diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Dockerfile b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Dockerfile
index ba8c402a817..1eaf961ce36 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-image/Dockerfile
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ RUN apt-get -q update && \
     apt-get clean && \
     curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/signals-agents/logging/google-fluentd-install.sh | sudo bash
 
-# Update gem for fluent-plugin-google-cloud
-RUN /usr/sbin/google-fluentd-gem update fluent-plugin-google-cloud
-
 # Copy the Fluentd configuration file for logging Docker container logs.
 COPY google-fluentd.conf /etc/google-fluentd/google-fluentd.conf
 
diff --git a/contrib/logging/fluentd-sidecar-gcp/Dockerfile b/contrib/logging/fluentd-sidecar-gcp/Dockerfile
index f63a12e10d4..fff5efaa867 100644
--- a/contrib/logging/fluentd-sidecar-gcp/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/logging/fluentd-sidecar-gcp/Dockerfile
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ RUN apt-get -q update && \
     apt-get clean && \
     curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/signals-agents/logging/google-fluentd-install.sh | sudo bash
 
-# Update gem for fluent-plugin-google-cloud
-RUN /usr/sbin/google-fluentd-gem update fluent-plugin-google-cloud
-
 # Copy the configuration file generator for creating input configurations for
 # each file specified in the FILES_TO_COLLECT environment variable.
 COPY config_generator.sh /usr/local/sbin/config_generator.sh