diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_linux.go
index 2a476a52659..3f83ff86e4a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_linux.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kuberuntime
 
 const (
-	// Taken from lmctfy https://github.com/google/lmctfy/blob/master/lmctfy/controllers/cpu_controller.cc
-	minShares     = 2
-	sharesPerCPU  = 1024
 	milliCPUToCPU = 1000
 
 	// 100000 is equivalent to 100ms
@@ -30,20 +27,6 @@ const (
 	minQuotaPeriod = 1000
 )
 
-// milliCPUToShares converts milliCPU to CPU shares
-func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int64) int64 {
-	if milliCPU == 0 {
-		// Return 2 here to really match kernel default for zero milliCPU.
-		return minShares
-	}
-	// Conceptually (milliCPU / milliCPUToCPU) * sharesPerCPU, but factored to improve rounding.
-	shares := (milliCPU * sharesPerCPU) / milliCPUToCPU
-	if shares < minShares {
-		return minShares
-	}
-	return shares
-}
-
 // milliCPUToQuota converts milliCPU to CFS quota and period values
 func milliCPUToQuota(milliCPU int64, period int64) (quota int64) {
 	// CFS quota is measured in two values:
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_unsupported.go
index 1f5c8093a1b..95693fadda9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers_unsupported.go
@@ -18,8 +18,3 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 package kuberuntime
-
-// milliCPUToShares converts milliCPU to CPU shares
-func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int64) int64 {
-	return 0
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
index 6cb9e54729e..d12e1d4a681 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_linux.go
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) calculateLinuxResources(cpuRequest, cpuLimit
 	// API server does this for new containers, but we repeat this logic in Kubelet
 	// for containers running on existing Kubernetes clusters.
 	if cpuRequest.IsZero() && !cpuLimit.IsZero() {
-		cpuShares = milliCPUToShares(cpuLimit.MilliValue())
+		cpuShares = int64(cm.MilliCPUToShares(cpuLimit.MilliValue()))
 	} else {
-		// if cpuRequest.Amount is nil, then milliCPUToShares will return the minimal number
+		// if cpuRequest.Amount is nil, then MilliCPUToShares will return the minimal number
 		// of CPU shares.
-		cpuShares = milliCPUToShares(cpuRequest.MilliValue())
+		cpuShares = int64(cm.MilliCPUToShares(cpuRequest.MilliValue()))
 	}
 	resources.CpuShares = cpuShares
 	if memLimit != 0 {