diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index ab9c404b5a4..6df99c80c5c 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) Flags() (fss cliflag.NamedFlagSets) {
 		"Example: '30000-32767'. Inclusive at both ends of the range.")
 
 	// Kubelet related flags:
-	kubeletHTTPS := true
-	fs.BoolVar(&kubeletHTTPS, "kubelet-https", kubeletHTTPS, "Use https for kubelet connections.")
-	fs.MarkDeprecated("kubelet-https", "API Server connections to kubelets always use https. This flag will be removed in 1.22.")
-
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&s.KubeletConfig.PreferredAddressTypes, "kubelet-preferred-address-types", s.KubeletConfig.PreferredAddressTypes,
 		"List of the preferred NodeAddressTypes to use for kubelet connections.")