diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemon_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemon_controller_test.go
index 921cd6fc3dd..067ddd51ff4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemon_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemon_controller_test.go
@@ -1514,7 +1514,6 @@ func TestUpdateNode(t *testing.T) {
 					{Type: v1.NodeMemoryPressure, Status: v1.ConditionFalse},
 					{Type: v1.NodeDiskPressure, Status: v1.ConditionFalse},
 					{Type: v1.NodeNetworkUnavailable, Status: v1.ConditionFalse},
-					{Type: v1.NodeInodePressure, Status: v1.ConditionFalse},
 				}
 				return node
 			}(),
@@ -1522,7 +1521,6 @@ func TestUpdateNode(t *testing.T) {
 				node := newNode("node1", nil)
 				node.Status.Conditions = []v1.NodeCondition{
 					{Type: v1.NodeOutOfDisk, Status: v1.ConditionTrue},
-					{Type: v1.NodeInodePressure, Status: v1.ConditionFalse},
 				}
 				return node
 			}(),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index c2c574e3446..35f9c416c0c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -3510,8 +3510,6 @@ const (
 	NodeDiskPressure NodeConditionType = "DiskPressure"
 	// NodeNetworkUnavailable means that network for the node is not correctly configured.
 	NodeNetworkUnavailable NodeConditionType = "NetworkUnavailable"
-	// NodeInodePressure means the kubelet is under pressure due to insufficient available inodes.
-	NodeInodePressure NodeConditionType = "InodePressure"
 )
 
 // NodeCondition contains condition information for a node.