diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
index d557265617e..55606b508aa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_manager_linux.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -485,12 +484,3 @@ func readCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath string, memLimitFile string) (*ResourceCo
 	return &ResourceConfig{Memory: &mLim}, nil
 
 }
-
-func writeCgroupMemoryLimit(memoryLimitFileLocation string, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	memLimit := strconv.FormatInt(*resourceConfig.Memory, 10)
-	if err := os.WriteFile(memoryLimitFileLocation, []byte(memLimit), 0700); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", memLimit, memoryLimitFileLocation, err)
-	}
-	//TODO(vinaykul,InPlacePodVerticalScaling): Add memory request support
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
index 0f9d1ee1896..afd02925833 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v1_manager_linux.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package cm
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -142,33 +140,6 @@ func (c *cgroupV1impl) getCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, e
 	return &ResourceConfig{CPUShares: &cpuShares, CPUQuota: &cpuQuota, CPUPeriod: &cpuPeriod}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *cgroupV1impl) setCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	var cpuQuotaStr, cpuPeriodStr, cpuSharesStr string
-	if resourceConfig.CPUQuota != nil {
-		cpuQuotaStr = strconv.FormatInt(*resourceConfig.CPUQuota, 10)
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, "cpu.cfs_quota_us"), []byte(cpuQuotaStr), 0700); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", cpuQuotaStr, cgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	if resourceConfig.CPUPeriod != nil {
-		cpuPeriodStr = strconv.FormatUint(*resourceConfig.CPUPeriod, 10)
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, "cpu.cfs_period_us"), []byte(cpuPeriodStr), 0700); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", cpuPeriodStr, cgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	if resourceConfig.CPUShares != nil {
-		cpuSharesStr = strconv.FormatUint(*resourceConfig.CPUShares, 10)
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, "cpu.shares"), []byte(cpuSharesStr), 0700); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", cpuSharesStr, cgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *cgroupV1impl) setCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath string, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	return writeCgroupMemoryLimit(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, cgroupv1MemLimitFile), resourceConfig)
-}
-
 func (c *cgroupV1impl) getCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, error) {
 	return readCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath, cgroupv1MemLimitFile)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
index 8cea1e2d0ac..ad93e971fef 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cgroup_v2_manager_linux.go
@@ -128,35 +128,6 @@ func (c *cgroupV2impl) getCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, e
 	return &ResourceConfig{CPUShares: &cpuShares, CPUQuota: &cpuLimit, CPUPeriod: &cpuPeriod}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *cgroupV2impl) setCgroupCPUConfig(cgroupPath string, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	if resourceConfig.CPUQuota != nil {
-		if resourceConfig.CPUPeriod == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("CpuPeriod must be specified in order to set CpuLimit")
-		}
-		cpuLimitStr := Cgroup2MaxCpuLimit
-		if *resourceConfig.CPUQuota > -1 {
-			cpuLimitStr = strconv.FormatInt(*resourceConfig.CPUQuota, 10)
-		}
-		cpuPeriodStr := strconv.FormatUint(*resourceConfig.CPUPeriod, 10)
-		cpuMaxStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", cpuLimitStr, cpuPeriodStr)
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, "cpu.max"), []byte(cpuMaxStr), 0700); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", cpuMaxStr, cgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	if resourceConfig.CPUShares != nil {
-		cpuWeight := cpuSharesToCPUWeight(*resourceConfig.CPUShares)
-		cpuWeightStr := strconv.FormatUint(cpuWeight, 10)
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, "cpu.weight"), []byte(cpuWeightStr), 0700); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %v to %v: %w", cpuWeightStr, cgroupPath, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *cgroupV2impl) setCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath string, resourceConfig *ResourceConfig) error {
-	return writeCgroupMemoryLimit(filepath.Join(cgroupPath, cgroupv2MemLimitFile), resourceConfig)
-}
-
 func (c *cgroupV2impl) getCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath string) (*ResourceConfig, error) {
 	return readCgroupMemoryConfig(cgroupPath, cgroupv2MemLimitFile)
 }