diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index e70691e9a36..c90c781ce74 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD="${TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD:---min-resync-period=3m
 # ContentType used by all components to communicate with apiserver.
 TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE="${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE:-}"
 
-KUBELET_TEST_ARGS="${KUBELET_TEST_ARGS:-} --max-pods=110 --serialize-image-pulls=false ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
+KUBELET_TEST_ARGS="${KUBELET_TEST_ARGS:-} --serialize-image-pulls=false ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
 if [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "gci" ]] || [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "ubuntu" ]] || [[ "${NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "custom" ]]; then
   NODE_KUBELET_TEST_ARGS=" --experimental-kernel-memcg-notification=true"
 fi