diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
index 2f8f27e6d9f..6df557fbc13 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 
@@ -57,11 +58,13 @@ func EnsureProxyAddon(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client clientset.Inte
 		return err
 	}
 
-	proxyBytes, err := kubeadmutil.MarshalToYamlForCodecsWithShift(cfg.KubeProxy.Config, kubeproxyconfigv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion,
+	proxyBytes, err := kubeadmutil.MarshalToYamlForCodecs(cfg.KubeProxy.Config, kubeproxyconfigv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		kubeproxyconfigscheme.Codecs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error when marshaling: %v", err)
 	}
+	var prefixBytes bytes.Buffer
+	apiclient.PrintBytesWithLinePrefix(&prefixBytes, proxyBytes, "    ")
 	var proxyConfigMapBytes, proxyDaemonSetBytes []byte
 	proxyConfigMapBytes, err = kubeadmutil.ParseTemplate(KubeProxyConfigMap19,
 		struct {
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ func EnsureProxyAddon(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client clientset.Inte
 			ProxyConfig    string
 		}{
 			MasterEndpoint: masterEndpoint,
-			ProxyConfig:    proxyBytes,
+			ProxyConfig:    prefixBytes.String(),
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error when parsing kube-proxy configmap template: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go
index 907a0f17794..67281d04732 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/marshal.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -42,18 +41,3 @@ func MarshalToYamlForCodecs(obj runtime.Object, gv schema.GroupVersion, codecs s
 	encoder := codecs.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, gv)
 	return runtime.Encode(encoder, obj)
 }
-
-// MarshalToYamlForCodecsWithShift adds spaces in front of each line so the indents line up
-// correctly in the manifest
-func MarshalToYamlForCodecsWithShift(obj runtime.Object, gv schema.GroupVersion, codecs serializer.CodecFactory) (string, error) {
-	serial, err := MarshalToYamlForCodecs(obj, gv, codecs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	lines := strings.Split(string(serial), "\n")
-	var newSerial string
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		newSerial = newSerial + "    " + line + "\n"
-	}
-	return newSerial, err
-}