diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
index ea2943fa867..9a5c9199215 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/workflow"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
-	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	etcdphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd"
 	markcontrolplanephase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/markcontrolplane"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ func NewControlPlaneJoinPhase() workflow.Phase {
 				ArgsValidator:  cobra.NoArgs,
 			},
 			newEtcdLocalSubphase(),
-			newUpdateStatusSubphase(),
 			newMarkControlPlaneSubphase(),
 		},
 	}
@@ -85,19 +83,6 @@ func newEtcdLocalSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 	}
 }
 
-func newUpdateStatusSubphase() workflow.Phase {
-	return workflow.Phase{
-		Name: "update-status",
-		Short: fmt.Sprintf(
-			"Register the new control-plane node into the ClusterStatus maintained in the %s ConfigMap (DEPRECATED)",
-			kubeadmconstants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap,
-		),
-		Run:           runUpdateStatusPhase,
-		InheritFlags:  getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags("update-status"),
-		ArgsValidator: cobra.NoArgs,
-	}
-}
-
 func newMarkControlPlaneSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 	return workflow.Phase{
 		Name:          "mark-control-plane",
@@ -159,19 +144,6 @@ func runEtcdPhase(c workflow.RunData) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func runUpdateStatusPhase(c workflow.RunData) error {
-	data, ok := c.(JoinData)
-	if !ok {
-		return errors.New("control-plane-join phase invoked with an invalid data struct")
-	}
-
-	if data.Cfg().ControlPlane != nil {
-		fmt.Println("The 'update-status' phase is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. " +
-			"Currently it performs no operation")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func runMarkControlPlanePhase(c workflow.RunData) error {
 	data, ok := c.(JoinData)
 	if !ok {