diff --git a/config/jobs/etcd-druid/etcd-druid-e2e-kind-nondistroless-etcd.yaml b/config/jobs/etcd-druid/etcd-druid-e2e-kind-nondistroless-etcd.yaml
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-presubmits:
-  gardener/etcd-druid:
-    - name: pull-etcd-druid-e2e-kind-nondistroless-etcd
-      cluster: gardener-prow-build
-      always_run: true
-      skip_branches:
-        - hotfix-v\d+.\d+ # don't run on release branches for now (add a job per branch later)
-      decorate: true
-      decoration_config:
-        timeout: 60m
-        grace_period: 15m
-      labels:
-        preset-dind-enabled: "true"
-        preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
-      annotations:
-        description: Runs KIND cluster based e2e tests for etcd druid developments in pull requests with etcd-custom-image(nondistroless-etcd).
-        fork-per-release: "true"
-      spec:
-        containers:
-          - image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/ci-infra/krte:v20241125-9e29040-1.23
-            command:
-            - wrapper.sh
-            - bash
-            - -c
-            - make ci-e2e-kind
-            # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
-            securityContext:
-              privileged: true
-            resources:
-              requests:
-                cpu: 6
-                memory: 8Gi
-            env:
-            - name: USE_ETCD_DRUID_FEATURE_GATES
-              value: "false"
-periodics:
-  - name: ci-etcd-druid-e2e-kind-nondistroless-etcd
-    cluster: gardener-prow-build
-    interval: 4h
-    extra_refs:
-      - org: gardener
-        repo: etcd-druid
-        base_ref: master
-    decorate: true
-    decoration_config:
-      timeout: 60m
-      grace_period: 15m
-    labels:
-      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
-      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
-    annotations:
-      description: Runs KIND cluster based e2e tests for etcd druid developments periodically with etcd-custom-image(nondistroless-etcd).
-      testgrid-dashboards: gardener-etcd-druid
-      testgrid-days-of-results: "60"
-      fork-per-release: "true"
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/ci-infra/krte:v20241125-9e29040-1.23
-          command:
-          - wrapper.sh
-          - bash
-          - -c
-          - make ci-e2e-kind
-          # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
-          securityContext:
-            privileged: true
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 6
-              memory: 8Gi
-          env:
-          - name: USE_ETCD_DRUID_FEATURE_GATES
-            value: "false"