diff --git a/e2e/tests/k8s_api.py b/e2e/tests/k8s_api.py
index 6c816524f..85bcb6245 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/k8s_api.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/k8s_api.py
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ class K8s:
     def count_secrets_with_label(self, labels, namespace='default'):
         return len(self.api.core_v1.list_namespaced_secret(namespace, label_selector=labels).items)
 
-    def count_secrets_in_namespace(self, labels, namespace):
-        return len(self.api.core_v1.list_namespaced_secret(namespace).items)
-
     def count_statefulsets_with_label(self, labels, namespace='default'):
         return len(self.api.apps_v1.list_namespaced_stateful_set(namespace, label_selector=labels).items)
 
diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index bd3566d5f..342e62838 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.eventuallyEqual(lambda: self.k8s.count_running_pods("connection-pooler=acid-minimal-cluster-pooler"),
                              0, "Pooler pods not scaled down")
 
-
     @timeout_decorator.timeout(TEST_TIMEOUT_SEC)
     def test_enable_disable_connection_pooler(self):
         '''
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                     }
                 }
             })
-        self.eventuallyEqual(lambda: k8s.count_secrets_in_namespace(app_namespace),
+        self.eventuallyEqual(lambda: k8s.count_secrets_with_label("cluster_name=acid-minimal-cluster,application=spilo", app_namespace),
                              1, "Secret not created for user in namespace", app_namespace)
 
     @timeout_decorator.timeout(TEST_TIMEOUT_SEC)