diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/testdata/defaulting/master/defaulted.yaml b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/testdata/defaulting/master/defaulted.yaml
index ab89f85b5d8..89f02bca5ce 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/testdata/defaulting/master/defaulted.yaml
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/testdata/defaulting/master/defaulted.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ containerLogMaxFiles: 5
 containerLogMaxSize: 10Mi
 contentType: application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf
 cpuCFSQuota: true
-cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 0s
+cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100ms
 cpuManagerPolicy: none
 cpuManagerReconcilePeriod: 10s
 enableControllerAttachDetach: true
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/BUILD
index 8ac93dc4d6f..c747871adbc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/BUILD
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ go_library(
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1",
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
index ca23a0b492c..d5a12f338b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	kruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kubeletconfigv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
 	// TODO: Cut references to k8s.io/kubernetes, eventually there should be none from this package
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *kubeletconfigv1beta1.KubeletConfigura
 	if obj.CPUCFSQuota == nil {
 		obj.CPUCFSQuota = utilpointer.BoolPtr(true)
 	}
-	if obj.CPUCFSQuotaPeriod == nil && obj.FeatureGates[string(features.CPUCFSQuotaPeriod)] {
+	if obj.CPUCFSQuotaPeriod == nil {
 		obj.CPUCFSQuotaPeriod = &metav1.Duration{Duration: 100 * time.Millisecond}
 	}
 	if obj.MaxOpenFiles == 0 {