diff --git a/pkg/portal/middleware/intAAD.go b/pkg/portal/middleware/intAAD.go
index 75355ead0d2..6e7c1842c76 100644
--- a/pkg/portal/middleware/intAAD.go
+++ b/pkg/portal/middleware/intAAD.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const (
 
 // IntAAD effectively disable authentication for testing purposes
 type IntAAD struct {
-	// used to auth test traffic
-	sessionKey     []byte
 	log            *logrus.Entry
 	elevatedGroups []string
 }
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ func (a IntAAD) Callback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (a IntAAD) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
 }
 
 func (a IntAAD) AAD(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -47,9 +44,6 @@ func (a IntAAD) AAD(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		a.log.Errorf("running AAD middleware from int")
 		a.log.Errorf("there are %d cookies", len(r.Cookies()))
-		for _, v := range r.Cookies() {
-			a.log.Errorf("cookies name %s value %s", v.Name, v.Value)
-		}
 
 		ctx := r.Context()
 		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ContextKeyUsername, "test")
@@ -62,7 +56,5 @@ func (a IntAAD) AAD(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 func (a IntAAD) Logout(url string) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{Name: OIDCCookie, MaxAge: -1})
-		http.Redirect(w, r, url, http.StatusSeeOther)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/setup.go b/test/e2e/setup.go
index e29e8acb7c1..2f722f0e3c0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/setup.go
+++ b/test/e2e/setup.go
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -39,13 +35,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/env"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/hive"
 	aroclient "github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/operator/clientset/versioned"
-	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/portal/middleware"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/azureclient/mgmt/compute"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/azureclient/mgmt/features"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/azureclient/mgmt/network"
 	redhatopenshift20220904 "github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/azureclient/mgmt/redhatopenshift/2022-09-04/redhatopenshift"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/cluster"
-	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/keyvault"
 	utillog "github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"github.com/Azure/ARO-RP/test/util/kubeadminkubeconfig"
@@ -201,70 +195,6 @@ func adminPortalSessionSetup() (string, *selenium.WebDriver) {
 		log.Infof("Could not get to %s. With error : %s", host, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	elevatedGroups, ok := os.LookupEnv("AZURE_PORTAL_ELEVATED_GROUP_IDS")
-	if !ok {
-		log.Fatal("AZURE_PORTAL_ELEVATED_GROUPS_IDS is not set")
-	}
-	log.Infof("adding groups %s", elevatedGroups)
-
-	msiKVAuthorizer, err := _env.NewMSIAuthorizer(env.MSIContextRP, _env.Environment().KeyVaultScope)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if err := env.ValidateVars(KeyVaultPrefix); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	keyVaultPrefix := os.Getenv(KeyVaultPrefix)
-	portalKeyvaultURI := keyvault.URI(_env, env.PortalKeyvaultSuffix, keyVaultPrefix)
-	portalKeyvault := keyvault.NewManager(msiKVAuthorizer, portalKeyvaultURI)
-
-	sessionKey, err := portalKeyvault.GetBase64Secret(context.Background(), env.PortalServerSessionKeySecretName, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("could not retrieve the session key")
-	}
-	uuid := uuid.DefaultGenerator.Generate()
-	os.Setenv("SESSION", uuid)
-
-	//	cookieAuth := &selenium.Cookie{
-	//		Name:   middleware.IntPasswordKey,
-	//		Value:  string(sessionKey),
-	//		Expiry: math.MaxUint32,
-	//	}
-	//	cookieGroup := &selenium.Cookie{
-	//		Name:   middleware.IntGroupsKey,
-	//		Value:  elevatedGroups,
-	//		Expiry: math.MaxUint32,
-	//	}
-	type userinfo struct {
-		Username string
-		Password []byte
-		Groups   string
-	}
-	domain := strings.TrimPrefix(host, "https://")
-	domain = strings.TrimSuffix(domain, ":"+strconv.Itoa(hostPort))
-
-	userInfo, err := json.Marshal(userinfo{"test", sessionKey, elevatedGroups})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	cookieUser := &selenium.Cookie{
-		Name:   middleware.IntUsernameKey,
-		Value:  string(userInfo),
-		Expiry: math.MaxUint32,
-		Domain: domain,
-	}
-
-	//	if err := wd.AddCookie(cookieGroup); err != nil {
-	//		panic("error while adding the cookie:" + err.Error())
-	//	}
-	if err := wd.AddCookie(cookieUser); err != nil {
-		panic("error while adding the cookie:" + err.Error())
-	}
-	//	if err := wd.AddCookie(cookieAuth); err != nil {
-	//		panic("error while adding the cookie:" + err.Error())
-	//	}
-
 	return host, &wd
 }