diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/common.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/common.go
index fef9b36785d..f2095cb2001 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/common.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/common.go
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ func enforceRequirements(flags *applyPlanFlags, args []string, dryRun bool, upgr
 		for _, m := range msg {
 			printer.Printf("[upgrade/config] %s\n", m)
 		}
-		return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("[upgrade/config] FATAL. Unable to upgrade a cluster using deprecated feature-gate flags. Please see the release notes")
 	}
 
 	// If the user told us to print this information out; do it!
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
index 28a1a3e0021..a8878e1a426 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ func Enabled(featureList map[string]bool, featureName string) bool {
 // Supports indicates whether a feature name is supported on the given
 // feature set
 func Supports(featureList FeatureList, featureName string) bool {
-	for k, v := range featureList {
+	for k := range featureList {
 		if featureName == k {
-			return v.PreRelease != featuregate.Deprecated
+			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false