diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index a28574be1359920bf10e8c7342753afaad3b8612..2946786dd99c78c6bf51f61743c05666d47d35fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$numPass" -eq 0 ];then echo "*** 0 Passed! ***";exit 2;fi
           if [ "$numPass" -lt 7 ];then echo "*** Failed to pass at least 7 ! ***";exit 2;fi
   preload_dockerflags_docker_ubuntu:
+    # TestPause was removed due to https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/9568
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     env:
       TIME_ELAPSED: time
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index cc08684f96d21e8d1f4ce3dbdfdc3c36be42e3ae..1450aa5ca019f2bbd213592b0acb05725cfe33c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$numPass" -eq 0 ];then echo "*** 0 Passed! ***";exit 2;fi
           if [ "$numPass" -lt 7 ];then echo "*** Failed to pass at least 7 ! ***";exit 2;fi
   preload_dockerflags_docker_ubuntu:
+    # TestPause was removed due to https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/9568
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     env:
       TIME_ELAPSED: time
diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index 3bf07677bd79a1e01934be255e6c76ef6db14944..0a781bd5966d9c09e8b16a80aa4eb6530bb61a57 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func validateMinikubeKubectlDirectCall(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profil
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(dstfn) // clean up
 
-	kubectlArgs := []string{"--", "--context", profile, "get", "pods"}
+	kubectlArgs := []string{"get", "pods"}
 	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, dstfn, kubectlArgs...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to run kubectl directly. args %q: %v", rr.Command(), err)