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 c641265e03fd1..c52d7693b8129 100644
--- 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
@@ -62,12 +62,7 @@ if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == gcp ]]; then
     popd
 fi
 
-test_suite=openshift/conformance/parallel
-if [[ -e "${SHARED_DIR}/test-suite.txt" ]]; then
-    test_suite=$(<"${SHARED_DIR}/test-suite.txt")
-fi
-
-openshift-tests run "${test_suite}" \
+openshift-tests "${TEST_COMMAND}" "${TEST_SUITE}" \
     --provider "${TEST_PROVIDER}" \
     -o /tmp/artifacts/e2e.log \
     --junit-dir /tmp/artifacts/junit
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
index 60329d4e34d8a..918c0054c701a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ ref:
   as: openshift-e2e-test
   from: tests
   commands: openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
+  env:
+  - name: TEST_COMMAND
+    default: run
+    documentation: The test command to run.  Use 'openshift-test --help' to list available commands.
+  - name: TEST_SUITE
+    default: openshift/conformance/parallel
+    documentation: The test suite to run.  Use 'openshift-test TEST_COMMAND --help' to list available suites.
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: "3"