diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1046e06d..d8e6379e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ test: $(SETUP_ENVTEST) ## Run unit and integration tests
 	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS)" go test ./... $(TEST_ARGS)
 
 # Allow overriding the e2e configurations
-GINKGO_FOCUS ?= "Workload cluster creation"
-GINKGO_SKIP ?= "API Version Upgrade"
+GINKGO_FOCUS ?= Workload cluster creation
+GINKGO_SKIP ?= API Version Upgrade
 GINKGO_NODES ?= 1
 GINKGO_NOCOLOR ?= false
 GINKGO_ARGS ?=
diff --git a/test/e2e/conformance_test.go b/test/e2e/conformance_test.go
index acb4a2689..08356d7b9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/conformance_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/conformance_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Conformance Tests", func() {
 		dumpSpecResourcesAndCleanup(ctx, cleanInput)
 	})
 
-	Measure(specName, func(b Benchmarker) {
+	It("Should run conformance tests", func() {
 		var err error
 
 		kubernetesVersion := e2eConfig.GetVariable(capi_e2e.KubernetesVersion)
@@ -114,44 +114,38 @@ var _ = Describe("Conformance Tests", func() {
 		controlPlaneMachineCount, err := strconv.ParseInt(e2eConfig.GetVariable("CONFORMANCE_CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT"), 10, 64)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-		runtime := b.Time("cluster creation", func() {
-			clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
-				ClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
-				ConfigCluster: clusterctl.ConfigClusterInput{
-					LogFolder:                clusterctlLogFolder,
-					ClusterctlConfigPath:     clusterctlConfigPath,
-					KubeconfigPath:           bootstrapClusterProxy.GetKubeconfigPath(),
-					InfrastructureProvider:   clusterctl.DefaultInfrastructureProvider,
-					Flavor:                   flavor,
-					Namespace:                namespace.Name,
-					ClusterName:              clusterName,
-					KubernetesVersion:        kubernetesVersion,
-					ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(controlPlaneMachineCount),
-					WorkerMachineCount:       pointer.Int64Ptr(workerMachineCount),
-				},
-				WaitForClusterIntervals:      e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-cluster"),
-				WaitForControlPlaneIntervals: e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-control-plane"),
-				WaitForMachineDeployments:    e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
-			}, result)
-		})
-
-		b.RecordValue("cluster creation", runtime.Seconds())
+		By("Initializes the work cluster")
+		clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
+			ClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
+			ConfigCluster: clusterctl.ConfigClusterInput{
+				LogFolder:                clusterctlLogFolder,
+				ClusterctlConfigPath:     clusterctlConfigPath,
+				KubeconfigPath:           bootstrapClusterProxy.GetKubeconfigPath(),
+				InfrastructureProvider:   clusterctl.DefaultInfrastructureProvider,
+				Flavor:                   flavor,
+				Namespace:                namespace.Name,
+				ClusterName:              clusterName,
+				KubernetesVersion:        kubernetesVersion,
+				ControlPlaneMachineCount: pointer.Int64Ptr(controlPlaneMachineCount),
+				WorkerMachineCount:       pointer.Int64Ptr(workerMachineCount),
+			},
+			WaitForClusterIntervals:      e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-cluster"),
+			WaitForControlPlaneIntervals: e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-control-plane"),
+			WaitForMachineDeployments:    e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
+		}, result)
+	
 		workloadProxy := bootstrapClusterProxy.GetWorkloadCluster(ctx, namespace.Name, clusterName)
-
 		ginkgoNodes, err := strconv.Atoi(e2eConfig.GetVariable("CONFORMANCE_NODES"))
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-		runtime = b.Time("conformance suite", func() {
-			kubetest.Run(context.Background(),
-				kubetest.RunInput{
-					ClusterProxy:         workloadProxy,
-					NumberOfNodes:        int(workerMachineCount),
-					ConfigFilePath:       kubetestConfigFilePath,
-					KubeTestRepoListPath: repoList,
-					GinkgoNodes:          ginkgoNodes,
-				},
-			)
-		})
-		b.RecordValue("conformance suite run time", runtime.Seconds())
-	}, 1)
+		kubetest.Run(context.Background(),
+			kubetest.RunInput{
+				ClusterProxy:         workloadProxy,
+				NumberOfNodes:        int(workerMachineCount),
+				ConfigFilePath:       kubetestConfigFilePath,
+				KubeTestRepoListPath: repoList,
+				GinkgoNodes:          ginkgoNodes,
+			},
+		)
+	}
 })