diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/main.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/main.go
index cf366935dad..4a311399192 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/main.go
@@ -41,15 +41,10 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/clientgo" // load all the prometheus client-go plugins
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version"  // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	nodeipamcontrolleroptions "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options"
-	nodeipamconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/nodeipam/config"
 	// For existing cloud providers, the option to import legacy providers is still available.
 	// e.g. _"k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/<provider>"
 )
 
-var nodeIPAMControllerConfiguration nodeipamconfig.NodeIPAMControllerConfiguration
-var nodeIPAMControllerOptions nodeipamcontrolleroptions.NodeIPAMControllerOptions
-
 func main() {
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 
diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/nodeipamcontroller.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/nodeipamcontroller.go
index a39c40458cd..a99a47672c9 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/nodeipamcontroller.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/nodeipamcontroller.go
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-
+	nodeipamcontrolleroptions "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	genericcontrollermanager "k8s.io/controller-manager/app"
 	"k8s.io/controller-manager/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	nodeipamcontrolleroptions "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options"
 	nodeipamcontroller "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/nodeipam"
 	nodeipamconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/nodeipam/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/nodeipam/ipam"
@@ -49,19 +47,18 @@ const (
 	defaultNodeMaskCIDRIPv6 = 64
 )
 
+var nodeIPAMControllerConfiguration nodeipamconfig.NodeIPAMControllerConfiguration
+var nodeIPAMControllerOptions nodeipamcontrolleroptions.NodeIPAMControllerOptions
+
 func startNodeIpamControllerWrapper(completedConfig *cloudcontrollerconfig.CompletedConfig, cloud cloudprovider.Interface) app.InitFunc {
-	fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("fs", pflag.ContinueOnError)
-	var nodeIPAMControllerOptions nodeipamcontrolleroptions.NodeIPAMControllerOptions
-	nodeIPAMControllerOptions.AddFlags(fs)
 	errors := nodeIPAMControllerOptions.Validate()
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		klog.Fatal("NodeIPAM controller values are not properly set.")
 	}
-	var nodeIPAMConfig nodeipamconfig.NodeIPAMControllerConfiguration
-	nodeIPAMControllerOptions.ApplyTo(&nodeIPAMConfig)
+	nodeIPAMControllerOptions.ApplyTo(&nodeIPAMControllerConfiguration)
 
 	return func(ctx genericcontrollermanager.ControllerContext) (http.Handler, bool, error) {
-		return startNodeIpamController(completedConfig, nodeIPAMConfig, ctx, cloud)
+		return startNodeIpamController(completedConfig, nodeIPAMControllerConfiguration, ctx, cloud)
 	}
 }