diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 562d10d83..252876c68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run default status test
         run: |
           kubectl apply -f config/testdata/status-defaults
-          for crd in alert provider receiver ; do
+          for crd in receiver ; do
             RESULT=$(kubectl get ${crd} status-defaults -o go-template={{.status}})
             EXPECTED='map[observedGeneration:-1]'
             if [ "${RESULT}" != "${EXPECTED}" ] ; then
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run smoke tests
         run: |
           kubectl -n notification-system apply -f ./config/samples
-          kubectl -n notification-system wait provider/slack-provider-sample --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
-          kubectl -n notification-system wait provider/generic-provider-sample --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
-          kubectl -n notification-system wait alert/alert-sample --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
           kubectl -n notification-system wait receiver/receiver-sample --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
       - name: Logs
         run: |
diff --git a/config/testdata/status-defaults/alert.yaml b/config/testdata/status-defaults/alert.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 40bec30ad..000000000
--- a/config/testdata/status-defaults/alert.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: notification.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
-kind: Alert
-metadata:
-  name: status-defaults
diff --git a/config/testdata/status-defaults/provider.yaml b/config/testdata/status-defaults/provider.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27e8372fe..000000000
--- a/config/testdata/status-defaults/provider.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: notification.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
-kind: Provider
-metadata:
-  name: status-defaults