diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index c10c38bad5e..7d9c6215c3b 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
 EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS:-}"
 
 VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR="${VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR:-/home/kubernetes/flexvolume}"
-REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR="${REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR:-true}"
 
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.0.0.0/16}"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS=true
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 5b60f560cdb..f54bdd0992a 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ SCHEDULER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL="${SCHEDULER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL:-$TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}"
 KUBEPROXY_TEST_LOG_LEVEL="${KUBEPROXY_TEST_LOG_LEVEL:-$TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}"
 
 VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR="${VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR:-/home/kubernetes/flexvolume}"
-REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR="${REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR:-true}"
 
 TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS="${TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS:---delete-collection-workers=1}"
 TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT="${TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT:-}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 21b7a236905..5838ec052a5 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -745,6 +745,14 @@ ZONE: $(yaml-quote ${ZONE})
 VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR: $(yaml-quote ${VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR})
 KUBELET_ARGS: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_ARGS})
 EOF
+  if [[ "${master}" == "true" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]] || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "false" && "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]]  || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "true" && "${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "cos" ]] || \
+     [[ "${master}" == "false" && "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "cos" ]]; then
+    cat >>$file <<EOF
+REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR: $(yaml-quote ${REMOUNT_VOLUME_PLUGIN_DIR:-true})
+EOF
+  fi
   if [ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT:-}" ]; then
     cat >>$file <<EOF
 KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT})