diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
index ac6ef16f2a2..b53fc5bfd4b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ import (
 const (
 	DefaultCloudConfigPath = "/etc/kubernetes/cloud-config"
 
-	defaultV18AdmissionControl    = "Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota"
-	deprecatedV19AdmissionControl = "Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota"
-	defaultV19AdmissionControl    = "Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota"
+	defaultV18AdmissionControl    = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota"
+	deprecatedV19AdmissionControl = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota"
+	defaultV19AdmissionControl    = "NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota"
 )
 
 // CreateInitStaticPodManifestFiles will write all static pod manifest files needed to bring up the control plane.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
index 366033a6c85..2f138653220 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func TestGetAPIServerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []string{
 				"kube-apiserver",
 				"--insecure-port=0",
-				"--admission-control=Initializers,NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
+				"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,PersistentVolumeLabel,DefaultStorageClass,DefaultTolerationSeconds,NodeRestriction,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook,ResourceQuota",
 				"--service-cluster-ip-range=bar",
 				"--service-account-key-file=" + testCertsDir + "/sa.pub",
 				"--client-ca-file=" + testCertsDir + "/ca.crt",