diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
index 82ad28ec486..8d232e05f12 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes-worker/reactive/kubernetes_worker.py
@@ -944,15 +944,6 @@ def notify_master_gpu_not_enabled(kube_control):
     kube_control.set_gpu(False)
 
 
-@when('kube-control.connected')
-@when('config.changed.kubelet-extra-args')
-def maybe_request_new_credentials(kube_control):
-    kubelet_extra_args = parse_extra_args('kubelet-extra-args')
-    cloud_provider = kubelet_extra_args.get('cloud-provider', '')
-    if data_changed('cloud_provider', cloud_provider):
-        request_kubelet_and_proxy_credentials(kube_control)
-
-
 @when('kube-control.connected')
 def request_kubelet_and_proxy_credentials(kube_control):
     """ Request kubelet node authorization with a well formed kubelet user.