diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index 406cdfbcdd..4c2a019bde 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -33,11 +33,3 @@ spec:
             - --sink=gcl
             - --poll_duration=2m
             - --stats_resolution=1m
-          volumeMounts: 
-            - name: ssl-certs
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
-              readOnly: true
-      volumes: 
-        - name: ssl-certs
-          hostPath: 
-            path: "/etc/ssl/certs"
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
index b9123f157e..9932e6e2f3 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -33,11 +33,3 @@ spec:
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
             - --poll_duration=2m
             - --stats_resolution=1m
-          volumeMounts: 
-            - name: ssl-certs
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
-              readOnly: true
-      volumes: 
-        - name: ssl-certs
-          hostPath: 
-            path: "/etc/ssl/certs"