Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 40345, 38183, 40236, 40861, 40900)
Remove checks for pods responding in deployment e2e tests
Fixes#39879
Remove it because it caused deployment e2e tests sometimes timed out waiting for pods responding, and pods responding isn't related to deployment controller and is not a prerequisite of deployment e2e tests.
@kargakis