diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
index 62ee7aec2..852d543bb 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 
 [[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
 
-set -eof pipefail
-
 # include env
 . hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
 
-echo "Destroying running docker containers..."
-# do not failt if the container is not running
-docker rm -f kubelet    || true
-docker rm -f apiserver  || true
-docker rm -f etcd       || true
+echo "Destroying running e2e cluster..."
+${MINIKUBE} --profile ingress-e2e delete || echo "e2e cluster already destroyed"
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
index d0747bb6e..0445f0bd7 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 
 [[ $DEBUG ]] && set -x
 
-export ETCD_VERSION=3.0.14
-export K8S_VERSION=1.4.5
+export MINIKUBE_VERSION=0.19.1
+export K8S_VERSION=v1.6.4
 
 export PWD=`pwd`
 export BASEDIR="$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})"
 export KUBECTL="${BASEDIR}/kubectl"
+export MINIKUBE="${BASEDIR}/minikube"
 export GOOS="${GOOS:-linux}"
 
 if [ ! -e ${KUBECTL} ]; then
   echo "kubectl binary is missing. downloading..."
-  curl -sSL http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${K8S_VERSION}/bin/${GOOS}/amd64/kubectl -o ${KUBECTL}
+  curl -sSL http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${K8S_VERSION}/bin/${GOOS}/amd64/kubectl -o ${KUBECTL}
   chmod u+x ${KUBECTL}
 fi
 
-${KUBECTL} config set-cluster travis --server=http://0.0.0.0:8080
-${KUBECTL} config set-context travis --cluster=travis
-${KUBECTL} config use-context travis
+if [ ! -e ${MINIKUBE} ]; then
+  echo "kubectl binary is missing. downloading..."
+  curl -sSLo ${MINIKUBE} https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v${MINIKUBE_VERSION}/minikube-linux-amd64
+  chmod +x ${MINIKUBE}
+fi
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
index 15b2d4631..c5f27510c 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
@@ -7,49 +7,7 @@ set -eof pipefail
 # include env
 . hack/e2e-internal/e2e-env.sh
 
-echo "Starting etcd..."
-docker run -d \
-    --net=host \
-    --name=etcd \
-    quay.io/coreos/etcd:v$ETCD_VERSION
-
-echo "Starting kubernetes..."
-
-docker run -d --name=apiserver \
-    --net=host \
-    --pid=host \
-    --privileged=true \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-    /hyperkube apiserver \
-    --insecure-bind-address=0.0.0.0 \
-    --service-cluster-ip-range=10.0.0.1/24 \
-    --etcd_servers=http://127.0.0.1:4001 \
-    --v=2
-
-docker run -d --name=kubelet \
-    --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
-    --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
-    --volume=/dev:/dev \
-    --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:rw \
-    --volume=/var/lib/kubelet/:/var/lib/kubelet:rw \
-    --volume=/var/run:/var/run:rw \
-    --net=host \
-    --pid=host \
-    --privileged=true \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-    /hyperkube kubelet \
-    --containerized \
-    --hostname-override="0.0.0.0" \
-    --address="0.0.0.0" \
-    --cluster_dns=10.0.0.10 --cluster_domain=cluster.local \
-    --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 \
-    --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi
-
-echo "waiting until api server is available..."
-until curl -o /dev/null -sIf http://0.0.0.0:8080; do \
-  sleep 10;
-done;
+${MINIKUBE} --profile ingress-e2e start
+${MINIKUBE} --profile ingress-e2e status
 
 echo "Kubernetes started"
-echo "Kubernetes information:"
-${KUBECTL} version