diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-common.sh b/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
index 0954fa0dfa1..0b252825d9a 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-common.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function get-cluster-ip-range {
 }
 
 if [[ "${FEDERATION:-}" == true ]]; then
-    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite}"
+    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite}"
 else
-    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
+    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
 fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 39973f1d11d..481e190c958 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-$(get-cluster-ip-range)}"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 
 if [[ "${FEDERATION:-}" == true ]]; then
-    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite}"
+    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro,https://www.googleapis.com/auth/ndev.clouddns.readwrite}"
 else
-    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
+    NODE_SCOPES="${NODE_SCOPES:-monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
 fi
 
 # Extra docker options for nodes.
diff --git a/test/kubemark/gce/util.sh b/test/kubemark/gce/util.sh
index e86b6c870ac..7eb21dc4aa6 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/gce/util.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/gce/util.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function create-master-instance-with-resources {
     --image "${MASTER_IMAGE}" \
     --tags "${MASTER_TAG}" \
     --subnet "${NETWORK}" \
-    --scopes "storage-ro,compute-rw,logging-write" \
+    --scopes "storage-ro,logging-write" \
     --boot-disk-size "${MASTER_ROOT_DISK_SIZE}" \
     --disk "name=${MASTER_NAME}-pd,device-name=master-pd,mode=rw,boot=no,auto-delete=no"