diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
index d641ecc6e6..aa2171e2eb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
@@ -411,50 +411,3 @@ type HostPathMount struct {
 	// PathType is the type of the HostPath.
 	PathType v1.HostPathType
 }
-
-// CommonConfiguration defines the list of common configuration elements and the getter
-// methods that must exist for both the InitConfiguration and JoinConfiguration objects.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-type CommonConfiguration interface {
-	GetCRISocket() string
-	GetNodeName() string
-	GetKubernetesVersion() string
-}
-
-// GetCRISocket will return the CRISocket that is defined for the InitConfiguration.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *InitConfiguration) GetCRISocket() string {
-	return cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket
-}
-
-// GetNodeName will return the NodeName that is defined for the InitConfiguration.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *InitConfiguration) GetNodeName() string {
-	return cfg.NodeRegistration.Name
-}
-
-// GetKubernetesVersion will return the KubernetesVersion that is defined for the InitConfiguration.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *InitConfiguration) GetKubernetesVersion() string {
-	return cfg.KubernetesVersion
-}
-
-// GetCRISocket will return the CRISocket that is defined for the JoinConfiguration.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *JoinConfiguration) GetCRISocket() string {
-	return cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket
-}
-
-// GetNodeName will return the NodeName that is defined for the JoinConfiguration.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *JoinConfiguration) GetNodeName() string {
-	return cfg.NodeRegistration.Name
-}
-
-// GetKubernetesVersion will return an empty string since KubernetesVersion is not a
-// defined property for JoinConfiguration. This will just cause the regex validation
-// of the defined version to be skipped during the preflight checks.
-// This is used internally to deduplicate the kubeadm preflight checks.
-func (cfg *JoinConfiguration) GetKubernetesVersion() string {
-	return ""
-}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
index a87b6cd35c..520f0ff5c2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func NewCmdConfigImagesPull() *cobra.Command {
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 			internalcfg, err := configutil.LoadOrDefaultInitConfiguration(cfgPath, externalcfg)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
-			containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(utilsexec.New(), internalcfg.GetCRISocket())
+			containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(utilsexec.New(), internalcfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 			imagesPull := NewImagesPull(containerRuntime, images.GetAllImages(&internalcfg.ClusterConfiguration))
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(imagesPull.PullAll())
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index f0b652e41c..4f768db2cb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ func RunInitNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfigura
 	}
 
 	if !isSecondaryControlPlane {
-		checks = addCommonChecks(execer, cfg, checks)
+		checks = addCommonChecks(execer, cfg.KubernetesVersion, &cfg.NodeRegistration, checks)
 
 		// Check IVPS required kernel module once we use IVPS kube-proxy mode
 		if cfg.ComponentConfigs.KubeProxy != nil && cfg.ComponentConfigs.KubeProxy.Mode == ipvsutil.IPVSProxyMode {
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ func RunJoinNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.JoinConfigura
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletKubeConfigFileName)},
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletBootstrapKubeConfigFileName)},
 	}
-	checks = addCommonChecks(execer, cfg, checks)
+	checks = addCommonChecks(execer, "", &cfg.NodeRegistration, checks)
 	if cfg.ControlPlane == nil {
 		checks = append(checks, FileAvailableCheck{Path: cfg.CACertPath})
 	}
@@ -1006,8 +1006,8 @@ func RunOptionalJoinNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.Clust
 
 // addCommonChecks is a helper function to deplicate checks that are common between both the
 // kubeadm init and join commands
-func addCommonChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg kubeadmapi.CommonConfiguration, checks []Checker) []Checker {
-	containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(execer, cfg.GetCRISocket())
+func addCommonChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, k8sVersion string, nodeReg *kubeadmapi.NodeRegistrationOptions, checks []Checker) []Checker {
+	containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(execer, nodeReg.CRISocket)
 	isDocker := false
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("[preflight] WARNING: Couldn't create the interface used for talking to the container runtime: %v\n", err)
@@ -1044,8 +1044,8 @@ func addCommonChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg kubeadmapi.CommonConfigurat
 	}
 	checks = append(checks,
 		SystemVerificationCheck{IsDocker: isDocker},
-		HostnameCheck{nodeName: cfg.GetNodeName()},
-		KubeletVersionCheck{KubernetesVersion: cfg.GetKubernetesVersion(), exec: execer},
+		HostnameCheck{nodeName: nodeReg.Name},
+		KubeletVersionCheck{KubernetesVersion: k8sVersion, exec: execer},
 		ServiceCheck{Service: "kubelet", CheckIfActive: false},
 		PortOpenCheck{port: ports.KubeletPort})
 	return checks
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func RunRootCheckOnly(ignorePreflightErrors sets.String) error {
 
 // RunPullImagesCheck will pull images kubeadm needs if they are not found on the system
 func RunPullImagesCheck(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, ignorePreflightErrors sets.String) error {
-	containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(utilsexec.New(), cfg.GetCRISocket())
+	containerRuntime, err := utilruntime.NewContainerRuntime(utilsexec.New(), cfg.NodeRegistration.CRISocket)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}