diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index 28e0d873683..4d7e9a0a47e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ func NewCmdInit(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			i, err := NewInit(cfgPath, internalcfg, skipPreFlight, skipTokenPrint, dryRun)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(i.Validate(cmd))
-
-			// TODO: remove this warning in 1.9
-			if !cmd.Flags().Lookup("token-ttl").Changed {
-				fmt.Println("[kubeadm] WARNING: starting in 1.8, tokens expire after 24 hours by default (if you require a non-expiring token use --token-ttl 0)")
-			}
-
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(i.Run(out))
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
index ac6f30117e9..14bc37db507 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ func NewCmdToken(out io.Writer, errW io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			client, err := getClientset(kubeConfigFile, dryRun)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 
-			// TODO: remove this warning in 1.9
-			if !tokenCmd.Flags().Lookup("ttl").Changed {
-				// sending this output to stderr s
-				fmt.Fprintln(errW, "[kubeadm] WARNING: starting in 1.8, tokens expire after 24 hours by default (if you require a non-expiring token use --ttl 0)")
-			}
-
 			err = RunCreateToken(out, client, token, tokenDuration, usages, extraGroups, description)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 		},