diff --git a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
index 97990e6362..e07b084ea6 100644
--- a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
@@ -267,63 +267,3 @@ func TestMissingContainerUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed missing container upgrade from %s. args: %s : %v", legacyVersion, rr.Command(), err)
 	}
 }
-
-// TestMissingContainerUpgrade tests a Docker upgrade where the underlying container is missing
-func TestMissingContainerUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
-	if !DockerDriver() {
-		t.Skipf("This test is only for Docker")
-	}
-
-	MaybeParallel(t)
-	profile := UniqueProfileName("missing-upgrade")
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(55))
-
-	defer CleanupWithLogs(t, profile, cancel)
-
-	legacyVersion := "v1.9.1"
-	tf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", fmt.Sprintf("minikube-%s.*.exe", legacyVersion))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("tempfile: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.Remove(tf.Name())
-	tf.Close()
-
-	url := pkgutil.GetBinaryDownloadURL(legacyVersion, runtime.GOOS)
-	if err := retry.Expo(func() error { return getter.GetFile(tf.Name(), url) }, 3*time.Second, Minutes(3)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("get failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-		if err := os.Chmod(tf.Name(), 0700); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("chmod: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200"}, StartArgs()...)
-	rr := &RunResult{}
-	r := func() error {
-		rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, tf.Name(), args...))
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Retry up to two times, to allow flakiness for the previous release
-	if err := retry.Expo(r, 1*time.Second, Minutes(30), 2); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("release start failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", "stop", profile))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", "rm", profile))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
-	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed missing container upgrade from %s. args: %s : %v", legacyVersion, rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-}