diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
index 587f7a46a33..d7d8c98a153 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ func getControllerManagerCommand(cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration) []string
 func getSchedulerCommand(cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration) []string {
 	kubeconfigFile := filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.SchedulerKubeConfigFileName)
 	defaultArguments := map[string]string{
-		"port":                      "0",
 		"bind-address":              "127.0.0.1",
 		"leader-elect":              "true",
 		"kubeconfig":                kubeconfigFile,
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
index 6abf0679790..143827fe47a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
@@ -938,7 +938,6 @@ func TestGetSchedulerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg:  &kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration{},
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-scheduler",
-				"--port=0",
 				"--bind-address=127.0.0.1",
 				"--leader-elect=true",
 				"--kubeconfig=" + kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir + "/scheduler.conf",