diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 28926fc6c11..0b3a758a7d4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -990,7 +990,6 @@ func RunJoinNodeChecks(execer utilsexec.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.JoinConfigura
 	}
 
 	checks := []Checker{
-		DirAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.ManifestsSubDirName)},
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletKubeConfigFileName)},
 		FileAvailableCheck{Path: filepath.Join(kubeadmconstants.KubernetesDir, kubeadmconstants.KubeletBootstrapKubeConfigFileName)},
 	}