diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
index a90d05f59179..a72f31b84ffb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ jobs:
         kubectl -n rook-ceph cp deploy/examples/create-external-cluster-resources.py $toolbox:/etc/ceph
         timeout 10 sh -c "until kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- python3 /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name replicapool; do echo 'waiting for script to succeed' && sleep 1; done"
 
-    - name: test external script for erasure coded rbd pool
-      run:  |
-        toolbox=$(kubectl get pod -l app=rook-ceph-tools -n rook-ceph -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')
-        timeout 10 sh -c "until kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $toolbox -- python3 /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py --rbd-data-pool-name=ec-pool --rbd-metadata-ec-pool-name=replicapool; do echo 'waiting for script to succeed' && sleep 1; done"
-
     - name: run external script create-external-cluster-resources.py unit tests
       run: |
         kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $(kubectl get pod -l app=rook-ceph-tools -n rook-ceph -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') -- python3 -m unittest /etc/ceph/create-external-cluster-resources.py
diff --git a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
index 2e5c50750d1c..25e8ede57fab 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ function deploy_cluster() {
   kubectl create -f cluster-test.yaml
   kubectl create -f object-test.yaml
   kubectl create -f pool-test.yaml
-  kubectl create -f pool-ec.yaml
   kubectl create -f filesystem-test.yaml
   kubectl create -f rbdmirror.yaml
   kubectl create -f filesystem-mirror.yaml