diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
index dcdc18491e..dda7876da3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm.yaml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       
       # Need a multi node cluster so descheduler runs until evictions
       - name: Create multi node Kind cluster
-        run: |
-          kind create cluster --name kind --config ./hack/kind_config.yaml --wait 2m
+        run: make kind-multi-node
 
       # helm-extra-set-args only available after ct 3.6.0
       - name: Run chart-testing (install)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e8d202a25..f667d23b46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,3 +153,6 @@ test-helm: ensure-helm-install
 
 kind-multi-node:
 	kind create cluster --name kind --config ./hack/kind_config.yaml --wait 2m
+
+ct-helm:
+	./hack/verify-chart.sh
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/tests/test-descheduler-pod.yaml b/charts/descheduler/templates/tests/test-descheduler-pod.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf646e4622..0000000000
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/tests/test-descheduler-pod.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-    name: descheduler-test-pod
-    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-    annotations:
-      "helm.sh/hook": test
-spec:
-    restartPolicy: Never
-    serviceAccountName: descheduler-ci
-    containers:
-      - name: descheduler-test-container
-        image: alpine:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - All
-            privileged: false
-            runAsNonRoot: false 
-        command: ["/bin/ash"]
-        args:
-          - -c
-          - >-
-            apk --no-cache add curl &&
-            curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl &&
-            chmod +x ./kubectl &&
-            mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl &&
-            /usr/local/bin/kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} --token "$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | grep "descheduler" | grep "Completed"
diff --git a/docs/contributor-guide.md b/docs/contributor-guide.md
index ef3fe54f19..39ed70b981 100644
--- a/docs/contributor-guide.md
+++ b/docs/contributor-guide.md
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ make test-unit
 make test-e2e
 ```
 
-## Run Helm Tests
-Run the helm test for a particular descheduler release by setting below variables,
-```
-HELM_IMAGE_REPO="descheduler"
-HELM_IMAGE_TAG="helm-test"
-HELM_CHART_LOCATION="./charts/descheduler"
-```
-The helm tests runs as part of descheduler CI. But, to run it manually from the descheduler root,
-
-```
-make test-helm
-```
 
 ## Build Helm Package locally
 
@@ -68,5 +56,15 @@ To check linting of your changes in the helm chart locally you can run:
 make lint-helm
 ```
 
+## Test helm changes locally with kind and ct
+
+You will need kind and docker (or equivalent) installed. We can use ct public image to avoid installing ct and all its dependencies.
+
+
+```
+make kind-multi-node
+make ct-helm
+```
+
 ### Miscellaneous
 See the [hack directory](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/tree/master/hack) for additional tools and scripts used for developing the descheduler.
diff --git a/test/run-helm-tests.sh b/test/run-helm-tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 18e77b30ab..0000000000
--- a/test/run-helm-tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-K8S_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION:-v1.24.0}
-IMAGE_REPO=${HELM_IMAGE_REPO:-descheduler}
-IMAGE_TAG=${HELM_IMAGE_TAG:-helm-test}
-CHART_LOCATION=${HELM_CHART_LOCATION:-./charts/descheduler}
-VERSION=helm-test make image
-wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.13.0/kind-linux-amd64
-chmod +x kind-linux-amd64
-mv kind-linux-amd64 kind
-export PATH=$PATH:$PWD
-kind create cluster --image kindest/node:"${K8S_VERSION}" --config=./hack/kind_config.yaml
-kind load docker-image descheduler:helm-test
-helm install descheduler-ci --set image.repository="${IMAGE_REPO}",image.tag="${IMAGE_TAG}",schedule="* * * * *" --namespace kube-system "${CHART_LOCATION}"
-sleep 61 # sleep until Job is triggered
-helm test descheduler-ci --namespace kube-system
-
-# Delete kind cluster once test is finished
-kind delete cluster