diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/Makefile b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e4b61405e..0000000000
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 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.
-
-# Makefile for the kubedns underscore templates to Salt/Pillar and other formats.
-
-# If you update the *.base templates, please run this Makefile before pushing.
-#
-# Usage:
-#    make
-
-all: transform
-
-# .base -> .in pattern rule
-%.in: %.base
-	sed -f transforms2salt.sed $< | sed s/__SOURCE_FILENAME__/$</g > $@
-
-# .base -> .sed pattern rule
-%.sed: %.base
-	sed -f transforms2sed.sed $<  | sed s/__SOURCE_FILENAME__/$</g > $@
-
-transform: nodelocaldns.yaml.in nodelocaldns.yaml.sed
-
-.PHONY: transform
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.base
rename to cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml
index c5af1f9b33..fdf0f421ea 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# __MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__
 
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
+  name: node-local-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
@@ -27,11 +26,10 @@ metadata:
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
+  name: node-local-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
-
 data:
   Corefile: |
     __PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__:53 {
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ data:
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: DaemonSet
 metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
+  name: node-local-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
@@ -92,14 +90,14 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
-      k8s-app: nodelocaldns
+      k8s-app: node-local-dns
   template:
     metadata:
        labels:
-          k8s-app: nodelocaldns
+          k8s-app: node-local-dns
     spec:
       priorityClassName: system-node-critical
-      serviceAccountName: nodelocaldns
+      serviceAccountName: node-local-dns
       hostNetwork: true
       dnsPolicy: Default  # Don't use cluster DNS.
       tolerations:
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ spec:
             memory: 5Mi
         args: [ "-localip", "__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__", "-conf", "/etc/coredns/Corefile" ]
         securityContext:
-                privileged: true
+          privileged: true
         ports:
         - containerPort: 53
           name: dns
@@ -132,19 +130,15 @@ spec:
             host: __PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__
             path: /health
             port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
           initialDelaySeconds: 60
           timeoutSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 3
         volumeMounts:
         - name: config-volume
           mountPath: /etc/coredns
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
-            name: nodelocaldns
+            name: node-local-dns
             items:
             - key: Corefile
               path: Corefile
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 34cd9dce85..0000000000
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 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.
-#
-# Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: nodelocaldns.yaml.base
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
----
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
-
-data:
-  Corefile: |
-    {{ pillar['dns_domain'] }}:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}
-        forward . {{ pillar['dns_server'] }} {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        health {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}:8080
-        }
-    in-addr.arpa:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}
-        forward . {{ pillar['dns_server'] }} {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
-    ip6.arpa:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}
-        forward . {{ pillar['dns_server'] }} {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
-    .:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}
-        forward . /etc/resolv.conf {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      k8s-app: nodelocaldns
-  template:
-    metadata:
-       labels:
-          k8s-app: nodelocaldns
-    spec:
-      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
-      serviceAccountName: nodelocaldns
-      hostNetwork: true
-      dnsPolicy: Default  # Don't use cluster DNS.
-      tolerations:
-      - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
-        operator: "Exists"
-      containers:
-      - name: node-cache
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/k8s-dns-node-cache:1.15.0
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            memory: 30Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 25m
-            memory: 5Mi
-        args: [ "-localip", "{{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}", "-conf", "/etc/coredns/Corefile" ]
-        securityContext:
-                privileged: true
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns
-          protocol: UDP
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns-tcp
-          protocol: TCP
-        - containerPort: 9253
-          name: metrics
-          protocol: TCP
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            host: {{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}
-            path: /health
-            port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 60
-          timeoutSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 3
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: config-volume
-          mountPath: /etc/coredns
-      volumes:
-        - name: config-volume
-          configMap:
-            name: nodelocaldns
-            items:
-            - key: Corefile
-              path: Corefile
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f990fa301..0000000000
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 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.
-#
-# Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: nodelocaldns.yaml.base
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
----
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
-
-data:
-  Corefile: |
-    $DNS_DOMAIN:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind $LOCAL_DNS_IP
-        forward . $DNS_SERVER_IP {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        health $LOCAL_DNS_IP:8080
-        }
-    in-addr.arpa:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind $LOCAL_DNS_IP
-        forward . $DNS_SERVER_IP {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
-    ip6.arpa:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind $LOCAL_DNS_IP
-        forward . $DNS_SERVER_IP {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
-    .:53 {
-        errors
-        cache 30
-        reload
-        loop
-        bind $LOCAL_DNS_IP
-        forward . /etc/resolv.conf {
-                force_tcp
-        }
-        prometheus :9253
-        }
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
-metadata:
-  name: nodelocaldns
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      k8s-app: nodelocaldns
-  template:
-    metadata:
-       labels:
-          k8s-app: nodelocaldns
-    spec:
-      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
-      serviceAccountName: nodelocaldns
-      hostNetwork: true
-      dnsPolicy: Default  # Don't use cluster DNS.
-      tolerations:
-      - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
-        operator: "Exists"
-      containers:
-      - name: node-cache
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/k8s-dns-node-cache:1.15.0
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            memory: 30Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 25m
-            memory: 5Mi
-        args: [ "-localip", "$LOCAL_DNS_IP", "-conf", "/etc/coredns/Corefile" ]
-        securityContext:
-                privileged: true
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns
-          protocol: UDP
-        - containerPort: 53
-          name: dns-tcp
-          protocol: TCP
-        - containerPort: 9253
-          name: metrics
-          protocol: TCP
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            host: $LOCAL_DNS_IP
-            path: /health
-            port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 60
-          timeoutSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 3
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: config-volume
-          mountPath: /etc/coredns
-      volumes:
-        - name: config-volume
-          configMap:
-            name: nodelocaldns
-            items:
-            - key: Corefile
-              path: Corefile
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2salt.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2salt.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f4a79aa9..0000000000
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2salt.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/{{ pillar['dns_server'] }}/g
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/{{ pillar['dns_domain'] }}/g
-s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/{{ pillar['local_dns_ip'] }}/g
-s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2sed.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2sed.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index b27647e7ee..0000000000
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/transforms2sed.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/$DNS_SERVER_IP/g
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/$DNS_DOMAIN/g
-s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/$LOCAL_DNS_IP/g
-s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/centos/config-default.sh b/cluster/centos/config-default.sh
index e4110fd1a0..4d33d4ab20 100755
--- a/cluster/centos/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/centos/config-default.sh
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ export SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE=${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-"192.168.3.0/24"}
 
 # Optional: Install cluster DNS.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
-ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS:-false}"
 # DNS_SERVER_IP must be a IP in SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE
 DNS_SERVER_IP=${DNS_SERVER_IP:-"192.168.3.100"}
-LOCAL_DNS_IP=${LOCAL_DNS_IP:-"169.254.20.10"}
 DNS_DOMAIN=${DNS_DOMAIN:-"cluster.local"}
 
 # Optional: Install Kubernetes UI
diff --git a/cluster/centos/deployAddons.sh b/cluster/centos/deployAddons.sh
index d6b95b0d2d..b19d1cd1ef 100755
--- a/cluster/centos/deployAddons.sh
+++ b/cluster/centos/deployAddons.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function deploy_dns {
   sed -i -e "s/\\\$DNS_SERVER_IP/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" kube-dns.yaml
 
   KUBEDNS=`eval "${KUBECTL} get services --namespace=kube-system | grep kube-dns | cat"`
-
+      
   if [ ! "$KUBEDNS" ]; then
     # use kubectl to create kube-dns addon
     ${KUBECTL} --namespace=kube-system create -f kube-dns.yaml
@@ -44,28 +44,6 @@ function deploy_dns {
   echo
 }
 
-function deploy_nodelocaldns {
-  echo "Deploying NodeLocalDNS on Kubernetes"
-  cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.sed" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/\\\$DNS_DOMAIN/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/\\\$DNS_SERVER_IP/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-  sed -i -e "s/\\\$LOCAL_DNS_IP/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-
-  NODELOCALDNS=$(${KUBECTL} get pods --namespace=kube-system -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}' \
-    | tr ' ' "\n" | grep "nodelocaldns")
-
-  if [[ -z "${NODELOCALDNS}" ]]; then
-    # use kubectl to create nodelocaldns addon
-    ${KUBECTL} --namespace=kube-system create -f nodelocaldns.yaml
-
-    echo "NodeLocalDNS addon is successfully deployed."
-  else
-    echo "NodeLocalDNS addon is already deployed. Skipping."
-  fi
-
-  echo
-}
-
 function deploy_dashboard {
   echo "Deploying Kubernetes Dashboard"
 
@@ -79,14 +57,11 @@ function deploy_dashboard {
 }
 
 
-if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS}" == "true" ]]; then
+if [ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS}" == true ]; then
   deploy_dns
 fi
 
-if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  deploy_nodelocaldns
-fi
-if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI}" == "true" ]]; then
+if [ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI}" == true ]; then
   deploy_dashboard
 fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/centos/util.sh b/cluster/centos/util.sh
index 36405f190d..efb1c878b1 100755
--- a/cluster/centos/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/centos/util.sh
@@ -302,16 +302,11 @@ function post-provision-master() {
 #   DOCKER_OPTS
 #   DNS_SERVER_IP
 #   DNS_DOMAIN
-#   ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS
-#   LOCAL_DNS_IP
 function provision-node() {
   echo "[INFO] Provision node on $1"
   local node=$1
   local node_ip=${node#*@}
   local dns_ip=${DNS_SERVER_IP#*@}
-  if [ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS}" == true ]; then
-    dns_ip=${LOCAL_DNS_IP}
-  fi
   local dns_domain=${DNS_DOMAIN#*@}
   ensure-setup-dir ${node}
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 94f245b7d3..35ea36142a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2351,12 +2351,12 @@ EOF
 
 # Sets up the manifests of local dns cache agent for k8s addons.
 function setup-nodelocaldns-manifest {
+  setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dns/nodelocaldns"
   local -r localdns_file="${dst_dir}/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml"
-  mv "${dst_dir}/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml.in" "${localdns_file}"
-  # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
-  sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_domain'\] *}}@${DNS_DOMAIN}@g" "${localdns_file}"
-  sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_server'\] *}}@${DNS_SERVER_IP}@g" "${localdns_file}"
-  sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['local_dns_ip'\] *}}@${LOCAL_DNS_IP}@g" "${localdns_file}"
+  # Replace the sed configurations with variable values.
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" "${localdns_file}"
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" "${localdns_file}"
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" "${localdns_file}"
 }
 
 # Sets up the manifests of netd for k8s addons.
@@ -2531,7 +2531,6 @@ EOF
       setup-kube-dns-manifest
     fi
     if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-      setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dns/nodelocaldns"
       setup-nodelocaldns-manifest
     fi
   fi
diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 7a1be84935..b137b776f9 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ function start_kubelet {
     mkdir -p "/var/lib/kubelet" &>/dev/null || sudo mkdir -p "/var/lib/kubelet"
     # Enable dns
     if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS}" = true ]]; then
-      if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS}" = true ]]; then
+      if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
         dns_args="--cluster-dns=${LOCAL_DNS_IP} --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN}"
       else
         dns_args="--cluster-dns=${DNS_SERVER_IP} --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN}"
@@ -915,22 +915,14 @@ function start_kubedns {
 }
 
 function start_nodelocaldns {
-    if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS}" = true ]]; then
-        cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/localdns.yaml.in" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        sed -i -e "s/{{ pillar\['dns_domain'\] }}/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        sed -i -e "s/{{ pillar\['dns_server'\] }}/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        sed -i -e "s/{{ pillar\['local_dns_ip'\] }}/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        if [[ -n "${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-}" ]]; then
-            sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['service_cluster_ip_range'\] *}}@${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}@g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        else
-            sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['service_cluster_ip_range'\] *}}@0.0.0.0@g" nodelocaldns.yaml
-        fi
-        # TODO update to dns role once we have one.
-        # use kubectl to create nodelocaldns addon
-        ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" --namespace=kube-system create -f nodelocaldns.yaml
-        echo "NodeLocalDNS addon successfully deployed."
-        rm nodelocaldns.yaml
-    fi
+  cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/nodelocaldns/nodelocaldns.yaml" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  sed -i -e "s/__PILLAR__LOCAL__DNS__/${LOCAL_DNS_IP}/g" nodelocaldns.yaml
+  # use kubectl to create nodelocaldns addon
+  ${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig="${CERT_DIR}/admin.kubeconfig" --namespace=kube-system create -f nodelocaldns.yaml
+  echo "NodeLocalDNS addon successfully deployed."
+  rm nodelocaldns.yaml
 }
 
 function start_kubedashboard {
@@ -1081,7 +1073,9 @@ if [[ "${START_MODE}" != "kubeletonly" ]]; then
   fi
   start_kubeproxy
   start_kubedns
-  start_nodelocaldns
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
+    start_nodelocaldns
+  fi
   start_kubedashboard
 fi