diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
index 546302d1040..64a87a6ebe5 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/service/service.go
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ func (s *SchedulerServer) prepareExecutorInfo(hks hyperkube.Interface) (*mesos.E
 	ci.Arguments = append(ci.Arguments, fmt.Sprintf("--cadvisor-port=%v", s.kubeletCadvisorPort))
 	ci.Arguments = append(ci.Arguments, fmt.Sprintf("--sync-frequency=%v", s.kubeletSyncFrequency))
 	ci.Arguments = append(ci.Arguments, fmt.Sprintf("--contain-pod-resources=%t", s.containPodResources))
-	ci.Arguments = append(ci.Arguments, fmt.Sprintf("--enable-debugging-handlers=%t", s.enableProfiling))
 
 	if s.authPath != "" {
 		//TODO(jdef) should probably support non-local files, e.g. hdfs:///some/config/file