diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
index 867b31a1e34..313713b6614 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling/autoscaling_utils.go
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ func NewDynamicResourceConsumer(name, nsName string, kind schema.GroupVersionKin
 		dynamicRequestSizeInMillicores, dynamicRequestSizeInMegabytes, dynamicRequestSizeCustomMetric, cpuLimit, memLimit, clientset, scaleClient, nil, nil)
 }
 
-// NewMetricExporter is a wrapper to create a new ResourceConsumer for metrics exporter
-func NewMetricExporter(name, nsName string, podAnnotations, serviceAnnotations map[string]string, metricValue int, clientset clientset.Interface, scaleClient scaleclient.ScalesGetter) *ResourceConsumer {
-	return newResourceConsumer(name, nsName, KindDeployment, 1, 0, 0, metricValue, dynamicConsumptionTimeInSeconds,
-		dynamicRequestSizeInMillicores, dynamicRequestSizeInMegabytes, dynamicRequestSizeCustomMetric, 100, 100, clientset, scaleClient, podAnnotations, serviceAnnotations)
-}
-
 /*
 NewResourceConsumer creates new ResourceConsumer
 initCPUTotal argument is in millicores