diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
index 6724095018..27f9a35366 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ coreos:
         --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN} \
         --logtostderr=true \
         --container-runtime=docker \
-        --rkt-path=/opt/rkt/rkt \
-        --rkt-stage1-image=/opt/rkt/stage1-coreos.aci \
         --configure-cbr0=${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0} \
         --pod-cidr=${MASTER_IP_RANGE} \
         --register-schedulable=false \
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index e41f091710..31350127a3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) preparePodArgs(manifest *appcschema.PodManifest, manifestFileN
 	// 3) empty; whatever rkt's compiled to default to
 	stage1ImageCmd := ""
 	if r.config.Stage1Image != "" {
-		stage1ImageCmd = "--stage1-path=" + r.config.Stage1Image
+		stage1ImageCmd = "--stage1-name=" + r.config.Stage1Image
 	}
 	if stage1Name, ok := manifest.Annotations.Get(k8sRktStage1NameAnno); ok {
 		stage1ImageCmd = "--stage1-name=" + stage1Name
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
index c814029c94..cdc90c0ba1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
@@ -1832,15 +1832,15 @@ func TestPreparePodArgs(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			"stage1-path",
+			"stage1-image0",
 			[]string{"prepare", "--quiet", "--pod-manifest", "file", "--stage1-name=stage1-image"},
 		},
 		{
 			appcschema.PodManifest{
 				Annotations: appctypes.Annotations{},
 			},
-			"stage1-path",
-			[]string{"prepare", "--quiet", "--pod-manifest", "file", "--stage1-path=stage1-path"},
+			"stage1-image0",
+			[]string{"prepare", "--quiet", "--pod-manifest", "file", "--stage1-name=stage1-image0"},
 		},
 		{
 			appcschema.PodManifest{