diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-memcg-serial.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-memcg-serial.properties
index 8eca03047a5..52cf99b4e65 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-memcg-serial.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-memcg-serial.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CLEANUP=true
 # gci-docker-version specifies docker version in GCI image.
 GCE_INSTANCE_METADATA="user-data<${GCI_CLOUD_INIT},gci-docker-version=${DOCKER_VERSION},gci-update-strategy=update_disabled"
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="MemoryEviction" --skip=""'
-TEST_ARGS='--kubelet-flags=--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true'
+TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true'
 KUBELET_ARGS='--cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/'
 PARALLELISM=1
 TIMEOUT=1h
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/remote/node_e2e.go b/test/e2e_node/remote/node_e2e.go
index 613d387a5a6..66b85deff47 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/remote/node_e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/remote/node_e2e.go
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ func updateCOSKubeletFlags(args, host, workspace string) (string, error) {
 		return args, fmt.Errorf("unabled to chmod 544 GCI/COS mounter script. Err: %v, Output:\n%s", err, output)
 	}
 	// Insert args at beginning of test args, so any values from command line take precedence
-	args = fmt.Sprintf("--kubelet-flags='--experimental-kernel-memcg-notification=true --experimental-mounter-path=%s'", mounterPath) + args
+	args = "--kubelet-flags=--experimental-kernel-memcg-notification=true " + args
+	args = fmt.Sprintf("--kubelet-flags=--experimental-mounter-path=%s ", mounterPath) + args
 	return args, nil
 }