diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index d9b05390bf9..369ec88e5ae 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
   {% set hostname_override = " -hostname_override=" + grains.minion_ip %}
 {% endif %}
 
-DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{etcd_servers}} {{hostname_override}} -config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests"
+DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{etcd_servers}} {{hostname_override}}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/initd b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/initd
index 1db34ed332f..c556b85b4e2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/initd
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/initd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC="The Kubernetes container manager"
 NAME=kubelet
 DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/kubelet
-DAEMON_ARGS=" -config /etc/kubelet/data/`hostname` -address=0.0.0.0"
+DAEMON_ARGS="-config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests -address=0.0.0.0"
 DAEMON_LOG_FILE=/var/log/$NAME.log
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME