diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_simple.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_simple.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa3961f449..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_simple.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-name: e2e test simple
-
-on:
-    workflow_dispatch:
-      inputs:
-        skip-undeploy:
-          description: "Skip undeploy"
-          required: false
-          default: "false"
-    pull_request:
-      paths-ignore:
-        - docs/**
-
-env:
-  container_registry: ghcr.io/edgelesssys
-  azure_resource_group: contrast-ci
-  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1d96c772d19495a3b5c517cd2bc0cb401ea0529f # v4.1.3
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup_nix
-        with:
-          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          cachixToken: ${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Log in to ghcr.io Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@e92390c5fb421da1463c202d546fed0ec5c39f20 # v3.1.0
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Login to Azure
-        uses: azure/login@6b2456866fc08b011acb422a92a4aa20e2c4de32 # v2.1.0
-        with:
-          creds: ${{ secrets.CONTRAST_CI_INFRA_AZURE }}
-      - uses: nicknovitski/nix-develop@a2060d116a50b36dfab02280af558e73ab52427d # v1.1.0
-      - name: Generate namespace suffix
-        id: ns
-        run: |
-          uuid=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)
-          uid=${uuid##*-}
-          echo "namespace_suffix=$uid" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: Create justfile.env
-        run: |
-          cat <<EOF > justfile.env
-          container_registry=${{ env.container_registry }}
-          azure_resource_group=${{ env.azure_resource_group }}
-          namespace_suffix=-${{ steps.ns.outputs.namespace_suffix }}
-          EOF
-      - name: Get credentials for CI cluster
-        run: |
-          just get-credentials
-      - name: Build, deploy, contrast generate, contrast set, contrast verify
-        run: |
-          just default simple cli-release
-      - name: Summary
-        run: |
-          cat ./workspace/just.namespace | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-          cat ./workspace/just.perf | tee -a "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
-      - name: Undeploy
-        if: always() && inputs.skip-undeploy != 'true'
-        run: |
-          just undeploy
diff --git a/e2e/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go b/e2e/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
index e4d8713b2d..5940da5fe6 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/kuberesource/resourcegen/main.go
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ func main() {
 		resources, err = kuberesource.CoordinatorRelease()
 	case "runtime":
 		resources, err = kuberesource.Runtime()
-	case "simple":
-		resources, err = kuberesource.Simple()
 	case "openssl":
 		resources, err = kuberesource.OpenSSL()
 	case "emojivoto":
diff --git a/e2e/internal/kuberesource/sets.go b/e2e/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
index 1c449d1853..7ff6dd61c0 100644
--- a/e2e/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
+++ b/e2e/internal/kuberesource/sets.go
@@ -42,56 +42,6 @@ func Runtime() ([]any, error) {
 	return resources, nil
 }
 
-// Simple returns a simple set of resources for testing.
-func Simple() ([]any, error) {
-	ns := "edg-default"
-
-	namespace := Namespace(ns)
-	coordinator := Coordinator(ns).DeploymentApplyConfiguration
-	coordinatorService := ServiceForDeployment(coordinator)
-	coordinatorForwarder := PortForwarder("coordinator", ns).
-		WithListenPort(1313).
-		WithForwardTarget("coordinator", 1313).
-		PodApplyConfiguration
-
-	workload := Deployment("workload", ns).
-		WithSpec(DeploymentSpec().
-			WithReplicas(1).
-			WithSelector(LabelSelector().
-				WithMatchLabels(map[string]string{"app.kubernetes.io/name": "workload"}),
-			).
-			WithTemplate(PodTemplateSpec().
-				WithLabels(map[string]string{"app.kubernetes.io/name": "workload"}).
-				WithSpec(PodSpec().
-					WithRuntimeClassName(runtimeHandler).
-					WithContainers(
-						Container().
-							WithName("workload").
-							WithImage("docker.io/library/busybox:1.36.1-musl@sha256:d4707523ce6e12afdbe9a3be5ad69027150a834870ca0933baf7516dd1fe0f56").
-							WithCommand("/bin/sh", "-c", "echo Workload started ; while true; do sleep 60; done").
-							WithResources(ResourceRequirements().
-								WithMemoryLimitAndRequest(50),
-							),
-					),
-				),
-			),
-		)
-	workload, err := AddInitializer(workload, Initializer())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	resources := []any{
-		namespace,
-		coordinator,
-		coordinatorService,
-		coordinatorForwarder,
-		workload,
-	}
-
-	return resources, nil
-}
-
 // OpenSSL returns a set of resources for testing with OpenSSL.
 func OpenSSL() ([]any, error) {
 	ns := "edg-default"
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 3d2a975b5c..6edebc9074 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ initializer: (push "initializer")
 node-installer: (push "node-installer")
 
 default_cli := "contrast.cli"
-default_deploy_target := "simple"
+default_deploy_target := "openssl"
 workspace_dir := "workspace"
 
 # Generate policies, apply Kubernetes manifests.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ populate target=default_deploy_target:
     set -euo pipefail
     mkdir -p ./{{ workspace_dir }}
     case {{ target }} in
-        "simple" | "openssl" | "emojivoto")
+        "openssl" | "emojivoto")
             nix shell .#contrast --command resourcegen {{ target }} ./{{ workspace_dir }}/deployment/deployment.yml
         ;;
         *)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ apply target=default_deploy_target:
             kubectl apply -f ./{{ workspace_dir }}/runtime
             exit 0
         ;;
-        "simple" | "openssl" | "emojivoto")
+        "openssl" | "emojivoto")
             :
         ;;
         *)
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ wait-for-workload target=default_deploy_target:
     set -euo pipefail
     ns=$(cat ./{{ workspace_dir }}/just.namespace)
     case {{ target }} in
-        "simple")
-            nix run .#scripts.kubectl-wait-ready -- $ns workload
-        ;;
         "openssl")
             nix run .#scripts.kubectl-wait-ready -- $ns openssl-backend
             nix run .#scripts.kubectl-wait-ready -- $ns openssl-client