diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
index 51277b81e73..e6e401380aa 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ func buildKubeletArgMap(opts kubeletFlagsOpts) map[string]string {
 	if opts.nodeRegOpts.CRISocket == kubeadmapiv1alpha2.DefaultCRISocket {
 		// These flags should only be set when running docker
 		kubeletFlags["network-plugin"] = "cni"
-		kubeletFlags["cni-conf-dir"] = "/etc/cni/net.d"
-		kubeletFlags["cni-bin-dir"] = "/opt/cni/bin"
 		driver, err := kubeadmutil.GetCgroupDriverDocker(opts.execer)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Warningf("cannot automatically assign a '--cgroup-driver' value when starting the Kubelet: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags_test.go
index b50a658df53..815090ce6c4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags_test.go
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ func TestBuildKubeletArgMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: map[string]string{
 				"network-plugin": "cni",
-				"cni-conf-dir":   "/etc/cni/net.d",
-				"cni-bin-dir":    "/opt/cni/bin",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -136,8 +134,6 @@ func TestBuildKubeletArgMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: map[string]string{
 				"network-plugin":    "cni",
-				"cni-conf-dir":      "/etc/cni/net.d",
-				"cni-bin-dir":       "/opt/cni/bin",
 				"hostname-override": "override-name",
 			},
 		},
@@ -154,8 +150,6 @@ func TestBuildKubeletArgMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: map[string]string{
 				"network-plugin": "cni",
-				"cni-conf-dir":   "/etc/cni/net.d",
-				"cni-bin-dir":    "/opt/cni/bin",
 				"cgroup-driver":  "systemd",
 			},
 		},
@@ -172,8 +166,6 @@ func TestBuildKubeletArgMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: map[string]string{
 				"network-plugin": "cni",
-				"cni-conf-dir":   "/etc/cni/net.d",
-				"cni-bin-dir":    "/opt/cni/bin",
 				"cgroup-driver":  "cgroupfs",
 			},
 		},