diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d217a2d784..3a8396009a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ e2e-prometheuscr: chainsaw
 # Target allocator end-to-tests
 .PHONY: e2e-targetallocator
 e2e-targetallocator: chainsaw
-	$(CHAINSAW) test --apply-timeout 45s --assert-timeout 45s --cleanup-timeout 45s --delete-timeout 45s --error-timeout 45s --exec-timeout 45s --test-dir ./tests/e2e-targetallocator
+	$(CHAINSAW) test --test-dir ./tests/e2e-targetallocator
 
 # end-to-end-test for Annotations/Labels Filters
 .PHONY: e2e-metadata-filters
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index c90abd3b0b..5c5f0b84cb 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,2 @@
 resources:
 - manager.yaml
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-images:
-- name: controller
-  newName: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-  newTag: 0.107.0-47-g8719954d
-patches:
-- patch: '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-","value":"--target-allocator-image=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/target-allocator:ve2e-targetallocator"}]'
-  target:
-    kind: Deployment
-- patch: '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-","value":"--operator-opamp-bridge-image=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/operator-opamp-bridge:ve2e-targetallocator"}]'
-  target:
-    kind: Deployment
-- patch: '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-","value":"--target-allocator-image=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/target-allocator:v0.107.0-47-g8719954d"}]'
-  target:
-    kind: Deployment
-- patch: '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-","value":"--operator-opamp-bridge-image=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/operator-opamp-bridge:v0.107.0-47-g8719954d"}]'
-  target:
-    kind: Deployment
diff --git a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/00-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/00-assert.yaml
index c3e3cc1f28..81d40045f2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/00-assert.yaml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ data:
         prometheus:
             config:
                 global:
-                    scrape_interval: 30s
                     scrape_protocols:
                         - PrometheusProto
                         - OpenMetricsText1.0.0
                         - OpenMetricsText0.0.1
                         - PrometheusText0.0.4
+                    scrape_timeout: 1s
             target_allocator:
                 collector_id: ${POD_NAME}
                 endpoint: http://prometheus-cr-targetallocator:80
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ data:
                     - prometheus
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: prometheus-cr-collector-837a5cfe
+  name: prometheus-cr-collector-21f47755
diff --git a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/01-install.yaml b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/01-install.yaml
index 42d7b0daaa..f327081812 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/01-install.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/01-install.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ spec:
             - /bin/sh
             - -c
             - >
-              curl -s http://prometheus-cr-targetallocator/scrape_configs |
-              grep "prometheus-cr" && grep "PrometheusProto"
+              curl -s http://prometheus-cr-targetallocator/scrape_configs > /tmp/output.txt &&
+              grep "prometheus-cr" /tmp/output.txt &&
+              grep "PrometheusProto" /tmp/output.txt
 ---
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job