diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/apiclient.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/apiclient.go
index 257bbe0192b..628e19bb915 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/apiclient.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/master/apiclient.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func CreateClientAndWaitForAPI(file string) (*clientset.Clientset, error) {
 	fmt.Println("[apiclient] Created API client, waiting for the control plane to become ready")
 	WaitForAPI(client)
 
-	fmt.Println("[apiclient] Waiting for at least one node to register and become ready")
+	fmt.Println("[apiclient] Waiting for at least one node to register")
 	start := time.Now()
 	wait.PollInfinite(kubeadmconstants.APICallRetryInterval, func() (bool, error) {
 		nodeList, err := client.Nodes().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
@@ -55,20 +55,11 @@ func CreateClientAndWaitForAPI(file string) (*clientset.Clientset, error) {
 		if len(nodeList.Items) < 1 {
 			return false, nil
 		}
-		n := &nodeList.Items[0]
-		if !v1.IsNodeReady(n) {
-			fmt.Println("[apiclient] First node has registered, but is not ready yet")
-			return false, nil
-		}
 
-		fmt.Printf("[apiclient] First node is ready after %f seconds\n", time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		fmt.Printf("[apiclient] First node has registered after %f seconds\n", time.Since(start).Seconds())
 		return true, nil
 	})
 
-	if err := createAndWaitForADummyDeployment(client); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return client, nil
 }