diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
index 026c3d2e1d7..70646c21145 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants/constants.go
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ const (
 	// TLSBootstrapRetryInterval specifies how long kubeadm should wait before retrying the TLS Bootstrap check
 	TLSBootstrapRetryInterval = 1 * time.Second
 
-	// StaticPodMirroringTimeout specifies how much time kubeadm should wait for the static pods
-	// to be mirrored on the API server.
-	StaticPodMirroringTimeout = 30 * time.Second
-	// StaticPodMirroringRetryInterval specifies how often to check if static pods are mirrored at the
-	// API server.
-	StaticPodMirroringRetryInterval = 500 * time.Millisecond
-
 	// EtcdAPICallTimeout specifies how much time to wait for completion of requests against the etcd API.
 	EtcdAPICallTimeout = 2 * time.Minute
 	// EtcdAPICallRetryInterval specifies how frequently to retry requests against the etcd API.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
index afd58b3345d..1a6a13a9759 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func getNodeNameFromKubeletConfig(fileName string) (string, error) {
 
 func getAPIEndpoint(client clientset.Interface, nodeName string, apiEndpoint *kubeadmapi.APIEndpoint) error {
 	return getAPIEndpointWithRetry(client, nodeName, apiEndpoint,
-		constants.StaticPodMirroringRetryInterval, constants.StaticPodMirroringTimeout)
+		constants.KubernetesAPICallRetryInterval, kubeadmapi.GetActiveTimeouts().KubernetesAPICall.Duration)
 }
 
 func getAPIEndpointWithRetry(client clientset.Interface, nodeName string, apiEndpoint *kubeadmapi.APIEndpoint,
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
index 35bbd3b2906..2b4d8a3d157 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func NewFromCluster(client clientset.Interface, certificatesDir string) (*Client
 // getEtcdEndpoints returns the list of etcd endpoints.
 func getEtcdEndpoints(client clientset.Interface) ([]string, error) {
 	return getEtcdEndpointsWithRetry(client,
-		constants.StaticPodMirroringRetryInterval, constants.StaticPodMirroringTimeout)
+		constants.KubernetesAPICallRetryInterval, kubeadmapi.GetActiveTimeouts().KubernetesAPICall.Duration)
 }
 
 func getEtcdEndpointsWithRetry(client clientset.Interface, interval, timeout time.Duration) ([]string, error) {