diff --git a/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/Dockerfile b/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/Dockerfile
index ce4364ae80..64bfa4f7c7 100644
--- a/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/Dockerfile
+++ b/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/Dockerfile
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ WORKDIR /awx
 
 COPY awx/ui/package.json awx/ui/package.json
 
-ARG NPM_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmjs.org
-ENV NPM_REGISTRY=${NPM_REGISTRY}
-
-RUN npm config set registry ${NPM_REGISTRY}
-
 RUN npm --prefix=awx/ui install
 
 COPY awx/ui/test/e2e awx/ui/test/e2e
diff --git a/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/docker-compose.yml b/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/docker-compose.yml
index 72e1f5828d..3c2aa5ce7e 100644
--- a/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/awx/ui/test/e2e/cluster/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ services:
       AWX_E2E_CLUSTER_HOST: hub
       AWX_E2E_CLUSTER_PORT: 4444
       DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: /dev/null
-      NPM_REGISTRY: ${NPM_REGISTRY}