diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
index e9890666367..53473901845 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/certs.go
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ func getCertPhaseFlags(name string) []string {
 	flags := []string{
 		options.CertificatesDir,
 		options.CfgPath,
-		options.CSROnly,
-		options.CSRDir,
 		options.KubernetesVersion,
 	}
 	if name == "all" || name == "apiserver" {