diff --git a/test/e2e/common_test.go b/test/e2e/common_test.go
index 2475958580..9df838faa1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common_test.go
@@ -1242,49 +1242,6 @@ func SkipIfConmonVersionLessThan(minVersion string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// SkipIfNetavarkVersionLessThan skips a test if the current network backend is
-// netavark and its version is less than the specified minimum version (e.g., "1.17.2").
-// The function is a no-op when netavark is not the active network backend.
-func SkipIfNetavarkVersionLessThan(minVersion string) {
-	session := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("info", "--format", "{{.Host.NetworkBackendInfo.Backend}}=={{.Host.NetworkBackendInfo.Version}}")
-	out := strings.TrimSpace(session.OutputToString())
-
-	backend, rawVersion, ok := strings.Cut(out, "==")
-	if !ok {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: unexpected podman info output: %q", out))
-	}
-	if backend != "netavark" {
-		return
-	}
-
-	rawVersion = strings.TrimSpace(rawVersion)
-	if rawVersion == "" {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: unexpected empty version in podman info output: %q", out))
-	}
-
-	parts := strings.Fields(rawVersion)
-	if len(parts) == 0 {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: unexpected netavark version format: %q", rawVersion))
-	}
-
-	versionStr := strings.TrimPrefix(parts[len(parts)-1], "v")
-
-	current, err := semver.Parse(versionStr)
-	if err != nil {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: failed to parse netavark version %q: %v", rawVersion, err))
-	}
-
-	minVersion = strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(minVersion), "v")
-	minVer, err := semver.Parse(minVersion)
-	if err != nil {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: failed to parse minimum version %q: %v", minVersion, err))
-	}
-
-	if current.Compare(minVer) < 0 {
-		Skip(fmt.Sprintf("[netavark]: need netavark >= %s; have %s", minVersion, versionStr))
-	}
-}
-
 // SkipIfNotActive skips a test if the given systemd unit is not active
 func SkipIfNotActive(unit string, reason string) {
 	checkReason(reason)
diff --git a/test/e2e/network_create_test.go b/test/e2e/network_create_test.go
index dfe695721b..11f8218d40 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network_create_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network_create_test.go
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman network create", func() {
 
 	DescribeTable("podman network create with special route types",
 		func(subnet string, route string, expectedDest string, expectedRouteType types.RouteType, expectedMetric *uint32) {
-			SkipIfNetavarkVersionLessThan("2.0.0")
 			netName := "subnet-" + stringid.GenerateRandomID()
 			nc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{
 				"network",
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go b/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
index 48bcd84ae0..07190211ad 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
@@ -1548,8 +1548,6 @@ options ndots:1
 
 	for _, tc := range multiIPTests {
 		It(fmt.Sprintf("podman run container with %s", tc.name), func() {
-			SkipIfNetavarkVersionLessThan("v1.17.3")
-
 			netName := "test-net-" + stringid.GenerateRandomID()
 			netCreateArgs := []string{"network", "create"}
 			for _, subnet := range tc.subnets {