diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index 1abbf3a18cc..7013eec1873 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -81,8 +81,13 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 # If set to auto, a new Elastic IP will be acquired
 # Otherwise amazon-given public ip will be used (it'll change with reboot).
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
+
+# Runtime config
 RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}"
+
+# Enable various v1beta1 features
+ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-}"
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-}"
 
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup
@@ -120,12 +125,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION="${KUBE_TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION:-0.7}"
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable deployment experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-false}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index 04e36bfed80..0a38279de5c 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 # Otherwise amazon-given public ip will be used (it'll change with reboot).
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
 RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}"
+
+# Enable various v1beta1 features
+ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-}"
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-}"
 
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup
@@ -118,12 +121,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION="${KUBE_TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION:-0.7}"
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable deployment experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-false}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
diff --git a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index a2d03c5cc4a..54c81dfc442 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ num_nodes: $(echo "${NUM_MINIONS}")
 e2e_storage_test_environment: '$(echo "$E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
 
-if [ -n "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-}" ]; then
-  cat <<EOF >>/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
-enable_experimental_api: '$(echo "$ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-EOF
-fi
-
 readonly BASIC_AUTH_FILE="/srv/salt-overlay/salt/kube-apiserver/basic_auth.csv"
 if [ ! -e "${BASIC_AUTH_FILE}" ]; then
   mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/kube-apiserver
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index 53093d55f9d..9101ec4c48e 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -468,24 +468,7 @@ function create-dhcp-option-set () {
 
 # Verify prereqs
 function verify-prereqs {
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API}" == "true" ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
-      RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1=true"
-    else
-      # TODO: add checking if RUNTIME_CONFIG contains "extensions/v1beta1=false" and appending "extensions/v1beta1=true" if not.
-      if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1=true"; then
-        echo "Experimental API should be turned on, but is not turned on in RUNTIME_CONFIG!"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
-      RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
-    else
-      RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
-    fi
-  fi
+  build-runtime-config
 
   if [[ "$(which aws)" == "" ]]; then
     echo "Can't find aws in PATH, please fix and retry."
@@ -885,7 +868,6 @@ function start-master() {
     echo "readonly ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS='${ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS:-}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_UI:-false}'"
-    echo "readonly ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API='${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}'"
     echo "readonly RUNTIME_CONFIG='${RUNTIME_CONFIG}'"
     echo "readonly DNS_REPLICAS='${DNS_REPLICAS:-}'"
     echo "readonly DNS_SERVER_IP='${DNS_SERVER_IP:-}'"
@@ -1433,3 +1415,25 @@ function get-tokens() {
   KUBELET_TOKEN=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d "=+/" | dd bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null)
   KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64 | tr -d "=+/" | dd bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null)
 }
+
+# Builds the RUNTIME_CONFIG var from other feature enable options
+function build-runtime-config() {
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
+      if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+          RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
+      else
+          if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"; then
+            RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
+          fi
+      fi
+  fi
+  if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
+      if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+          RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+      else
+          if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"; then
+            RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+          fi
+      fi
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 2161fe73831..2e5235ab977 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ MINION_TAG="${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.244.0.0/16}"
 MINION_SCOPES="${MINION_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
-RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}"
 
 # Increase the sleep interval value if concerned about API rate limits. 3, in seconds, is the default.
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL="${POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL:-3}"
@@ -77,6 +75,13 @@ if [[ ${KUBE_ENABLE_INSECURE_REGISTRY:-false} == "true" ]]; then
   EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS="--insecure-registry 10.0.0.0/8"
 fi
 
+# Optional: customize runtime config
+RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
+
+# Optional: enable v1beta1 related features
+ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-}"
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-}"
+
 # Optional: Install cluster DNS.
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
@@ -101,17 +106,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING=googleinfluxdb
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable deployment experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-false}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-# Optional: Enable daemonset experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-false}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 94208af0220..0d48c663fe0 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.245.0.0/16}"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 MINION_SCOPES="${MINION_SCOPES:-compute-rw,monitoring,logging-write,storage-ro}"
 RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-true}"
 TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD=${TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD:-100}
 
+# Optional: enable v1beta1 related features
+ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-true}"
+ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-true}"
+
 # Increase the sleep interval value if concerned about API rate limits. 3, in seconds, is the default.
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
@@ -110,18 +113,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION="${KUBE_TARGET_NODE_UTILIZATION:-0.7}"
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable deployment experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:-true}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-
-# Optional: Enable daemonset experimental feature, not ready for production use.
-ENABLE_DAEMONSETS="${KUBE_ENABLE_DAEMONSETS:-true}"
-if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
-  ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API=true
-fi
-
 ADMISSION_CONTROL="${KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL:-NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota}"
 
 # Optional: if set to true kube-up will automatically check for existing resources and clean them up.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index d7c9b0da67f..72176cbfc34 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -320,11 +320,6 @@ EOF
 cluster_registry_disk_type: gce
 cluster_registry_disk_size: $(convert-bytes-gce-kube ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE})
 cluster_registry_disk_name: ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK}
-EOF
-    fi
-    if [ -n "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-}" ]; then
-      cat <<EOF >>/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
-enable_experimental_api: '$(echo "$ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
     fi
     if [ -n "${TERMINATED_POD_GC_THRESHOLD:-}" ]; then
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
index 067ba4599a7..a6eecb7d673 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ KUBELET_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_TOKEN:-})
 KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-})
 ADMISSION_CONTROL: $(yaml-quote ${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-})
 MASTER_IP_RANGE: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_IP_RANGE})
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API})
 RUNTIME_CONFIG: $(yaml-quote ${RUNTIME_CONFIG})
 KUBERNETES_MASTER_NAME: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_NAME})
 KUBERNETES_CONTAINER_RUNTIME: $(yaml-quote ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
index 694bcc10b54..ad01714c657 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ KUBELET_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_TOKEN:-})
 KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-})
 ADMISSION_CONTROL: $(yaml-quote ${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-})
 MASTER_IP_RANGE: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_IP_RANGE})
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API})
 RUNTIME_CONFIG: $(yaml-quote ${RUNTIME_CONFIG})
 CA_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${CA_CERT_BASE64:-})
 KUBELET_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${KUBELET_CERT_BASE64:-})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 63e2bb6fd53..e481eb40ab4 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1234,29 +1234,22 @@ function prepare-e2e() {
 
 # Builds the RUNTIME_CONFIG var from other feature enable options
 function build-runtime-config() {
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API}" == "true" ]]; then
-      if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
-          RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1=true"
-      else
-          # TODO: add checking if RUNTIME_CONFIG contains "extensions/v1beta1=false" and appending "extensions/v1beta1=true" if not.
-          if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1=true"; then
-              echo "Experimental API should be turned on, but is not turned on in RUNTIME_CONFIG!" >&2
-              exit 1
-          fi
-      fi
-  fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS}" == "true" ]]; then
       if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
           RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
       else
-          RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
+          if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"; then
+            RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true"
+          fi
       fi
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_DAEMONSETS}" == "true" ]]; then
       if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
           RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
       else
-          RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+          if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"; then
+            RUNTIME_CONFIG="${RUNTIME_CONFIG},extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true"
+          fi
       fi
   fi
 }
diff --git a/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh b/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
index fbeca826b0a..9cc3d83040e 100644
--- a/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ MASTER_TAG="kubemark-master"
 MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="${CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-10.244.0.0/16}"
 RUNTIME_CONFIG="${KUBE_RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}"
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-false}"
 
 # Increase the sleep interval value if concerned about API rate limits. 3, in seconds, is the default.
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index be817012209..2a8609b6a05 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ MASTER_PASSWD=vagrant
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
-# Optional: Enable experimental API features
-ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API="${KUBE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
index 16dd93e8f1c..b4ddc99fbb8 100644
--- a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ function detect-minions {
 # Verify prereqs on host machine  Also sets exports USING_KUBE_SCRIPTS=true so
 # that our Vagrantfile doesn't error out.
 function verify-prereqs {
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API}" == "true" ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" ]]; then
-      RUNTIME_CONFIG="extensions/v1beta1"
-    else
-      # TODO: add checking if RUNTIME_CONFIG contains "experimental/v1=false" and appending "experimental/v1=true" if not.
-      if echo "${RUNTIME_CONFIG}" | grep -q -v "extensions/v1beta1=true"; then
-        echo "Experimental API should be turned on, but is not turned on in RUNTIME_CONFIG!"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-  
   for x in vagrant; do
     if ! which "$x" >/dev/null; then
       echo "Can't find $x in PATH, please fix and retry."