consumer := openapi.Consumer{Name: &testConsumerName}
 			created, resp, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.ApiMaestroV1ConsumersPost(ctx).Consumer(consumer).Execute()
@@ -48,6 +32,22 @@ var _ = Describe("Consumer", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(got).NotTo(BeNil())
 		})
 
+		It("list consumer", func() {
+			consumerList, resp, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.ApiMaestroV1ConsumersGet(ctx).Execute()
+			Expect(err).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+			Expect(consumerList).NotTo(BeNil())
+			Expect(len(consumerList.Items) > 0).To(BeTrue())
+
+			got := false
+			for _, c := range consumerList.Items {
+				if *c.Name == testConsumerName {
+					got = true
+				}
+			}
+			Expect(got).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+
 		It("patch consumer", func() {
 			labels := &map[string]string{"hello": "world"}
 			patched, resp, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.ApiMaestroV1ConsumersIdPatch(ctx, testConsumerID).