diff --git a/test/e2e/annotations/proxy.go b/test/e2e/annotations/proxy.go
index 83f8df1b9c..b7ce91d383 100644
--- a/test/e2e/annotations/proxy.go
+++ b/test/e2e/annotations/proxy.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("proxy")
+	host := "proxy.foo.com"
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		f.NewEchoDeploymentWithReplicas(2)
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should set proxy_redirect to off", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-from": "off",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-to":   "goodbye.com",
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should set proxy_redirect to default", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-from": "default",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-to":   "goodbye.com",
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should set proxy_redirect to hello.com goodbye.com", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-from": "hello.com",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-redirect-to":   "goodbye.com",
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should set proxy client-max-body-size to 8m", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size": "8m",
 		}
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should not set proxy client-max-body-size to incorrect value", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size": "15r",
 		}
@@ -114,7 +110,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should set valid proxy timeouts", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-connect-timeout": "50",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout":    "20",
@@ -126,12 +121,13 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_connect_timeout 50s;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_send_timeout 20s;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_read_timeout 20s;")
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_connect_timeout 50s;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_send_timeout 20s;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_read_timeout 20s;")
 			})
 	})
 
 	It("should not set invalid proxy timeouts", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-connect-timeout": "50k",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout":    "20k",
@@ -143,12 +139,13 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return !strings.Contains(server, "proxy_connect_timeout 50ks;") && !strings.Contains(server, "proxy_send_timeout 20ks;") && !strings.Contains(server, "proxy_read_timeout 60s;")
+				return !strings.Contains(server, "proxy_connect_timeout 50ks;") &&
+					!strings.Contains(server, "proxy_send_timeout 20ks;") &&
+					!strings.Contains(server, "proxy_read_timeout 60s;")
 			})
 	})
 
 	It("should turn on proxy-buffering", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-buffering":   "on",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-buffer-size": "8k",
@@ -159,12 +156,14 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffering on;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffer_size 8k;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffers 4 8k;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_request_buffering on;")
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffering on;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffer_size 8k;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_buffers 4 8k;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_request_buffering on;")
 			})
 	})
 
 	It("should turn off proxy-request-buffering", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-request-buffering": "off",
 		}
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should build proxy next upstream", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream":       "error timeout http_502",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-tries": "5",
@@ -190,12 +188,12 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_next_upstream error timeout http_502;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_next_upstream_tries 5;")
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_next_upstream error timeout http_502;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_next_upstream_tries 5;")
 			})
 	})
 
 	It("should setup proxy cookies", func() {
-		host := "proxy.foo.com"
 		annotations := map[string]string{
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-cookie-domain": "localhost example.org",
 			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-cookie-path":   "/one/ /",
@@ -206,7 +204,8 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Annotations - Proxy", func() {
 
 		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
 			func(server string) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_cookie_domain localhost example.org;") && strings.Contains(server, "proxy_cookie_path /one/ /;")
+				return strings.Contains(server, "proxy_cookie_domain localhost example.org;") &&
+					strings.Contains(server, "proxy_cookie_path /one/ /;")
 			})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
index 13e426e7ed..f449322072 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/deployment.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 )
 
@@ -101,11 +100,6 @@ func (f *Framework) NewDeployment(name, image string, port int32, replicas int32
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create a deployment")
 	Expect(d).NotTo(BeNil(), "expected a deployement but none returned")
 
-	err = WaitForPodsReady(f.KubeClientSet, defaultTimeout, int(replicas), f.IngressController.Namespace, metav1.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: fields.SelectorFromSet(fields.Set(d.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Labels)).String(),
-	})
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to wait for pods to become ready")
-
 	service := &corev1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,