diff --git a/cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml
similarity index 80%
rename from cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml.in
rename to cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml
index 6b30b328261..244e5d15793 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: node-problem-detector
         image: gcr.io/google_containers/node-problem-detector:v0.1
-        env:
-        # Config the host ip and port of apiserver.
-        - name: "KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST"
-          value: "{{ pillar['master_node'] }}"
-        - name: "KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT"
-          value: "443"
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
         resources:
diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 21efada9faa..dd7dd01c89a 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL:-false})
 MANIFEST_URL: $(yaml-quote ${MANIFEST_URL:-})
 MANIFEST_URL_HEADER: $(yaml-quote ${MANIFEST_URL_HEADER:-})
 NUM_NODES: $(yaml-quote ${NUM_NODES})
-MASTER_NAME: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_NAME})
 EOF
     if [ -n "${APISERVER_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]; then
       cat >>$file <<EOF
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index ff2a88e9553..d5cc7c9e136 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ enable_manifest_url: '$(echo "${ENABLE_MANIFEST_URL:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 manifest_url: '$(echo "${MANIFEST_URL:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 manifest_url_header: '$(echo "${MANIFEST_URL_HEADER:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 num_nodes: $(echo "${NUM_NODES:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")
-master_node: $(echo "${MASTER_NAME:-}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")
 e2e_storage_test_environment: '$(echo "$E2E_STORAGE_TEST_ENVIRONMENT" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 kube_uid: '$(echo "${KUBE_UID}" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 EOF
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 23f8b1b9ccb..94211c28533 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -779,10 +779,6 @@ function start-kube-addons {
   fi
   if [[ "${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "node-problem-detector"
-    local -r node_problem_detector_file="${dst_dir}/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml"
-    mv "${dst_dir}/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml.in" "${node_problem_detector_file}"
-    # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['master_node'\] *}}@${MASTER_NAME}@g" "${node_problem_detector_file}"
   fi
   if echo "${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-}" | grep -q "LimitRanger"; then
     setup-addon-manifests "admission-controls" "limit-range"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
index b201873273a..4f531643db5 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ addon-dir-create:
 {% if pillar.get('enable_node_problem_detector', '').lower() == 'true' %}
 /etc/kubernetes/addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml:
   file.managed:
-    - source: salt://kube-addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml.in
-    - template: jinja
+    - source: salt://kube-addons/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector.yaml
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - file_mode: 644