diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index f5e3402dcc1..eace78ebf50 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 # Otherwise amazon-given public ip will be used (it'll change with reboot).
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
 
-# When set to true, Docker Cache is enabled by default as part of the cluster bring up.
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
-
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index 01221dc5327..f05c9b0b1b0 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
 
 
-# When set to true, Docker Cache is enabled by default as part of the cluster bring up.
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
-
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index ab07b09b4c2..56e2a029e38 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS=true
 
-# When set to true, Docker Cache is enabled by default as part of the cluster bring up.
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
-
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index c944e59c6e1..0e4ffbd4dea 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ MINION_SCOPES=("storage-ro" "compute-rw" "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/loggin
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 
-# When set to true, Docker Cache is enabled by default as part of the cluster bring up.
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
-
 # Optional: Install node monitoring.
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index ad36f41d198..5ac6abc0533 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -550,13 +550,6 @@ function salt-docker-opts() {
     DOCKER_OPTS="${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS}"
   fi
 
-  # Decide whether to enable the cache
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE}" == "true" ]]; then
-    REGION=$(echo "${ZONE}" | cut -f 1,2 -d -)
-    echo "Enable docker registry cache at region: " $REGION
-    DOCKER_OPTS="${DOCKER_OPTS} --registry-mirror='https://${REGION}.docker-cache.clustermaster.net'"
-  fi
-
   if [[ -n "{DOCKER_OPTS}" ]]; then
     cat <<EOF >>/etc/salt/minion.d/grains.conf
   docker_opts: '$(echo "$DOCKER_OPTS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
index 4b6c7f8de5e..27cdb087a79 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE=$(yaml-quote ${MASTER_IP_RANGE})
 KUBERNETES_MASTER_NAME=$(yaml-quote ${MASTER_NAME})
 ZONE=$(yaml-quote ${ZONE})
 EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS=$(yaml-quote ${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS:-})
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=$(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE:-false})
 PROJECT_ID=$(yaml-quote ${PROJECT})
 KUBERNETES_CONTAINER_RUNTIME=$(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME})
 RKT_VERSION=$(yaml-quote ${RKT_VERSION})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
index 3bed23afd9e..1f677072ef3 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ EOF
 KUBERNETES_MASTER: "false"
 ZONE: $(yaml-quote ${ZONE})
 EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS: $(yaml-quote ${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS:-})
-ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE:-false})
 KUBELET_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_CERT_BASE64:-})
 KUBELET_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_KEY_BASE64:-})
 EOF