diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 8100b44afae..4d2432d0fe6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ func RunKubelet(kubeFlags *options.KubeletFlags, kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.
 		kubeFlags.RegisterNode,
 		kubeFlags.RegisterWithTaints,
 		kubeFlags.AllowedUnsafeSysctls,
-		kubeFlags.Containerized,
 		kubeFlags.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint,
 		kubeFlags.RemoteImageEndpoint,
 		kubeFlags.ExperimentalMounterPath,
@@ -788,7 +787,6 @@ func CreateAndInitKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	registerNode bool,
 	registerWithTaints []api.Taint,
 	allowedUnsafeSysctls []string,
-	containerized bool,
 	remoteRuntimeEndpoint string,
 	remoteImageEndpoint string,
 	experimentalMounterPath string,
@@ -822,7 +820,6 @@ func CreateAndInitKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		registerNode,
 		registerWithTaints,
 		allowedUnsafeSysctls,
-		containerized,
 		remoteRuntimeEndpoint,
 		remoteImageEndpoint,
 		experimentalMounterPath,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index fab8dcefbb6..49679b7d743 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ type Builder func(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	registerNode bool,
 	registerWithTaints []api.Taint,
 	allowedUnsafeSysctls []string,
-	containerized bool,
 	remoteRuntimeEndpoint string,
 	remoteImageEndpoint string,
 	experimentalMounterPath string,
@@ -344,7 +343,6 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	registerNode bool,
 	registerWithTaints []api.Taint,
 	allowedUnsafeSysctls []string,
-	containerized bool,
 	remoteRuntimeEndpoint string,
 	remoteImageEndpoint string,
 	experimentalMounterPath string,