diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.manifest
index c7b8e6a6c19..e37c83f4939 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-es/fluentd-es.manifest
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ containers:
     volumeMounts:
       - name: containers
         mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
-        readOnly: true
       - name: hosts
         mountPath: /outerhost
         readOnly: true
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.manifest
index 07ab3a779e6..bf4917bba11 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp.manifest
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ containers:
     volumeMounts:
       - name: containers
         mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
-        readOnly: true
 volumes:
   - name: containers
     source: