diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/profiles.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/profiles.go
index 656f92bf8b8..603970fcb87 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/profiles.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/debug/profiles.go
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func removeLabelsAndProbes(p *corev1.Pod) {
 	for i := range p.Spec.Containers {
 		p.Spec.Containers[i].LivenessProbe = nil
 		p.Spec.Containers[i].ReadinessProbe = nil
+		p.Spec.Containers[i].StartupProbe = nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cmd/debug.sh b/test/cmd/debug.sh
index 0e6507c3bb3..afa84b83a58 100755
--- a/test/cmd/debug.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/debug.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ run_kubectl_debug_general_tests() {
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{.image}}:{{end}}' "${IMAGE_NGINX:?}:busybox:"
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "livenessProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "readinessProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "startupProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{(index (index .spec.containers 1).securityContext.capabilities.add 0)}}' 'SYS_PTRACE'
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{.spec.shareProcessNamespace}}' 'true'
   # Clean up
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ run_kubectl_debug_baseline_tests() {
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{.image}}:{{end}}' "${IMAGE_NGINX:?}:busybox:"
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "livenessProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "readinessProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{range.spec.containers}}{{if (index . "startupProbe")}}:{{end}}{{end}}' ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{if (index (index .spec.containers 0) "securityContext")}}:{{end}}' ''
   kube::test::get_object_assert pod/target-copy '{{.spec.shareProcessNamespace}}' 'true'
   # Clean up