diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 2557d6ff16..aba7b0ca6a 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ KUBERNETES_CONTAINER_RUNTIME: $(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-rkt})
 RKT_VERSION: $(yaml-quote ${RKT_VERSION:-})
 RKT_PATH: $(yaml-quote ${RKT_PATH:-})
 RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE: $(yaml-quote ${RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE:-})
-KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0: $(yaml-quote ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0:-true})
 EOF
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
index 0f9a76cfe1..a25ab811cc 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-docker.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ coreos:
         --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN} \
         --logtostderr=true \
         --container-runtime=docker \
-        --configure-cbr0=${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0} \
         --pod-cidr=${MASTER_IP_RANGE} \
         --register-schedulable=false \
         --reconcile-cidr=false
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-rkt.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-rkt.yaml
index ac26528054..f5082969eb 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/master-rkt.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/master-rkt.yaml
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ coreos:
         --container-runtime=rkt \
         --rkt-path=/opt/rkt/rkt \
         --rkt-stage1-image=${RKT_STAGE_IMAGE} \
-        --configure-cbr0=${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0} \
         --pod-cidr=${MASTER_IP_RANGE} \
         --register-schedulable=false \
         --reconcile-cidr=false
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/node-docker.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/node-docker.yaml
index 5e313fa967..a436d18703 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/node-docker.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/node-docker.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ coreos:
         --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN} \
         --logtostderr=true \
         --container-runtime=docker \
-        --configure-cbr0=${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0} \
         --network-plugin=${NETWORK_PROVIDER} \
         --reconcile-cidr=true
         Restart=always
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/node-rkt.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/node-rkt.yaml
index 2f180aa8e9..5d8bbbbed0 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/node-rkt.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/node-rkt.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ coreos:
         --container-runtime=rkt \
         --rkt-path=/opt/rkt/rkt \
         --rkt-stage1-image=${RKT_STAGE1_IMAGE} \
-        --configure-cbr0=${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURE_CBR0} \
         --network-plugin=kubenet \
         --reconcile-cidr=true
         Restart=always
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 7474831ae3..32de3d840a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -529,9 +529,6 @@ function start-kubelet {
   if [[ -n "${EVICTION_HARD:-}" ]]; then
     flags+=" --eviction-hard=${EVICTION_HARD}"
   fi
-  if [[ "${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    flags+=" --configure-cbr0=${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS}"
-  fi
   if [[ -n "${FEATURE_GATES:-}" ]]; then
     flags+=" --feature-gates=${FEATURE_GATES}"
   fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
index 262289f32b..02056a1ab5 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
@@ -176,9 +176,6 @@ assemble_kubelet_flags() {
   if [ -n "${NODE_LABELS:-}" ]; then
     KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS="${KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS} --node-labels=${NODE_LABELS}"
   fi
-  if [ "${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS:-}" = "true" ]; then
-     KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS="${KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS} --configure-cbr0=${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS}"
-  fi
   # Add the unconditional flags
   KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS="${KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS} --cloud-provider=gce --allow-privileged=true --cgroup-root=/ --system-cgroups=/system --kubelet-cgroups=/kubelet --babysit-daemons=true --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --cluster-dns=${DNS_SERVER_IP} --cluster-domain=${DNS_DOMAIN}"
   echo "KUBELET_OPTS=\"${KUBELET_CMD_FLAGS}\"" > /etc/default/kubelet
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index 684aefb543..e836f0c3fc 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@
   {% set kubelet_root = " --root-dir=" + grains.kubelet_root -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
-{% set configure_cbr0 = "" -%}
-{% if pillar['allocate_node_cidrs'] is defined -%}
-  {% set configure_cbr0 = "--configure-cbr0=" + pillar['allocate_node_cidrs'] -%}
-{% endif -%}
-
 {% set non_masquerade_cidr = "" -%}
 {% if pillar.get('non_masquerade_cidr','') -%}
   {% set non_masquerade_cidr = "--non-masquerade-cidr=" + pillar.non_masquerade_cidr -%}
@@ -199,4 +194,4 @@
 {% endif -%}
 
 # test_args has to be kept at the end, so they'll overwrite any prior configuration
-DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{cloud_config}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{log_level}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}} {{configure_cbr0}} {{non_masquerade_cidr}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{kubelet_port}} {{ reconcile_cidr_args }} {{ hairpin_mode }} {{enable_custom_metrics}} {{runtime_container}} {{kubelet_container}} {{node_labels}} {{babysit_daemons}} {{eviction_hard}} {{feature_gates}} {{test_args}}"
+DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{cloud_config}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{log_level}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}}  {{non_masquerade_cidr}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{kubelet_port}} {{ reconcile_cidr_args }} {{ hairpin_mode }} {{enable_custom_metrics}} {{runtime_container}} {{kubelet_container}} {{node_labels}} {{babysit_daemons}} {{eviction_hard}} {{feature_gates}} {{test_args}}"