diff --git a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
index 2b779de00882..1018ffa0a2d9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/privateregistry/privateregistry_test.go
@@ -86,14 +86,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Create", Ordered, func() {
 
 		It("Create new private registry", func() {
 			registry, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry registry:2 ", serverNodeNames[0])
-			fmt.Println(registry)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), registry)
 
 		})
 		It("ensures registry is working", func() {
 			a, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo docker ps -a | grep registry\n", serverNodeNames[0])
-			fmt.Println(a)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), a)
 
 		})
 		It("Should pull and image from dockerhub and send it to private registry", func() {
@@ -101,25 +99,21 @@ var _ = Describe("Verify Create", Ordered, func() {
 			_, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode(cmd, serverNodeNames[0])
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed: "+cmd)
 
-			nodeIP, err := e2e.FetchNodeExternalIP(serverNodeNames[0])
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-			cmd = "sudo docker tag nginx " + nodeIP + ":5000/my-webpage"
+			cmd = "sudo docker tag nginx server-0.local:5000/my-webpage"
 			_, err = e2e.RunCmdOnNode(cmd, serverNodeNames[0])
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed: "+cmd)
 
-			cmd = "sudo docker push " + nodeIP + ":5000/my-webpage"
+			cmd = "sudo docker push server-0.local:5000/my-webpage"
 			_, err = e2e.RunCmdOnNode(cmd, serverNodeNames[0])
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed: "+cmd)
 
-			cmd = "sudo docker image remove nginx " + nodeIP + ":5000/my-webpage"
+			cmd = "sudo docker image remove nginx server-0.local:5000/my-webpage"
 			_, err = e2e.RunCmdOnNode(cmd, serverNodeNames[0])
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed: "+cmd)
 		})
 		It("Should create and validate deployment with private registry on", func() {
-			res, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo kubectl create deployment my-webpage --image=my-registry.local/my-webpage", serverNodeNames[0])
-			fmt.Println(res)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			res, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo kubectl create deployment my-webpage --image=server-0.local/my-webpage", serverNodeNames[0])
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), res)
 
 			var pod e2e.Pod
 			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
@@ -147,15 +141,13 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 })
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
-	r1, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo docker rm -f registry", serverNodeNames[0])
-	fmt.Println(r1)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	r2, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo kubectl delete deployment my-webpage", serverNodeNames[0])
-	fmt.Println(r2)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	if failed && !*ci {
 		fmt.Println("FAILED!")
 	} else {
+		rm1, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo docker rm -f registry", serverNodeNames[0])
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), rm1)
+		rm2, err := e2e.RunCmdOnNode("sudo kubectl delete deployment my-webpage", serverNodeNames[0])
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), rm2)
 		Expect(e2e.DestroyCluster()).To(Succeed())
 		Expect(os.Remove(kubeConfigFile)).To(Succeed())
 	}