diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
index 2d24685724..3cba788466 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/aws"
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/do"
 	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/gce"
-	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util"
+	"k8s.io/kops/tests/e2e/pkg/util"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubetest2/pkg/exec"
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/http.go b/tests/e2e/pkg/util/http.go
similarity index 91%
rename from tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/http.go
rename to tests/e2e/pkg/util/http.go
index 02b9c87c31..d525d9344a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/http.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/pkg/util/http.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func init() {
 	httpTransport.RegisterProtocol("file", http.NewFileTransport(http.Dir("/")))
 }
 
-// httpGETWithHeaders writes the response of an HTTP GET request
-func httpGETWithHeaders(url string, headers map[string]string, writer io.Writer) error {
+// HTTPGETWithHeaders writes the response of an HTTP GET request
+func HTTPGETWithHeaders(url string, headers map[string]string, writer io.Writer) error {
 	klog.Infof("curl %s", url)
 	c := &http.Client{Transport: httpTransport}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/publicip.go b/tests/e2e/pkg/util/publicip.go
similarity index 94%
rename from tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/publicip.go
rename to tests/e2e/pkg/util/publicip.go
index 892447499f..aeeed6cc6a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/util/publicip.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/pkg/util/publicip.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var externalIPServiceURLs = []string{
 func ExternalIPRange() (string, error) {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 
-	err := httpGETWithHeaders(externalIPMetadataURL, map[string]string{"Metadata-Flavor": "Google"}, &b)
+	err := HTTPGETWithHeaders(externalIPMetadataURL, map[string]string{"Metadata-Flavor": "Google"}, &b)
 	if err != nil {
 		// This often fails due to workload identity
 		log.Printf("failed to get external ip from metadata service: %v", err)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func ExternalIPRange() (string, error) {
 	for attempt := 0; attempt < 5; attempt++ {
 		for _, u := range externalIPServiceURLs {
 			b.Reset()
-			err = httpGETWithHeaders(u, nil, &b)
+			err = HTTPGETWithHeaders(u, nil, &b)
 			if err != nil {
 				// The external service may well be down
 				log.Printf("failed to get external ip from %s: %v", u, err)