diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 1b7a2fdff2b..320eba8aef9 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -292,9 +292,6 @@ export DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT="${KUBE_DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT:-170Mi}"
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 export ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}"
 
-# Optional: Install Kubernetes UI
-export ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Install node problem detector.
 #   none           - Not run node problem detector.
 #   daemonset      - Run node problem detector as daemonset.
@@ -470,14 +467,11 @@ HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE:-4}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-80m}"
 HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE="${HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE:-0.5}"
 
-# Optional: custom system banner for dashboard addon
-CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER="${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER:-}"
-
 # Default Stackdriver resources version exported by Fluentd-gcp addon
 LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES="${LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES:-old}"
 
 # Adding to PROVIDER_VARS, since this is GCP-specific.
-PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_YAML_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
+PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_YAML_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
 
 # Fluentd configuration for node-journal
 ENABLE_NODE_JOURNAL="${ENABLE_NODE_JOURNAL:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index a475d4f12df..c9e5c661fea 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ export DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT=${KUBE_DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT:-170Mi}
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 export ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER=${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}
 
-# Optional: Install Kubernetes UI
-export ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI=${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-true}
-
 # Optional: Install node problem detector.
 #   none           - Not run node problem detector.
 #   daemonset      - Run node problem detector as daemonset.
@@ -523,14 +520,11 @@ HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE=${HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE:-4}
 HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU=${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-80m}
 HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE=${HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE:-0.5}
 
-# Optional: custom system banner for dashboard addon
-CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER=${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER:-}
-
 # Default Stackdriver resources version exported by Fluentd-gcp addon
 LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES=${LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES:-old}
 
 # Adding to PROVIDER_VARS, since this is GCP-specific.
-PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_YAML_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
+PROVIDER_VARS="${PROVIDER_VARS:-} FLUENTD_GCP_YAML_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_VERSION FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_LIMIT FLUENTD_GCP_CPU_REQUEST FLUENTD_GCP_MEMORY_REQUEST HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU HEAPSTER_GCP_CPU_PER_NODE LOGGING_STACKDRIVER_RESOURCE_TYPES"
 
 # Fluentd configuration for node-journal
 ENABLE_NODE_JOURNAL=${ENABLE_NODE_JOURNAL:-false}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 90322776d96..37d3e01c809 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2596,12 +2596,6 @@ function update-event-exporter {
     sed -i -e "s@{{ exporter_sd_endpoint }}@${STACKDRIVER_ENDPOINT:-}@g" "$1"
 }
 
-function update-dashboard-deployment {
-  if [ -n "${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER:-}" ]; then
-    sed -i -e "s@\( \+\)# PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ARGS HERE@\1- --system-banner=${CUSTOM_KUBE_DASHBOARD_BANNER}\n\1- --system-banner-severity=WARNING@" "$1"
-  fi
-}
-
 # Sets up the manifests of coreDNS for k8s addons.
 function setup-coredns-manifest {
   setup-addon-manifests "addons" "0-dns/coredns"
@@ -2828,11 +2822,6 @@ EOF
     update-event-exporter ${event_exporter_yaml}
     update-prometheus-to-sd-parameters ${event_exporter_yaml}
   fi
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dashboard"
-    local -r dashboard_deployment_yaml="${dst_dir}/dashboard/dashboard-deployment.yaml"
-    update-dashboard-deployment ${dashboard_deployment_yaml}
-  fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-}" == "daemonset" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "node-problem-detector"
   fi
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 2b3532c4138..c91959bdd55 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1137,7 +1137,6 @@ METADATA_AGENT_CLUSTER_LEVEL_MEMORY_REQUEST: $(yaml-quote "${METADATA_AGENT_CLUS
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_MIRROR_URL: $(yaml-quote "${DOCKER_REGISTRY_MIRROR_URL:-}")
 ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING: $(yaml-quote "${ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING:-none}")
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false}")
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI: $(yaml-quote "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-false}")
 ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR: $(yaml-quote "${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-none}")
 NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION: $(yaml-quote "${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-}")
 NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH: $(yaml-quote "${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH:-}")