diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
index e03e5e611fb..cdaeef5f33b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func ComponentPod(container v1.Container, volumes map[string]v1.Volume) v1.Pod {
 			Containers:        []v1.Container{container},
 			PriorityClassName: "system-cluster-critical",
 			HostNetwork:       true,
-			DNSPolicy:         v1.DNSClusterFirstWithHostNet,
 			Volumes:           VolumeMapToSlice(volumes),
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
index 84c552277aa..3aa91bc558d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/staticpod/utils_test.go
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ func TestComponentPod(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					PriorityClassName: "system-cluster-critical",
 					HostNetwork:       true,
-					DNSPolicy:         v1.DNSClusterFirstWithHostNet,
 					Volumes:           []v1.Volume{},
 				},
 			},