diff --git a/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go b/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
index 862ae4f3a..4ec8f3a5d 100644
--- a/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
+++ b/e2e/aks-runtime/aks_runtime_test.go
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 const testContainer = "testcontainer"
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, _platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, _platformStr string
 
 func TestAKSRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 	require := require.New(t)
diff --git a/e2e/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go b/e2e/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
index a97bcf60f..7e2c6bc57 100644
--- a/e2e/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
+++ b/e2e/genpolicy/genpolicy_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 // TestGenpolicy runs regression tests for generated policies.
 func TestGenpolicy(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/e2e/getdents/getdents_test.go b/e2e/getdents/getdents_test.go
index 9117930d7..8fe7b6af3 100644
--- a/e2e/getdents/getdents_test.go
+++ b/e2e/getdents/getdents_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ const (
 	getdent = "getdents-tester"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 func TestGetDEnts(t *testing.T) {
 	platform, err := platforms.FromString(platformStr)
diff --git a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
index 860f02463..ae23cc0ec 100644
--- a/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
+++ b/e2e/openssl/openssl_test.go
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ const (
 	rootCAFile = "coordinator-root-ca.pem"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 // TestOpenSSL runs e2e tests on the example OpenSSL deployment.
 func TestOpenSSL(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/e2e/policy/policy_test.go b/e2e/policy/policy_test.go
index 640b44deb..818a0e495 100644
--- a/e2e/policy/policy_test.go
+++ b/e2e/policy/policy_test.go
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ const (
 	coordinatorPod = "coordinator-0"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 func TestPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	platform, err := platforms.FromString(platformStr)
diff --git a/e2e/regression/regression_test.go b/e2e/regression/regression_test.go
index 950e82173..b59884d59 100644
--- a/e2e/regression/regression_test.go
+++ b/e2e/regression/regression_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 func TestRegression(t *testing.T) {
 	yamlDir := "./e2e/regression/testdata/"
diff --git a/e2e/servicemesh/servicemesh_test.go b/e2e/servicemesh/servicemesh_test.go
index f7aa4e63d..25cdd8cad 100644
--- a/e2e/servicemesh/servicemesh_test.go
+++ b/e2e/servicemesh/servicemesh_test.go
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 // TestIngressEgress tests that the ingress and egress proxies work as configured.
 func TestIngressEgress(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/e2e/volumestatefulset/volumestatefulset_test.go b/e2e/volumestatefulset/volumestatefulset_test.go
index b300ec0d3..5c835dc38 100644
--- a/e2e/volumestatefulset/volumestatefulset_test.go
+++ b/e2e/volumestatefulset/volumestatefulset_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 // TestWorkloadSecrets tests that secrets are correctly injected into workloads.
 func TestVolumeStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/e2e/workloadsecret/workloadsecret_test.go b/e2e/workloadsecret/workloadsecret_test.go
index e20c54f80..6591e048b 100644
--- a/e2e/workloadsecret/workloadsecret_test.go
+++ b/e2e/workloadsecret/workloadsecret_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-var (
-	imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
-)
+var imageReplacementsFile, namespaceFile, platformStr string
 
 // TestWorkloadSecrets tests that secrets are correctly injected into workloads.
 func TestWorkloadSecrets(t *testing.T) {