diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 671c1a5db7b..cadaafc0dd0 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -455,11 +455,7 @@ ROTATE_CERTIFICATES="${ROTATE_CERTIFICATES:-}"
 # into kube-controller-manager via `--concurrent-service-syncs`
 CONCURRENT_SERVICE_SYNCS="${CONCURRENT_SERVICE_SYNCS:-}"
 
-if [[ "${ENABLE_TOKENREQUEST:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-  FEATURE_GATES="${FEATURE_GATES},TokenRequest=true"
-  SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER="https://kubernetes.io/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-  SERVICEACCOUNT_API_AUDIENCES="https://kubernetes.default.svc"
-fi
+SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER="https://kubernetes.io/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
 
 # Optional: Enable Node termination Handler for Preemptible and GPU VMs.
 # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-node-termination-handler
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index c9ce3694c5c..caf16359e5f 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -470,11 +470,7 @@ ROTATE_CERTIFICATES="${ROTATE_CERTIFICATES:-}"
 # into kube-controller-manager via `--concurrent-service-syncs`
 CONCURRENT_SERVICE_SYNCS="${CONCURRENT_SERVICE_SYNCS:-}"
 
-if [[ "${ENABLE_TOKENREQUEST:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-  FEATURE_GATES="${FEATURE_GATES},TokenRequest=true"
-  SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER="https://kubernetes.io/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-  SERVICEACCOUNT_API_AUDIENCES="https://kubernetes.default.svc"
-fi
+SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER="https://kubernetes.io/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
 
 # Optional: Enable Node termination Handler for Preemptible and GPU VMs.
 # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-node-termination-handler
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/apiserver_manifest_test.go b/cluster/gce/gci/apiserver_manifest_test.go
index 2b430bd4295..db327771b34 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/apiserver_manifest_test.go
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/apiserver_manifest_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ readonly ETC_MANIFESTS=${KUBE_HOME}/etc/kubernetes/manifests
 readonly KUBE_API_SERVER_DOCKER_TAG=v1.11.0-alpha.0.1808_3c7452dc11645d-dirty
 readonly LOG_OWNER_USER=$(id -un)
 readonly LOG_OWNER_GROUP=$(id -gn)
+readonly SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER=https://foo.bar.baz
+readonly SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY_PATH=/foo/bar/baz.key
 {{if .EncryptionProviderConfig}}
 ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG={{.EncryptionProviderConfig}}
 {{end}}
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index f57f0ba6b6a..c8cda248a5f 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -1570,11 +1570,9 @@ function start-kube-apiserver {
   if [[ -n "${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --service-cluster-ip-range=${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}"
   fi
-  if [[ -n "${SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER:-}" ]]; then
-    params+=" --service-account-issuer=${SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER}"
-    params+=" --service-account-signing-key-file=${SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY_PATH}"
-    params+=" --service-account-api-audiences=${SERVICEACCOUNT_API_AUDIENCES}"
-  fi
+  params+=" --service-account-issuer=${SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER}"
+  params+=" --service-account-api-audiences=${SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER}"
+  params+=" --service-account-signing-key-file=${SERVICEACCOUNT_KEY_PATH}"
 
   local audit_policy_config_mount=""
   local audit_policy_config_volume=""
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 0f6af3a2c76..b7811bcf7d3 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1008,13 +1008,8 @@ ETCD_CA_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_CA_CERT_BASE64:-})
 ETCD_PEER_KEY: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_PEER_KEY_BASE64:-})
 ETCD_PEER_CERT: $(yaml-quote ${ETCD_PEER_CERT_BASE64:-})
 ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG: $(yaml-quote ${ENCRYPTION_PROVIDER_CONFIG:-})
-EOF
-    if [[ "${ENABLE_TOKENREQUEST:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-      cat >>$file <<EOF
 SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER: $(yaml-quote ${SERVICEACCOUNT_ISSUER:-})
-SERVICEACCOUNT_API_AUDIENCES: $(yaml-quote ${SERVICEACCOUNT_API_AUDIENCES:-})
 EOF
-    fi
     # KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC (if set) controls the --request-timeout
     # flag
     if [ -n "${KUBE_APISERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC:-}" ]; then