diff --git a/test/e2e/ipam/noop.go b/test/e2e/ipam/noop.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..508e4aabdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/ipam/noop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 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.
+*/
+
+// Package ipam is a helper to claim ip addresses from an IPAM provider cluster.
+package ipam
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+)
+
+type noopHelper struct{}
+
+func (h *noopHelper) ClaimIPs(_ context.Context, _ string, _ ...string) (string, IPAddressClaims) {
+	return "", nil
+}
+
+func (h *noopHelper) Cleanup(_ context.Context, _ IPAddressClaims) error {
+	By("Skipping cleanup of IPAddressClaims because of using ipam.noopHelper")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*noopHelper) Teardown(_ context.Context, _ string, _ *govmomi.Client) error {
+	By("Skipping teardown of IPAddressClaims because of using ipam.noopHelper")
+	return nil
+}