diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index b40d659ec7d..84ec8c2dab0 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ func NewAPIServer() *APIServer {
 		AuthorizationMode:      "AlwaysAllow",
 		AdmissionControl:       "AlwaysAdmit",
 		EtcdPathPrefix:         master.DefaultEtcdPathPrefix,
-		OldEtcdPathPrefix:      master.DefaultEtcdPathPrefix,
 		EnableLogsSupport:      true,
 		MasterServiceNamespace: api.NamespaceDefault,
 		ClusterName:            "kubernetes",