diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index f7830b75397..9471b761a26 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	utilflag "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmapiext "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
@@ -200,9 +199,6 @@ func AddInitConfigFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, cfg *kubeadmapiext.MasterConfigur
 	flagSet.StringVar(featureGatesString, "feature-gates", *featureGatesString, "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for various features. "+
 		"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(features.KnownFeatures(&features.InitFeatureGates), "\n"))
 
-	flagSet.Var(utilflag.NewMapStringString(&cfg.APIServerExtraArgs), "apiserver-extra-args", "A set of extra flags to pass to the API Server or override default ones in form of <flagname>=<value>")
-	flagSet.Var(utilflag.NewMapStringString(&cfg.ControllerManagerExtraArgs), "controller-manager-extra-args", "A set of extra flags to pass to the Controller Manager or override default ones in form of <flagname>=<value>")
-	flagSet.Var(utilflag.NewMapStringString(&cfg.SchedulerExtraArgs), "scheduler-extra-args", "A set of extra flags to pass to the Scheduler or override default ones in form of <flagname>=<value>")
 }
 
 // AddInitOtherFlags adds init flags that are not bound to a configuration file to the given flagset