diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index c64067a3712..7c153703bb9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -449,8 +449,7 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Update(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 	}()
 
 	// Extract the cgroup resource parameters
-	resourceConfig := cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters
-	resources := m.toResources(resourceConfig)
+	resources := m.toResources(cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters)
 
 	libcontainerCgroupConfig := &libcontainerconfigs.Cgroup{
 		Resources: resources,
@@ -470,10 +469,6 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Update(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 		updateSystemdCgroupInfo(libcontainerCgroupConfig, cgroupConfig.Name)
 	}
 
-	if cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters != nil && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PidsLimit != nil {
-		resources.PidsLimit = *cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PidsLimit
-	}
-
 	if unified {
 		supportedControllers := getSupportedUnifiedControllers()
 		if !supportedControllers.Has("hugetlb") {
@@ -512,10 +507,6 @@ func (m *cgroupManagerImpl) Create(cgroupConfig *CgroupConfig) error {
 		libcontainerCgroupConfig.Path = cgroupConfig.Name.ToCgroupfs()
 	}
 
-	if cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters != nil && cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PidsLimit != nil {
-		libcontainerCgroupConfig.PidsLimit = *cgroupConfig.ResourceParameters.PidsLimit
-	}
-
 	// get the manager with the specified cgroup configuration
 	manager, err := m.adapter.newManager(libcontainerCgroupConfig, nil)
 	if err != nil {