diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
index 053a7407f10..ed73c772c0d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package images
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
 
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -31,11 +30,6 @@ func GetGenericImage(prefix, image, tag string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:%s", prefix, image, tag)
 }
 
-// GetGenericArchImage generates and returns an image based on the current runtime arch
-func GetGenericArchImage(prefix, image, tag string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s:%s", prefix, image, runtime.GOARCH, tag)
-}
-
 // GetKubeControlPlaneImage generates and returns the image for the core Kubernetes components or returns the unified control plane image if specified
 func GetKubeControlPlaneImage(image string, cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration) string {
 	if cfg.UnifiedControlPlaneImage != "" {
@@ -79,9 +73,9 @@ func GetAllImages(cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration) []string {
 	if features.Enabled(cfg.FeatureGates, features.CoreDNS) {
 		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericImage(cfg.ImageRepository, constants.CoreDNS, constants.CoreDNSVersion))
 	} else {
-		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-kube-dns", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
-		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-sidecar", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
-		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericArchImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-kube-dns", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-sidecar", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
+		imgs = append(imgs, GetGenericImage(cfg.ImageRepository, "k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny", constants.KubeDNSVersion))
 	}
 
 	return imgs
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
index 2a2eb195f14..a7bba7477f5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package images
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -45,19 +44,6 @@ func TestGetGenericImage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGetGenericArchImage(t *testing.T) {
-	const (
-		prefix = "foo"
-		image  = "bar"
-		tag    = "baz"
-	)
-	expected := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s:%s", prefix, image, runtime.GOARCH, tag)
-	actual := GetGenericArchImage(prefix, image, tag)
-	if actual != expected {
-		t.Errorf("failed GetGenericArchImage:\n\texpected: %s\n\t  actual: %s", expected, actual)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetKubeControlPlaneImage(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		image    string
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
index 5480c90c0b1..4f259600c8e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package dns
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/caddyfile"
@@ -97,9 +96,8 @@ func kubeDNSAddon(cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, client clientset.Interface)
 	}
 
 	dnsDeploymentBytes, err := kubeadmutil.ParseTemplate(KubeDNSDeployment,
-		struct{ ImageRepository, Arch, Version, DNSBindAddr, DNSProbeAddr, DNSDomain, MasterTaintKey string }{
+		struct{ ImageRepository, Version, DNSBindAddr, DNSProbeAddr, DNSDomain, MasterTaintKey string }{
 			ImageRepository: cfg.ImageRepository,
-			Arch:            runtime.GOARCH,
 			Version:         kubeadmconstants.KubeDNSVersion,
 			DNSBindAddr:     dnsBindAddr,
 			DNSProbeAddr:    dnsProbeAddr,
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
index 111f444f100..bcc637f0ee3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ func TestCompileManifests(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			manifest: KubeDNSDeployment,
-			data: struct{ ImageRepository, Arch, Version, DNSBindAddr, DNSProbeAddr, DNSDomain, MasterTaintKey string }{
+			data: struct{ ImageRepository, Version, DNSBindAddr, DNSProbeAddr, DNSDomain, MasterTaintKey string }{
 				ImageRepository: "foo",
-				Arch:            "foo",
 				Version:         "foo",
 				DNSBindAddr:     "foo",
 				DNSProbeAddr:    "foo",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
index 1cab230cd82..d5a03302fc5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
           optional: true
       containers:
       - name: kubedns
-        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-kube-dns-{{ .Arch }}:{{ .Version }}
+        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-kube-dns:{{ .Version }}
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           # TODO: Set memory limits when we've profiled the container for large
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-dns-config
           mountPath: /kube-dns-config
       - name: dnsmasq
-        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny-{{ .Arch }}:{{ .Version }}
+        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny:{{ .Version }}
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-dns-config
           mountPath: /etc/k8s/dns/dnsmasq-nanny
       - name: sidecar
-        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-sidecar-{{ .Arch }}:{{ .Version }}
+        image: {{ .ImageRepository }}/k8s-dns-sidecar:{{ .Version }}
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ spec:
         operator: Exists
       - key: {{ .MasterTaintKey }}
         effect: NoSchedule
-      nodeSelector:
-        beta.kubernetes.io/arch: {{ .Arch }}
 `
 
 	// KubeDNSService is the kube-dns Service manifest