diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
index fb9bd6482d2..c679f2123df 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
                     }
                 ],
                 "resources": {
-                    "limits": {
-                        "cpu": "100m"
+                    "requests": {
+                        "cpu": {{ cpulimit }}
                     }
                 },
                 "volumeMounts": [
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@
                     "timeoutSeconds": 15
                 },
                 "resources": {
-                    "limits": {
-                        "cpu": {{ cpulimit }},
-                        "memory": {{ memlimit }}
+                    "requests": {
+                        "cpu": {{ cpulimit }}
                     }
                 },
                 "volumeMounts": [
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
index 749670b601e..5712fea08f9 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
@@ -27,5 +27,3 @@ touch /var/log/etcd_flannel.log:
         etcd_port: 4003
         etcd_peer_port: 2382
         cpulimit: '"100m"'
-        memlimit: '"50Mi"'
-