diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
index 98554cb7963..197328a6026 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ func createAPIServer(clientset *client.Clientset, namespace, name, image, creden
 		"federation-apiserver",
 		"--bind-address=0.0.0.0",
 		"--etcd-servers=http://localhost:2379",
-		"--service-cluster-ip-range=10.0.0.0/16",
 		"--secure-port=443",
 		"--client-ca-file=/etc/federation/apiserver/ca.crt",
 		"--tls-cert-file=/etc/federation/apiserver/server.crt",
diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
index a222429b932..4a8b218c883 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init_test.go
@@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ func fakeInitHostFactory(federationName, namespaceName, ip, dnsZoneName, image,
 								"federation-apiserver",
 								"--bind-address=0.0.0.0",
 								"--etcd-servers=http://localhost:2379",
-								"--service-cluster-ip-range=10.0.0.0/16",
 								"--secure-port=443",
 								"--client-ca-file=/etc/federation/apiserver/ca.crt",
 								"--tls-cert-file=/etc/federation/apiserver/server.crt",