diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_alpha.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
index 8cff6583b47..884b822cbac 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ const (
 	AlphaFeatureNetworkEndpointGroup = "NetworkEndpointGroup"
 )
 
-// All known alpha features
-var knownAlphaFeatures = map[string]bool{}
-
 type AlphaFeatureGate struct {
 	features map[string]bool
 }
@@ -44,11 +41,7 @@ func (af *AlphaFeatureGate) Enabled(key string) bool {
 func NewAlphaFeatureGate(features []string) *AlphaFeatureGate {
 	featureMap := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, name := range features {
-		if _, ok := knownAlphaFeatures[name]; !ok {
-			featureMap[name] = false
-		} else {
-			featureMap[name] = true
-		}
+		featureMap[name] = true
 	}
 	return &AlphaFeatureGate{featureMap}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_test.go
index c7267d2908d..cb88f3a486a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_test.go
@@ -531,9 +531,6 @@ func getTestOperation() *computev1.Operation {
 }
 
 func TestNewAlphaFeatureGate(t *testing.T) {
-	knownAlphaFeatures["foo"] = true
-	knownAlphaFeatures["bar"] = true
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		alphaFeatures  []string
 		expectEnabled  []string
@@ -555,7 +552,7 @@ func TestNewAlphaFeatureGate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			alphaFeatures:  []string{"aaa", "foo"},
 			expectEnabled:  []string{"foo"},
-			expectDisabled: []string{"aaa"},
+			expectDisabled: []string{},
 		},
 		// enable foo
 		{
@@ -579,8 +576,6 @@ func TestNewAlphaFeatureGate(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	delete(knownAlphaFeatures, "foo")
-	delete(knownAlphaFeatures, "bar")
 }
 
 func TestGetRegionInURL(t *testing.T) {