diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 776d92a211a..b4d3e0ce84d 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ function start-kubelet {
   flags+=" --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests"
   flags+=" --kubelet-cgroups=/kubelet"
   flags+=" --system-cgroups=/system"
-  flags+=" --mounter-path=${KUBE_HOME}/bin/mounter"
 
   if [[ -n "${KUBELET_PORT:-}" ]]; then
     flags+=" --port=${KUBELET_PORT}"