diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
index 230428f013b9a..db13259f8c555 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ external)
     # https://github.com/openshift/origin/pull/29623
     # Presubmits on origin repo is currently permanent failing, skips is addressed on OCPBUGS-53249, required by
     # https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/pull/2247
-    if [[ $JOB_NAME == *"pull-ci-openshift-origin"* ]]; then
+    if [[ $JOB_NAME == *"pull-ci-openshift-origin"* ]] || [[ $JOB_NAME == *"pull-ci-openshift-kubernetes"* ]]; then
         export TEST_PROVIDER='{"type":"external"}'
     else
         export TEST_PROVIDER=''