diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
index b4caa2c013c..76f017b7e77 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh:  cloud_config: ${CLOUD_CONFIG}
 cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh:  env-to-grains "feature_gates"
 cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh:  env-to-grains "runtime_config"
 cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh:  kubelet_api_servers: '${KUBELET_APISERVER}'
+cluster/gce/coreos/configure-helper.sh:  local api_servers="--master=https://${KUBERNETES_MASTER_NAME}"
+cluster/gce/coreos/configure-helper.sh:  sed -i -e "s@{{ *storage_backend *}}@${STORAGE_BACKEND:-}@g" "${temp_file}"
+cluster/gce/coreos/configure-helper.sh:  sed -i -e "s@{{pillar\['allow_privileged'\]}}@true@g" "${src_file}"
 cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh:  local api_servers="--master=https://${KUBERNETES_MASTER_NAME}"
 cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh:  sed -i -e "s@{{ *storage_backend *}}@${STORAGE_BACKEND:-}@g" "${temp_file}"
 cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh:  sed -i -e "s@{{pillar\['allow_privileged'\]}}@true@g" "${src_file}"