diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 4bcbd323573..92f61577596 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ function create-node-pki {
     KUBELET_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/kubelet.key"
     echo "${KUBELET_KEY}" | base64 --decode > "${KUBELET_KEY_PATH}"
   fi
-
-  # TODO(mikedanese): remove this when we don't support downgrading to versions
-  # < 1.6.
-  ln -sf "${CA_CERT_BUNDLE_PATH}" /etc/kubernetes/ca.crt
 }
 
 # A hookpoint for setting up local devices
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index c2819db527d..54b025b1ed8 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ function create-node-pki {
     KUBELET_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/kubelet.key"
     write-pki-data "${KUBELET_KEY}" "${KUBELET_KEY_PATH}"
   fi
-
-  # TODO(mikedanese): remove this when we don't support downgrading to versions
-  # < 1.6.
-  ln -sf "${CA_CERT_BUNDLE_PATH}" /etc/srv/kubernetes/ca.crt
 }
 
 function create-master-pki {
@@ -298,11 +294,6 @@ function create-master-pki {
   SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/serviceaccount.key"
   write-pki-data "${SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY}" "${SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY_PATH}"
 
-  # TODO(mikedanese): remove this when we don't support downgrading to versions
-  # < 1.6.
-  ln -sf "${APISERVER_SERVER_KEY_PATH}" /etc/srv/kubernetes/server.key
-  ln -sf "${APISERVER_SERVER_CERT_PATH}" /etc/srv/kubernetes/server.cert
-
   if [[ ! -z "${REQUESTHEADER_CA_CERT:-}" ]]; then
     AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_PATH="${pki_dir}/aggr_ca.key"
     write-pki-data "${AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY}" "${AGGREGATOR_CA_KEY_PATH}"