diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index 9f9c3f1e4b9..6467e5b1e56 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&s.FeatureGates, "feature-gates", s.FeatureGates, "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features. "+
 		"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.KnownFeatures(), "\n"))
 
-	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletCgroups, "resource-container", s.KubeletCgroups, "Optional absolute name of the resource-only container to create and run the Kubelet in.")
-	fs.MarkDeprecated("resource-container", "Use --kubelet-cgroups instead. Will be removed in a future version.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletCgroups, "kubelet-cgroups", s.KubeletCgroups, "Optional absolute name of cgroups to create and run the Kubelet in.")
 
 	fs.StringVar(&s.SystemCgroups, "system-container", s.SystemCgroups, "Optional resource-only container in which to place all non-kernel processes that are not already in a container. Empty for no container. Rolling back the flag requires a reboot. (Default: \"\").")