diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index 09b5cf4f2..5784810f7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BASE_BRANCH
 FROM quay.io/submariner/shipyard-dapper-base:${BASE_BRANCH}
 
 ARG PROJECT
-ENV DAPPER_ENV="QUAY_USERNAME QUAY_PASSWORD MAKEFLAGS FOCUS SKIP PLUGIN TEST_ARGS E2E_TESTDIR GITHUB_USER GITHUB_TOKEN USING" \
+ENV DAPPER_ENV="QUAY_USERNAME QUAY_PASSWORD MAKEFLAGS PLUGIN TEST_ARGS E2E_TESTDIR GITHUB_USER GITHUB_TOKEN USING" \
     DAPPER_SOURCE=/go/src/github.com/submariner-io/${PROJECT} DAPPER_DOCKER_SOCKET=true
 ENV OVN_DIR=${DAPPER_SOURCE}/ovn-kubernetes
 ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT=${DAPPER_SOURCE}/output
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa79198f3..d56bb8009 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ MULTIARCH_IMAGES ?= nettest
 EXTRA_PRELOAD_IMAGES := $(PRELOAD_IMAGES)
 PLATFORMS ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64
 NON_DAPPER_GOALS += images multiarch-images
-FOCUS ?=
-SKIP ?=
 PLUGIN ?=
 
 export BASE_BRANCH OCM_BASE_BRANCH
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index df4a0fe99..942fd3c32 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export CABLE_DRIVER DEPLOYTOOL IMAGE_TAG LIGHTHOUSE
 TESTDIR ?= test/e2e
 LAZY_DEPLOY ?= true
 SUBCTL_VERIFICATIONS ?= connectivity
-export FOCUS LAZY_DEPLOY SKIP SUBCTL_VERIFICATIONS TEST_ARGS TESTDIR
+export LAZY_DEPLOY SUBCTL_VERIFICATIONS TEST_ARGS TESTDIR
 
 # Specific to `reload-images`
 export RESTART ?= none
diff --git a/scripts/shared/e2e.sh b/scripts/shared/e2e.sh
index a4bd443cf..c70d0d4fb 100755
--- a/scripts/shared/e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/shared/e2e.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@
 set -em -o pipefail
 source "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/lib/utils"
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2206 # Split on purpose
-ginkgo_args=(${TEST_ARGS})
-[[ -n "${FOCUS}" ]] && ginkgo_args+=("-ginkgo.focus=${FOCUS}")
-[[ -n "${SKIP}" ]] && ginkgo_args+=("-ginkgo.skip=${SKIP}")
-
-print_env FOCUS LAZY_DEPLOY SKIP SUBCTL_VERIFICATIONS TEST_ARGS TESTDIR
+print_env LAZY_DEPLOY SUBCTL_VERIFICATIONS TEST_ARGS TESTDIR
 source "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/lib/debug_functions"
 
 ### Functions ###
@@ -32,11 +27,12 @@ function generate_kubecontexts() {
 function test_with_e2e_tests {
     cd "${DAPPER_SOURCE}/${TESTDIR}"
 
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # TEST_ARGS is split on purpose
     ${GO:-go} test -v -timeout 30m -args -test.timeout 15m \
         -submariner-namespace $SUBM_NS "${clusters[@]/#/-dp-context=}" \
         -ginkgo.v -ginkgo.randomizeAllSpecs -ginkgo.trace \
         -ginkgo.reportPassed -ginkgo.reportFile "${DAPPER_OUTPUT}/e2e-junit.xml" \
-        "${ginkgo_args[@]}" 2>&1 | tee "${DAPPER_OUTPUT}/e2e-tests.log"
+        $TEST_ARGS 2>&1 | tee "${DAPPER_OUTPUT}/e2e-tests.log"
 }
 
 function test_with_subctl {