diff --git a/tests/e2e/lib/dpa_helpers.go b/tests/e2e/lib/dpa_helpers.go
index 0ac5af5248..df329d6245 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/lib/dpa_helpers.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/lib/dpa_helpers.go
@@ -389,40 +389,6 @@ func GetSecretRef(credSecretRef string) string {
 	}
 }
 
-// // Parses a template file with the provided data and returns contents as byte array
-// func parseTemplate(templateFile string, data interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-// 	// Parse the template file
-// 	var tmpl *template.Template
-// 	tmpl, err := template.ParseFiles(templateFile)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	// Create a temporary file to be able to write parsed data
-// 	tempYamlFile, err := os.CreateTemp("templates/", "temp*.yaml")
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	// Write data object values to temporary file
-// 	err = tmpl.Execute(tempYamlFile, data)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	// Read the temporary file as byte array
-// 	parsedData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tempYamlFile.Name())
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		return nil, err
-// 	}
-
-// 	// Close and clean up temp resources
-// 	tempYamlFile.Close()
-// 	defer os.Remove(tempYamlFile.Name())
-
-// 	return parsedData, nil
-// }
-
 // Create DPA Custom Resource Definition from yaml
 func (v *DpaCustomResource) CreateDpaFromYaml(yamlTemplatePath string, data interface{}) error {
 	// Define var for holding DPA type
diff --git a/tests/e2e/lib/kube_helpers.go b/tests/e2e/lib/kube_helpers.go
index 9025555d18..5ad693ec2d 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/lib/kube_helpers.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/lib/kube_helpers.go
@@ -166,17 +166,6 @@ func serverVersion() (*version.Info, error) {
 	return clientset.Discovery().ServerVersion()
 }
 
-// func ReadFile(path string) ([]byte, error) {
-// 	// pass in aws credentials by cli flag
-// 	// from cli:  -cloud=<"filepath">
-// 	// go run main.go -cloud="/Users/emilymcmullan/.aws/credentials"
-// 	// cloud := flag.String("cloud", "", "file path for aws credentials")
-// 	// flag.Parse()
-// 	// save passed in cred file as []byteq
-// 	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
-// 	return file, err
-// }
-
 func CreateCredentialsSecret(data []byte, namespace string, credSecretRef string) error {
 	clientset, err := setUpClient()
 	if err != nil {