diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
index 467487739ba..222c4951f0e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ func startNodeIpamController(ctx context.Context, controllerContext ControllerCo
 		return nil, false, nil
 	}
 
-	// Cannot run cloud ipam controller if cloud provider is nil (--cloud-provider not set or set to 'external')
-	if controllerContext.Cloud == nil && controllerContext.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.CIDRAllocatorType == string(ipam.CloudAllocatorType) {
-		return nil, false, errors.New("--cidr-allocator-type is set to 'CloudAllocator' but cloud provider is not configured")
+	if controllerContext.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.CIDRAllocatorType == string(ipam.CloudAllocatorType) {
+		// Cannot run cloud ipam controller if cloud provider is nil (--cloud-provider not set or set to 'external')
+		if controllerContext.Cloud == nil {
+			return nil, false, errors.New("--cidr-allocator-type is set to 'CloudAllocator' but cloud provider is not configured")
+		}
+		// As part of the removal of all the cloud providers from kubernetes, this support will be removed as well
+		klog.Warningf("DEPRECATED: 'CloudAllocator' bas been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.")
 	}
 
 	clusterCIDRs, err := validateCIDRs(controllerContext.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.ClusterCIDR)