diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index d2ab2f7837f..c307b8bd383 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -121,5 +121,3 @@ E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 # Default fallback NETWORK_IF_NAME, will be used in case when no 'VAGRANT-BEGIN' comments were defined in network-script
 export DEFAULT_NETWORK_IF_NAME="eth0"
 
-# Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-test.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-test.sh
index f6dc030ce2e..d5458c2861b 100644
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-test.sh
@@ -27,5 +27,3 @@ REGISTER_MASTER_KUBELET=${REGISTER_MASTER:-false}
 # Optional: if set to true, kube-up will configure the cluster to run e2e tests.
 E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT=${KUBE_E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT:-false}
 
-# Evict pods whenever compute resource availability on the nodes gets below a threshold.
-EVICTION_HARD="${EVICTION_HARD:-memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%}"
diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 116cea5d40a..f5f5554bba6 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CGROUP_DRIVER=${CGROUP_DRIVER:-""}
 USER=${USER:-$(whoami)}
 
 # enables testing eviction scenarios locally.
-EVICTION_HARD=${EVICTION_HARD:-"memory.available<100Mi"}
+EVICTION_HARD=${EVICTION_HARD:-"memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%"}
 EVICTION_SOFT=${EVICTION_SOFT:-""}
 EVICTION_PRESSURE_TRANSITION_PERIOD=${EVICTION_PRESSURE_TRANSITION_PERIOD:-"1m"}
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index acf9e0088c8..acb10c124e1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 		temp := int32(80)
 		obj.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent = &temp
 	}
-	if obj.LowDiskSpaceThresholdMB == 0 {
-		obj.LowDiskSpaceThresholdMB = 256
-	}
 	if obj.MasterServiceNamespace == "" {
 		obj.MasterServiceNamespace = metav1.NamespaceDefault
 	}
@@ -371,7 +368,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *KubeletConfiguration) {
 		obj.HairpinMode = PromiscuousBridge
 	}
 	if obj.EvictionHard == nil {
-		temp := "memory.available<100Mi"
+		temp := "memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%"
 		obj.EvictionHard = &temp
 	}
 	if obj.EvictionPressureTransitionPeriod == zeroDuration {