diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index 3c43404f603..5467b59956e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (i *Init) Run(out io.Writer) error {
 	// Try to stop the kubelet service so no race conditions occur when configuring it
 	if !i.dryRun {
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Stopping the kubelet")
-		preflight.TryStopKubelet(i.ignorePreflightErrors)
+		preflight.TryStopKubelet()
 	}
 
 	// Write env file with flags for the kubelet to use. We do not need to write the --register-with-taints for the master,
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (i *Init) Run(out io.Writer) error {
 	if !i.dryRun {
 		// Try to start the kubelet service in case it's inactive
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Starting the kubelet")
-		preflight.TryStartKubelet(i.ignorePreflightErrors)
+		preflight.TryStartKubelet()
 	}
 
 	// certsDirToWriteTo is gonna equal cfg.CertificatesDir in the normal case, but gonna be a temp directory if dryrunning
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
index 4c1f32c180a..20ccfb4f048 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (j *Join) Run(out io.Writer) error {
 	// Configure the kubelet. In this short timeframe, kubeadm is trying to stop/restart the kubelet
 	// Try to stop the kubelet service so no race conditions occur when configuring it
 	glog.V(1).Infof("Stopping the kubelet")
-	preflight.TryStopKubelet(j.ignorePreflightErrors)
+	preflight.TryStopKubelet()
 
 	// Write the configuration for the kubelet (using the bootstrap token credentials) to disk so the kubelet can start
 	if err := kubeletphase.DownloadConfig(bootstrapClient, kubeletVersion, kubeadmconstants.KubeletRunDirectory); err != nil {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (j *Join) Run(out io.Writer) error {
 
 	// Try to start the kubelet service in case it's inactive
 	glog.V(1).Infof("Starting the kubelet")
-	preflight.TryStartKubelet(j.ignorePreflightErrors)
+	preflight.TryStartKubelet()
 
 	// Now the kubelet will perform the TLS Bootstrap, transforming /etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf to /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf
 	// Wait for the kubelet to create the /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf KubeConfig file. If this process
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index de9f29b40de..28d98e6ebbb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -1053,10 +1053,7 @@ func RunChecks(checks []Checker, ww io.Writer, ignorePreflightErrors sets.String
 
 // TryStartKubelet attempts to bring up kubelet service
 // TODO: Move these kubelet start/stop functions to some other place, e.g. phases/kubelet
-func TryStartKubelet(ignorePreflightErrors sets.String) {
-	if setHasItemOrAll(ignorePreflightErrors, "StartKubelet") {
-		return
-	}
+func TryStartKubelet() {
 	// If we notice that the kubelet service is inactive, try to start it
 	initSystem, err := initsystem.GetInitSystem()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1077,10 +1074,7 @@ func TryStartKubelet(ignorePreflightErrors sets.String) {
 }
 
 // TryStopKubelet attempts to bring down the kubelet service momentarily
-func TryStopKubelet(ignorePreflightErrors sets.String) {
-	if setHasItemOrAll(ignorePreflightErrors, "StopKubelet") {
-		return
-	}
+func TryStopKubelet() {
 	// If we notice that the kubelet service is inactive, try to start it
 	initSystem, err := initsystem.GetInitSystem()
 	if err != nil {