diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 951826cbe6..0c793ddec6 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ ENABLE_APISERVER_BASIC_AUDIT: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_APISERVER_BASIC_AUDIT:-})
 ENABLE_APISERVER_ADVANCED_AUDIT: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_APISERVER_ADVANCED_AUDIT:-})
 ENABLE_CACHE_MUTATION_DETECTOR: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CACHE_MUTATION_DETECTOR:-false})
 ADVANCED_AUDIT_BACKEND: $(yaml-quote ${ADVANCED_AUDIT_BACKEND:-log})
-KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-})
+GCE_API_ENDPOINT: $(yaml-quote ${GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-})
 EOF
   if [ -n "${KUBELET_PORT:-}" ]; then
     cat >>$file <<EOF
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index b58909fd84..2de5d898d9 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ GCI_VERSION=${KUBE_GCI_VERSION:-cos-stable-59-9460-64-0}
 MASTER_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_IMAGE:-}
 MASTER_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_MASTER_PROJECT:-cos-cloud}
 NODE_IMAGE=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_IMAGE:-${CVM_VERSION}}
-KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT=${KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-}
+GCE_API_ENDPOINT=${KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-}
 NODE_IMAGE_PROJECT=${KUBE_GCE_NODE_PROJECT:-cos-cloud}
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-docker}
 RKT_VERSION=${KUBE_RKT_VERSION:-1.23.0}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 63ab759f3c..f4c9e8deca 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ function create-master-auth {
   cat <<EOF >/etc/gce.conf
 [global]
 EOF
-  if [[ -n "${KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-}" ]]; then
+  if [[ -n "${GCE_API_ENDPOINT:-}" ]]; then
     cat <<EOF >>/etc/gce.conf
-api-endpoint = ${KUBE_GCE_API_ENDPOINT}
+api-endpoint = ${GCE_API_ENDPOINT}
 EOF
   fi
   if [[ -n "${PROJECT_ID:-}" && -n "${TOKEN_URL:-}" && -n "${TOKEN_BODY:-}" && -n "${NODE_NETWORK:-}" ]]; then