diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
index f55ddc3102d..fd91b0aab81 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-e2e-node.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ else
   # Runtime flags
   test_args='--kubelet-flags="--container-runtime='$runtime'" '$test_args
   if [[ $runtime == "remote" ]] ; then
-      test_args='--kubelet-flags="--experimental-cri=true" '$test_args
       if [[ ! -z $container_runtime_endpoint ]] ; then
 	      test_args='--kubelet-flags="--container-runtime-endpoint='$container_runtime_endpoint'" '$test_args
       fi