diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
index 8118d9ff702..62b7f2ef985 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/manifests.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func WriteStaticPodManifests(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration) error {
 			VolumeMounts:  []api.VolumeMount{certsVolumeMount(), etcdVolumeMount(), k8sVolumeMount()},
 			Image:         images.GetCoreImage(images.KubeEtcdImage, cfg, kubeadmapi.GlobalEnvParams.EtcdImage),
 			LivenessProbe: componentProbe(2379, "/health"),
-			Resources:     componentResources("200m"),
 		}, certsVolume(cfg), etcdVolume(cfg), k8sVolume(cfg))
 
 		etcdPod.Spec.SecurityContext = &api.PodSecurityContext{