diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 7d81be2192a..ceea936b4ec 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2110,6 +2110,10 @@ function start-kube-controller-manager {
 # Assumed vars (which are calculated in compute-master-manifest-variables)
 #   DOCKER_REGISTRY
 function start-kube-scheduler {
+  if [[ "${KUBE_SCHEDULER_CRP:-}" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "kube-scheduler is configured to be deployed through CRP."
+    return
+  fi
   echo "Start kubernetes scheduler"
   create-kubeconfig "kube-scheduler" "${KUBE_SCHEDULER_TOKEN}"
   # User and group should never contain characters that need to be quoted