diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_linux.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_linux.go
index d8ad8b2016d..a4f7cfd4e70 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks_linux.go
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ func addExecChecks(checks []Checker, execer utilsexec.Interface, k8sVersion stri
 
 	checks = append(checks,
 		InPathCheck{executable: "mount", mandatory: true, exec: execer},
-		InPathCheck{executable: "nsenter", mandatory: true, exec: execer},
-		InPathCheck{executable: "touch", mandatory: false, exec: execer})
+		InPathCheck{executable: "nsenter", mandatory: true, exec: execer})
 	return checks
 }