diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 31a48329085..0d2ff1123e6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_MasterConfiguration_To_kubeadm_MasterConfiguration(in
 	out.KubernetesVersion = in.KubernetesVersion
 	// WARNING: in.CloudProvider requires manual conversion: does not exist in peer-type
 	out.NodeName = in.NodeName
-	out.AuthorizationModes = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.AuthorizationModes))
+	// WARNING: in.AuthorizationModes requires manual conversion: does not exist in peer-type
 	out.NoTaintMaster = in.NoTaintMaster
 	// WARNING: in.PrivilegedPods requires manual conversion: does not exist in peer-type
 	out.Token = in.Token
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ func autoConvert_kubeadm_MasterConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_MasterConfiguration(in
 	}
 	out.KubernetesVersion = in.KubernetesVersion
 	out.NodeName = in.NodeName
-	out.AuthorizationModes = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.AuthorizationModes))
 	out.NoTaintMaster = in.NoTaintMaster
 	out.Token = in.Token
 	out.TokenTTL = (*meta_v1.Duration)(unsafe.Pointer(in.TokenTTL))
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 3a1f2c9a2cb..0f3cb7c24d3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha2_MasterConfiguration_To_kubeadm_MasterConfiguration(in
 	}
 	out.KubernetesVersion = in.KubernetesVersion
 	out.NodeName = in.NodeName
-	out.AuthorizationModes = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.AuthorizationModes))
 	out.NoTaintMaster = in.NoTaintMaster
 	out.Token = in.Token
 	out.TokenTTL = (*meta_v1.Duration)(unsafe.Pointer(in.TokenTTL))
@@ -282,7 +281,6 @@ func autoConvert_kubeadm_MasterConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_MasterConfiguration(in
 	}
 	out.KubernetesVersion = in.KubernetesVersion
 	out.NodeName = in.NodeName
-	out.AuthorizationModes = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.AuthorizationModes))
 	out.NoTaintMaster = in.NoTaintMaster
 	out.Token = in.Token
 	out.TokenTTL = (*meta_v1.Duration)(unsafe.Pointer(in.TokenTTL))
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 40a9517ae99..108bfbd0dc3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ func (in *MasterConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *MasterConfiguration) {
 	in.Etcd.DeepCopyInto(&out.Etcd)
 	in.KubeletConfiguration.DeepCopyInto(&out.KubeletConfiguration)
 	out.Networking = in.Networking
-	if in.AuthorizationModes != nil {
-		in, out := &in.AuthorizationModes, &out.AuthorizationModes
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
 	if in.TokenTTL != nil {
 		in, out := &in.TokenTTL, &out.TokenTTL
 		if *in == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/BUILD
index 5611e972b00..12cb119844f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/token:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/core/validation:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 6e63771e975..0e080e0323d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ func (in *MasterConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *MasterConfiguration) {
 	in.Etcd.DeepCopyInto(&out.Etcd)
 	in.KubeletConfiguration.DeepCopyInto(&out.KubeletConfiguration)
 	out.Networking = in.Networking
-	if in.AuthorizationModes != nil {
-		in, out := &in.AuthorizationModes, &out.AuthorizationModes
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
 	if in.TokenTTL != nil {
 		in, out := &in.TokenTTL, &out.TokenTTL
 		if *in == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
index 35717029fd7..d4ddb62f37d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/core/validation:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubeapiserver/authorizer/modes:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/procfs:go_default_library",