diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/down.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/down.go
index d74f4bdd7f0b0..ca9f48b5fa008 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/down.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/down.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (d *deployer) Down() error {
 	}
 
 	// There is no point running the rest of this function if the cluster doesn't exist
-	cluster, _ := kops.GetCluster(d.KopsBinaryPath, d.ClusterName, nil)
+	cluster, _ := kops.GetCluster(d.KopsBinaryPath, d.ClusterName, nil, false)
 	if cluster == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/pkg/kops/state.go b/tests/e2e/pkg/kops/state.go
index e5b14fb115ebe..0b3ddd12b5c1f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/pkg/kops/state.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/pkg/kops/state.go
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetCluster will retrieve the specified Cluster from the state store.
-func GetCluster(kopsBinary, clusterName string, env []string) (*api.Cluster, error) {
+func GetCluster(kopsBinary, clusterName string, env []string, full bool) (*api.Cluster, error) {
 	args := []string{
-		kopsBinary, "get", "cluster", clusterName, "-ojson", "--full",
+		kopsBinary, "get", "cluster", clusterName, "-ojson",
+	}
+	if full {
+		args = append(args, "--full")
 	}
 	c := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
 	c.SetEnv(env...)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/pkg/tester/tester.go b/tests/e2e/pkg/tester/tester.go
index 88ac260a8786d..111d1b1be0142 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/pkg/tester/tester.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/pkg/tester/tester.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (t *Tester) getKopsCluster() (*api.Cluster, error) {
 
 	kopsClusterName := currentContext
 
-	cluster, err := kops.GetCluster("kops", kopsClusterName, nil)
+	cluster, err := kops.GetCluster("kops", kopsClusterName, nil, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}