diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
index 932d17cdaa9..da1865305a1 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
@@ -2121,7 +2121,6 @@ func describeNode(node *api.Node, nodeNonTerminatedPodsList *api.PodList, events
 		printAnnotationsMultiline(w, "Annotations", node.Annotations)
 		printNodeTaintsMultiline(w, "Taints", node.Spec.Taints)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "CreationTimestamp:\t%s\n", node.CreationTimestamp.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
-		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Phase:\t%v\n", node.Status.Phase)
 		if len(node.Status.Conditions) > 0 {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Conditions:\n  Type\tStatus\tLastHeartbeatTime\tLastTransitionTime\tReason\tMessage\n")
 			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "----\t------\t-----------------\t------------------\t------\t-------\n")