diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f496ae78..0f9afe6d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 /aws-k8s-tester
 */*/.DS_Store
 */.DS_Store
+/_artifacts
+/_rundir
diff --git a/kubetest2/internal/deployers/eksapi/templates/unmanaged-nodegroup-efa.yaml b/kubetest2/internal/deployers/eksapi/templates/unmanaged-nodegroup-efa.yaml
index 86c5e735b..e0ff19d33 100644
--- a/kubetest2/internal/deployers/eksapi/templates/unmanaged-nodegroup-efa.yaml
+++ b/kubetest2/internal/deployers/eksapi/templates/unmanaged-nodegroup-efa.yaml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ Parameters:
     Description: The IAM role name of worker nodes.
     Type: String
 
-  SSHKeyPair:
-    Type: String
-
   UserData:
     Type: String
 
@@ -120,28 +117,6 @@ Resources:
       GroupId: !Ref EFASecurityGroup
       IpProtocol: "-1"
 
-  EFASecurityGroupIngressSSHIpv4:
-    Type: "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress"
-    DependsOn: EFASecurityGroup
-    Properties:
-      Description: Allow SSH
-      FromPort: 22
-      ToPort: 22
-      CidrIp: "0.0.0.0/0"
-      GroupId: !Ref EFASecurityGroup
-      IpProtocol: "tcp"
-
-  EFASecurityGroupIngressSSHIpv6:
-    Type: "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress"
-    DependsOn: EFASecurityGroup
-    Properties:
-      Description: Allow SSH
-      FromPort: 22
-      ToPort: 22
-      CidrIpv6: "::/0"
-      GroupId: !Ref EFASecurityGroup
-      IpProtocol: "tcp"
-
   EFASecurityGroupIngressControlPlane:
     Type: "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress"
     DependsOn: EFASecurityGroup
@@ -225,7 +200,6 @@ Resources:
           Arn: !GetAtt NodeInstanceProfile.Arn
         ImageId: !Ref AMIId
         InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
-        KeyName: !Ref SSHKeyPair
         NetworkInterfaces:
           Fn::If:
             - IsP5Node