diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 3dc31a14b54..9a6bd478e82 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP=${KUBE_UP_AUTOMATIC_CLEANUP:-false}
 STORAGE_BACKEND=${STORAGE_BACKEND:-etcd2}
 
 # Networking plugin specific settings.
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 9bb913f9fef..4373606eb22 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ TEST_CLUSTER="${TEST_CLUSTER:-true}"
 STORAGE_BACKEND=${STORAGE_BACKEND:-etcd2}
 
 # OpenContrail networking plugin specific settings
-NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, flannel, kubenet
+NETWORK_PROVIDER="${NETWORK_PROVIDER:-kubenet}" # none, opencontrail, kubenet
 OPENCONTRAIL_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_TAG:-R2.20}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG="${OPENCONTRAIL_KUBERNETES_TAG:-master}"
 OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET="${OPENCONTRAIL_PUBLIC_SUBNET:-10.1.0.0/16}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index c7d4acf44bf..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "kind": "Pod",
-    "apiVersion": "v1",
-    "metadata": {
-        "name": "flannel-server",
-        "namespace": "kube-system",
-        "labels": {
-            "app": "flannel-server",
-            "version": "v0.1"
-        }
-    },
-    "spec": {
-        "volumes": [
-            {
-                "name": "varlog",
-                "hostPath": {
-                    "path": "/var/log"
-                }
-            },
-            {
-                "name": "etcdstorage",
-                "hostPath": {
-                    "path": "/var/etcd-flannel"
-                }
-            },
-            {
-                "name": "networkconfig",
-                "hostPath": {
-                    "path": "/etc/kubernetes/network.json"
-                }
-            }
-        ],
-        "containers": [
-            {
-                "name": "flannel-server-helper",
-                "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/flannel-server-helper:0.1",
-                "args": [
-                    "--network-config=/etc/kubernetes/network.json",
-                    "--etcd-prefix=/kubernetes.io/network",
-                    "--etcd-server=http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }}"
-                ],
-                "volumeMounts": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "networkconfig",
-                        "mountPath": "/etc/kubernetes/network.json"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "imagePullPolicy": "Always"
-            },
-            {
-                "name": "flannel-container",
-                "image": "quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.5",
-                "command": [
-                    "/bin/sh",
-                    "-c",
-                    "/opt/bin/flanneld -listen 0.0.0.0:10253 -etcd-endpoints http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} -etcd-prefix /kubernetes.io/network 1>>/var/log/flannel_server.log 2>&1"
-                ],
-                "ports": [
-                    {
-                        "hostPort": 10253,
-                        "containerPort": 10253
-                    }
-                ],
-                "resources": {
-                    "requests": {
-                        "cpu": {{ cpulimit }}
-                    }
-                },
-                "volumeMounts": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "varlog",
-                        "mountPath": "/var/log"
-                    }
-                ]
-            },
-            {
-                "name": "etcd-container",
-                "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.2.1",
-                "command": [
-                    "/bin/sh",
-                    "-c",
-                    "/usr/local/bin/etcd --listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_peer_port }} --advertise-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --listen-client-urls http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --data-dir /var/etcd-flannel/data 1>>/var/log/etcd_flannel.log 2>&1"
-                ],
-                "livenessProbe": {
-                    "httpGet": {
-                        "host": "127.0.0.1",
-                        "port": {{ etcd_port }},
-                        "path": "/health"
-                    },
-                    "initialDelaySeconds": 15,
-                    "timeoutSeconds": 15
-                },
-                "resources": {
-                    "requests": {
-                        "cpu": {{ cpulimit }}
-                    }
-                },
-                "volumeMounts": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "varlog",
-                        "mountPath": "/var/log"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "etcdstorage",
-                        "mountPath": "/var/etcd-flannel"
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
-        ],
-        "hostNetwork": true
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index af9ce732e26..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-touch /var/log/flannel.log:
-  cmd.run:
-    - creates: /var/log/flannel.log
-
-touch /var/log/etcd_flannel.log:
-  cmd.run:
-    - creates: /var/log/etcd_flannel.log
-
-/var/etcd-flannel:
-  file.directory:
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - dir_mode: 700
-    - recurse:
-      - user
-      - group
-      - mode
-
-/etc/kubernetes/network.json:
-  file.managed:
-    - source: salt://flannel-server/network.json
-    - makedirs: True
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 755
-
-/etc/kubernetes/manifests/flannel-server.manifest:
-  file.managed:
-    - source: salt://flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 644
-    - makedirs: true
-    - dir_mode: 755
-    - template: jinja
-    - context:
-        etcd_port: 4003
-        etcd_peer_port: 2382
-        cpulimit: '"100m"'
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/network.json b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/network.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b0a6bd4560a..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/network.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Network": "172.16.0.0/12",
-    "SubnetLen": 24,
-    "Backend": {
-        "Type": "vxlan",
-        "VNI": 1
-     }
-}
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/default
deleted file mode 100644
index a4940061070..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{% if grains.api_servers is defined -%}
-  {% set daemon_args = "-remote " + grains.api_servers + ":10253" -%}
-{% else -%}
-  {% set daemon_args = "-remote 127.0.0.1:10253" -%}
-{% endif -%}
-DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/init.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index 25ba9c62a1c..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/init.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# TODO: Run flannel daemon in a static pod once we've moved the overlay network
-# setup into a network plugin.
-flannel-tar:
-  archive:
-    - extracted
-    - user: root
-    - name: /usr/local/src
-    - makedirs: True
-    - source: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/flannel/flannel-0.5.5-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-    - tar_options: v
-    - source_hash: md5=972c717254775bef528f040af804f2cc
-    - archive_format: tar
-    - if_missing: /usr/local/src/flannel/flannel-0.5.5/
-
-flannel-symlink:
-  file.symlink:
-    - name: /usr/local/bin/flanneld
-    - target: /usr/local/src/flannel-0.5.5/flanneld
-    - force: true
-    - watch:
-        - archive: flannel-tar
-
-/etc/default/flannel:
-  file.managed:
-    - source: salt://flannel/default
-    - template: jinja
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 644
-
-/etc/init.d/flannel:
-  file.managed:
-    - source: salt://flannel/initd
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 755
-
-flannel:
-  service.running:
-    - enable: True
-    - watch:
-      - file: /usr/local/bin/flanneld
-      - file: /etc/init.d/flannel
-      - file: /etc/default/flannel
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/initd b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/initd
deleted file mode 100644
index c8e1d3b4841..00000000000
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel/initd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:   flanneld
-# Required-Start:    $local_fs $network $syslog
-# Required-Stop:
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Flannel daemon
-# Description:
-#   Flannel daemon.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-
-# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
-PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
-DESC="Flannel overlay network daemon"
-NAME=flannel
-DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/flanneld
-DAEMON_ARGS="--ip-masq"
-DAEMON_LOG_FILE=/var/log/$NAME.log
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-DAEMON_USER=root
-
-# Exit if the package is not installed
-[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
-
-# Read configuration variable file if it is present
-[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
-
-# Define LSB log_* functions.
-# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
-# and status_of_proc is working.
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-#
-# Function that starts the daemon/service
-#
-do_start()
-{
-        # Avoid a potential race at boot time when both monit and init.d start
-        # the same service
-        PIDS=$(pidof $DAEMON)
-        for PID in ${PIDS}; do
-            kill -9 $PID
-	done
-
-        # Return
-        #   0 if daemon has been started
-        #   1 if daemon was already running
-        #   2 if daemon could not be started
-        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --no-close \
-                --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE \
-                --exec $DAEMON -c $DAEMON_USER --test > /dev/null \
-                || return 1
-        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --no-close \
-                --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE \
-                --exec $DAEMON -c $DAEMON_USER -- \
-                $DAEMON_ARGS >> $DAEMON_LOG_FILE 2>&1 \
-                || return 2
-}
-
-#
-# Function that stops the daemon/service
-#
-do_stop()
-{
-        # Return
-        #   0 if daemon has been stopped
-        #   1 if daemon was already stopped
-        #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
-        #   other if a failure occurred
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
-        RETVAL="$?"
-        [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
-        # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
-        rm -f $PIDFILE
-        return "$RETVAL"
-}
-
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-        log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
-        do_start
-        case "$?" in
-                0|1) log_end_msg 0 || exit 0 ;;
-                2) log_end_msg 1 || exit 1 ;;
-        esac
-        ;;
-  stop)
-        log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
-        do_stop
-        case "$?" in
-                0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
-                2) exit 1 ;;
-        esac
-        ;;
-  status)
-        status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
-        ;;
-
-  restart|force-reload)
-        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
-        do_stop
-        case "$?" in
-          0|1)
-                do_start
-                case "$?" in
-                        0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
-                        1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
-                        *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
-                esac
-                ;;
-          *)
-                # Failed to stop
-                log_end_msg 1
-                ;;
-        esac
-        ;;
-  *)
-        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
-        exit 3
-        ;;
-esac
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
index 75becf8e247..370935d2753 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 {% if pillar['service_cluster_ip_range'] is defined and pillar['service_cluster_ip_range'] != "" -%}
   {% set service_cluster_ip_range = "--service_cluster_ip_range=" + pillar['service_cluster_ip_range'] -%}
 {% endif -%}
-# When we're using flannel it is responsible for cidr allocation.
-# This is expected to be a short-term compromise.
-{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' %}
-  {% set allocate_node_cidrs = "--allocate-node-cidrs=false" -%}
-{% elif pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'kubenet' %}
+{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'kubenet' %}
   {% set allocate_node_cidrs = "--allocate-node-cidrs=true" -%}
 {% elif pillar['allocate_node_cidrs'] is defined -%}
   {% set allocate_node_cidrs = "--allocate-node-cidrs=" + pillar['allocate_node_cidrs'] -%}
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index 374d6922e13..bbd8405bf2a 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -97,16 +97,6 @@
   {% set non_masquerade_cidr = "--non-masquerade-cidr=" + pillar.non_masquerade_cidr -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
-# The master kubelet cannot wait for the flannel daemon because it is responsible
-# for starting up the flannel server in a static pod. So even though the flannel
-# daemon runs on the master, it doesn't hold up cluster bootstrap. All the pods
-# on the master run with host networking, so the master flannel doesn't care
-# even if the network changes. We only need it for the master proxy.
-{% set experimental_flannel_overlay = "" -%}
-{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' and grains['roles'][0] != 'kubernetes-master' %}
-  {% set experimental_flannel_overlay = "--experimental-flannel-overlay=true" %}
-{% endif -%}
-
 # Setup cgroups hierarchies.
 {% set cgroup_root = "" -%}
 {% set system_container = "" -%}
@@ -209,4 +199,4 @@
 {% endif -%}
 
 # test_args has to be kept at the end, so they'll overwrite any prior configuration
-DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{cloud_config}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{log_level}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}} {{configure_cbr0}} {{non_masquerade_cidr}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{kubelet_port}} {{experimental_flannel_overlay}} {{ reconcile_cidr_args }} {{ hairpin_mode }} {{enable_custom_metrics}} {{runtime_container}} {{kubelet_container}} {{node_labels}} {{babysit_daemons}} {{eviction_hard}} {{feature_gates}} {{test_args}}"
+DAEMON_ARGS="{{daemon_args}} {{api_servers_with_port}} {{debugging_handlers}} {{hostname_override}} {{cloud_provider}} {{cloud_config}} {{config}} {{manifest_url}} --allow-privileged={{pillar['allow_privileged']}} {{log_level}} {{cluster_dns}} {{cluster_domain}} {{docker_root}} {{kubelet_root}} {{configure_cbr0}} {{non_masquerade_cidr}} {{cgroup_root}} {{system_container}} {{pod_cidr}} {{ master_kubelet_args }} {{cpu_cfs_quota}} {{network_plugin}} {{kubelet_port}} {{ reconcile_cidr_args }} {{ hairpin_mode }} {{enable_custom_metrics}} {{runtime_container}} {{kubelet_container}} {{node_labels}} {{babysit_daemons}} {{eviction_hard}} {{feature_gates}} {{test_args}}"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
index 324a5bf44e9..21b3f19d1b2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/top.sls
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ base:
   'roles:kubernetes-pool':
     - match: grain
     - docker
-{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' %}
-    - flannel
-{% endif %}
 {% if pillar.get('network_policy_provider', '').lower() == 'calico' %}
     - cni
 {% elif pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'kubenet' %}
@@ -58,10 +55,7 @@ base:
     - match: grain
     - generate-cert
     - etcd
-{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'flannel' %}
-    - flannel-server
-    - flannel
-{% elif pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'kubenet' %}
+{% if pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'kubenet' %}
     - cni
 {% elif pillar.get('network_provider', '').lower() == 'cni' %}
     - cni