diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
index 335b2cf4..c5eeb5f1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type KubeProxyConfiguration struct {
 	// '2h22m').  Must be greater than 0.
 	IPTablesSyncPeriod unversioned.Duration `json:"iptablesSyncPeriodSeconds"`
 	// iptablesMinSyncPeriod is the minimum period that iptables rules are refreshed (e.g. '5s', '1m',
-	// '2h22m').  Must be greater than 0.
+	// '2h22m').
 	IPTablesMinSyncPeriod unversioned.Duration `json:"iptablesMinSyncPeriodSeconds"`
 	// kubeconfigPath is the path to the kubeconfig file with authorization information (the
 	// master location is set by the master flag).
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index 8293fbaf..70b395e1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeProxyConfiguration(obj *KubeProxyConfiguration) {
 	if obj.IPTablesSyncPeriod.Duration == 0 {
 		obj.IPTablesSyncPeriod = unversioned.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second}
 	}
-	if obj.IPTablesMinSyncPeriod.Duration == 0 {
-		obj.IPTablesMinSyncPeriod = unversioned.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second}
-	}
 	zero := unversioned.Duration{}
 	if obj.UDPIdleTimeout == zero {
 		obj.UDPIdleTimeout = unversioned.Duration{Duration: 250 * time.Millisecond}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index ec19fe0a..f23b1239 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type KubeProxyConfiguration struct {
 	// '2h22m').  Must be greater than 0.
 	IPTablesSyncPeriod unversioned.Duration `json:"iptablesSyncPeriodSeconds"`
 	// iptablesMinSyncPeriod is the minimum period that iptables rules are refreshed (e.g. '5s', '1m',
-	// '2h22m').  Must be greater than 0.
+	// '2h22m').
 	IPTablesMinSyncPeriod unversioned.Duration `json:"iptablesMinSyncPeriodSeconds"`
 	// kubeconfigPath is the path to the kubeconfig file with authorization information (the
 	// master location is set by the master flag).