diff --git a/images/README.md b/images/README.md
index bd4c5e5db..13f6bfc3c 100644
--- a/images/README.md
+++ b/images/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Directory | Purpose
 ------------ | -------------
 custom-error-pages | Example of Custom error pages for the NGINX Ingress controller
 e2e | Image to run e2e tests
-e2e-prow | Image to launch Prow jobs
 fastcgi-helloserver | FastCGI application for e2e tests
 grpc-fortune-teller | grpc server application for the nginx-ingress grpc example
 httpbin | A simple HTTP Request & Response Service for e2e tests
diff --git a/images/e2e-prow/Makefile b/images/e2e-prow/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d48dea486..000000000
--- a/images/e2e-prow/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-TAG ?=v$(shell date +%m%d%Y)-$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-REGISTRY ?= quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller
-
-IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/e2e-prow
-
-.PHONY: image
-image:
-	docker build \
-		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.17.0 \
-		--build-arg KIND_VERSION=v0.8.0 \
-		--build-arg GO_VERSION=1.14.2 \
-		-t $(IMAGE):$(TAG) rootfs
diff --git a/images/e2e-prow/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/e2e-prow/rootfs/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index bc3457511..000000000
--- a/images/e2e-prow/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This file creates a build environment for building and running kubernetes
-# unit and integration tests
-
-FROM gcr.io/k8s-testimages/bootstrap
-FROM k8s.gcr.io/etcd:3.4.3-0 as etcd
-
-COPY --from=etcd /usr/local/bin/etcd /usr/local/bin/etcd
-
-# hint to kubetest that it is in CI
-ENV KUBETEST_IN_DOCKER="true"
-
-# Go standard envs
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH /usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/bin
-ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:$PATH
-
-# setup k8s repo symlink
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/k8s.io/kubernetes \
-    && ln -s /go/src/k8s.io/kubernetes /workspace/kubernetes
-
-# preinstall:
-# - graphviz package for graphing profiles
-# - bc for shell to junit
-# - rpm for building RPMs with Bazel
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y \
-        bc \
-        rpm \
-        parallel \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ARG K8S_RELEASE
-ARG KIND_VERSION
-ARG GO_VERSION
-
-RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${K8S_RELEASE}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl \
-    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-RUN curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${K8S_RELEASE}/bin/linux/amd64/kube-apiserver -o /usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver \
-    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kube-apiserver
-
-RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/kind \
-    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kind
-
-# install go
-ENV GO_TARBALL "go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
-RUN wget -q "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/${GO_TARBALL}" \
-    && tar xzf "${GO_TARBALL}" -C /usr/local \
-    && rm "${GO_TARBALL}"
-
-RUN go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo \
-    && go get golang.org/x/lint/golint \
-    && rm -rf /go/src/github.com
-
-ENV KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/test/e2e/run.sh b/test/e2e/run.sh
index 636a376f4..94bc32129 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run.sh
@@ -37,21 +37,15 @@ cleanup() {
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-if ! command -v parallel &> /dev/null; then
-  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
-    echo "Parallel is not installed. Use the package manager to install it"
-  elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-    echo "Parallel is not installed. Install it running brew install parallel"
-  fi
-
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if ! command -v kind --version &> /dev/null; then
   echo "kind is not installed. Use the package manager or visit the official site https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if ! command -v ginkgo &> /dev/null; then
+  go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo
+fi
+
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 # Use 1.0.0-dev to make sure we use the latest configuration in the helm template
@@ -79,25 +73,13 @@ echo "Kubernetes cluster:"
 kubectl get nodes -o wide
 
 echo "[dev-env] building image"
-export EXIT_CODE=-1
-echo "
+
 make -C ${DIR}/../../ clean-image build image
 make -C ${DIR}/../e2e-image image
 make -C ${DIR}/../../images/fastcgi-helloserver/ build image
 make -C ${DIR}/../../images/httpbin/ image
 make -C ${DIR}/../../images/echo/ image
 make -C ${DIR}/../../images/cfssl/ image
-" | parallel --joblog /tmp/log {} || EXIT_CODE=$?
-if [ ${EXIT_CODE} -eq 0 ] || [ ${EXIT_CODE} -eq -1 ];
-then
-  echo "Image builds were ok! Log:"
-  cat /tmp/log
-  unset EXIT_CODE
-else
-  echo "Image builds were not ok! Log:"
-  cat /tmp/log
-  exit 1
-fi
 
 # Preload images used in e2e tests
 docker pull moul/grpcbin
@@ -106,8 +88,7 @@ docker pull quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:e3c49c52f4b74fe47ad65d6f
 KIND_WORKERS=$(kind get nodes --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" | grep worker | awk '{printf (NR>1?",":"") $1}')
 
 echo "[dev-env] copying docker images to cluster..."
-export EXIT_CODE=-1
-echo "
+
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} nginx-ingress-controller:e2e
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} ${REGISTRY}/nginx-ingress-controller:${TAG}
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} ${REGISTRY}/fastcgi-helloserver:${TAG}
@@ -116,17 +97,6 @@ kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} ${R
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx:e3c49c52f4b74fe47ad65d6f3266a02e8b6b622f
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} moul/grpcbin
 kind load docker-image --name="${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --nodes=${KIND_WORKERS} ${REGISTRY}/cfssl:${TAG}
-" | parallel --joblog /tmp/log {} || EXIT_CODE=$?
-if [ ${EXIT_CODE} -eq 0 ] || [ ${EXIT_CODE} -eq -1 ];
-then
-  echo "Image loads were ok! Log:"
-  cat /tmp/log
-  unset EXIT_CODE
-else
-  echo "Image loads were not ok! Log:"
-  cat /tmp/log
-  exit
-fi
 
 echo "[dev-env] running e2e tests..."
 make -C ${DIR}/../../ e2e-test