diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
index cfb8ec6f663..01b0c233687 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-kubeapiserver.sh
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   if [[ -n "${FEATURE_GATES:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --feature-gates=${FEATURE_GATES}"
   fi
-  if [[ "${FEATURE_GATES:-}" =~ "RuntimeClass=true" ]]; then
-    params+=" --runtime-config=node.k8s.io/v1alpha1=true"
-  fi
   if [[ -n "${MASTER_ADVERTISE_ADDRESS:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --advertise-address=${MASTER_ADVERTISE_ADDRESS}"
     if [[ -n "${PROXY_SSH_USER:-}" ]]; then