diff --git a/cli/create.go b/cli/create.go
index 982d5c31a..3bdfa7794 100644
--- a/cli/create.go
+++ b/cli/create.go
@@ -187,13 +187,8 @@ var systemdKernelParam = []vc.Param{
 	},
 }
 
-func getKernelParams(containerID string, needSystemd bool) []vc.Param {
-	p := []vc.Param{
-		{
-			Key:   "ip",
-			Value: fmt.Sprintf("::::::%s::off::", containerID),
-		},
-	}
+func getKernelParams(needSystemd bool) []vc.Param {
+	p := []vc.Param{}
 
 	if needSystemd {
 		p = append(p, systemdKernelParam...)
@@ -209,7 +204,7 @@ func needSystemd(config vc.HypervisorConfig) bool {
 // setKernelParams adds the user-specified kernel parameters (from the
 // configuration file) to the defaults so that the former take priority.
 func setKernelParams(containerID string, runtimeConfig *oci.RuntimeConfig) error {
-	defaultKernelParams := getKernelParamsFunc(containerID, needSystemd(runtimeConfig.HypervisorConfig))
+	defaultKernelParams := getKernelParamsFunc(needSystemd(runtimeConfig.HypervisorConfig))
 
 	if runtimeConfig.HypervisorConfig.Debug {
 		strParams := vc.SerializeParams(defaultKernelParams, "=")
diff --git a/cli/create_test.go b/cli/create_test.go
index fd4dd892a..49ff3d34e 100644
--- a/cli/create_test.go
+++ b/cli/create_test.go
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ func TestCreateInvalidKernelParams(t *testing.T) {
 		getKernelParamsFunc = savedFunc
 	}()
 
-	getKernelParamsFunc = func(containerID string, needSystemd bool) []vc.Param {
+	getKernelParamsFunc = func(needSystemd bool) []vc.Param {
 		return []vc.Param{
 			{
 				Key:   "",
@@ -1135,7 +1135,9 @@ func TestSetKernelParams(t *testing.T) {
 	err := setKernelParams(testContainerID, &config)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
-	assert.NotEmpty(config.HypervisorConfig.KernelParams)
+	if needSystemd(config.HypervisorConfig) {
+		assert.NotEmpty(config.HypervisorConfig.KernelParams)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSetKernelParamsUserOptionTakesPriority(t *testing.T) {