diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
index c98dcafc1ed..e4fc5d7a78d 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-dns-config
           mountPath: /etc/k8s/dns/dnsmasq-nanny
         securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop:
               - all
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
index 7699f8250df..51b8bbddb66 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-dns-config
           mountPath: /etc/k8s/dns/dnsmasq-nanny
         securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop:
               - all
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
index 5e64c5ef9cd..484c0a211ca 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-dns-config
           mountPath: /etc/k8s/dns/dnsmasq-nanny
         securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop:
               - all