diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index f5a16421293..58a0fd605eb 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -511,6 +511,12 @@ function kube-up {
       echo "    echo 'Waiting for metadata MINION_IP_RANGE...'"
       echo "    sleep 3"
       echo "done"
+      echo ""
+      echo "# Remove docker artifacts on minion nodes"
+      echo "iptables -t nat -F"
+      echo "ifconfig docker0 down"
+      echo "brctl delbr docker0"
+      echo ""
       echo "EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS='${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS}'"
       echo "ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE='${ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE:-false}'"
       grep -v "^#" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/templates/common.sh"