diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index 9fdf239968b..0ff34c2c2fc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("system-container", "Use --system-cgroups instead. Will be removed in a future version.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.SystemCgroups, "system-cgroups", s.SystemCgroups, "Optional absolute name of cgroups in which to place all non-kernel processes that are not already inside a cgroup under `/`. Empty for no container. Rolling back the flag requires a reboot. (Default: \"\").")
 
-	fs.BoolVar(&s.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", s.CgroupsPerQOS, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
+	//fs.BoolVar(&s.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", s.CgroupsPerQOS, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.CgroupRoot, "cgroup-root", s.CgroupRoot, "Optional root cgroup to use for pods. This is handled by the container runtime on a best effort basis. Default: '', which means use the container runtime default.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.ContainerRuntime, "container-runtime", s.ContainerRuntime, "The container runtime to use. Possible values: 'docker', 'rkt'. Default: 'docker'.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, "runtime-request-timeout", s.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, "Timeout of all runtime requests except long running request - pull, logs, exec and attach. When timeout exceeded, kubelet will cancel the request, throw out an error and retry later. Default: 2m0s")
diff --git a/docs/devel/e2e-node-tests.md b/docs/devel/e2e-node-tests.md
index 3feaf7612c9..44bd5f0cc4b 100644
--- a/docs/devel/e2e-node-tests.md
+++ b/docs/devel/e2e-node-tests.md
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ make test_e2e_node TEST_ARGS="--disable-kubenet=false" # disable kubenet
 
 For testing with the QoS Cgroup Hierarchy enabled, you can pass --cgroups-per-qos flag as an argument into Ginkgo using TEST_ARGS
 
+*Note: Disabled pending feature stabilization.*
+
 ```sh
 make test_e2e_node TEST_ARGS="--cgroups-per-qos=true"
 ```
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 2971d836e15..0b23da49f27 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ func RegisterNodeFlags() {
 	// TODO(random-liu): Remove kubelet related flags when we move the kubelet start logic out of the test.
 	// TODO(random-liu): Find someway to get kubelet configuration, and automatic config and filter test based on the configuration.
 	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.DisableKubenet, "disable-kubenet", false, "If true, start kubelet without kubenet. (default false)")
-	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", false, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
+	// TODO: uncomment this when the flag is re-enabled in kubelet
+	//flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", false, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.EvictionHard, "eviction-hard", "memory.available<250Mi", "The hard eviction thresholds. If set, pods get evicted when the specified resources drop below the thresholds.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ManifestPath, "manifest-path", "", "The path to the static pod manifest file.")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
index bf20dc8f2d4..52fffc14e17 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_manager_test.go
@@ -30,44 +30,46 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet Cgroup Manager [Skip]", func() {
 	Describe("QOS containers", func() {
 		Context("On enabling QOS cgroup hierarchy", func() {
 			It("Top level QoS containers should have been created", func() {
-				if framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS {
-					podName := "qos-pod" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
-					contName := "qos-container" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
-					pod := &api.Pod{
-						ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-							Name: podName,
-						},
-						Spec: api.PodSpec{
-							// Don't restart the Pod since it is expected to exit
-							RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyNever,
-							Containers: []api.Container{
-								{
-									Image:   ImageRegistry[busyBoxImage],
-									Name:    contName,
-									Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "if [ -d /tmp/memory/Burstable ] && [ -d /tmp/memory/BestEffort ]; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi"},
-									VolumeMounts: []api.VolumeMount{
-										{
-											Name:      "sysfscgroup",
-											MountPath: "/tmp",
-										},
-									},
-								},
-							},
-							Volumes: []api.Volume{
-								{
-									Name: "sysfscgroup",
-									VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{
-										HostPath: &api.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "/sys/fs/cgroup"},
-									},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					}
-					podClient := f.PodClient()
-					podClient.Create(pod)
-					err := framework.WaitForPodSuccessInNamespace(f.Client, podName, contName, f.Namespace.Name)
-					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				// return fast
+				if !framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS {
+					return
 				}
+				podName := "qos-pod" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+				contName := "qos-container" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+				pod := &api.Pod{
+					ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: podName,
+					},
+					Spec: api.PodSpec{
+						// Don't restart the Pod since it is expected to exit
+						RestartPolicy: api.RestartPolicyNever,
+						Containers: []api.Container{
+							{
+								Image:   ImageRegistry[busyBoxImage],
+								Name:    contName,
+								Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "if [ -d /tmp/memory/Burstable ] && [ -d /tmp/memory/BestEffort ]; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi"},
+								VolumeMounts: []api.VolumeMount{
+									{
+										Name:      "sysfscgroup",
+										MountPath: "/tmp",
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						Volumes: []api.Volume{
+							{
+								Name: "sysfscgroup",
+								VolumeSource: api.VolumeSource{
+									HostPath: &api.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "/sys/fs/cgroup"},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				podClient := f.PodClient()
+				podClient.Create(pod)
+				err := framework.WaitForPodSuccessInNamespace(f.Client, podName, contName, f.Namespace.Name)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			})
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
index 12c8d9e915a..cc07a1662a8 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ func (e *E2EServices) Start() error {
 		// out of the test.
 		"--node-name", framework.TestContext.NodeName,
 		"--disable-kubenet="+strconv.FormatBool(framework.TestContext.DisableKubenet),
-		"--cgroups-per-qos="+strconv.FormatBool(framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS),
+		// TODO: enable when flag is introduced in 1.5
+		// "--cgroups-per-qos="+strconv.FormatBool(framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS),
 		"--manifest-path", framework.TestContext.ManifestPath,
 		"--eviction-hard", framework.TestContext.EvictionHard,
 	)
@@ -365,9 +366,10 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*server, error) {
 		"--eviction-pressure-transition-period", "30s",
 	)
 	if framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS {
-		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
-			"--cgroups-per-qos", "true",
-		)
+		// TODO: enable this when the flag is stable and available in kubelet.
+		// cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
+		// 	"--cgroups-per-qos", "true",
+		// )
 	}
 	if !framework.TestContext.DisableKubenet {
 		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
index f9fe6d6b685..e3c4e996c3b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+# DISABLED --cgroups-per-qos flag until feature stabilized.
+#TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+TEST_ARGS=
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
index 2381306a7d5..940da33250b 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-pr-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Slow\]|\[Serial\]" --flakeAttempts=2'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+# DISABLED --cgroups-per-qos flag until feature stabilized.
+#TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+TEST_ARGS=
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
index 4630fff604e..3e5a7ad3875 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ GCE_PROJECT=k8s-jkns-ci-node-e2e
 CLEANUP=true
 GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="\[Serial\]" --skip="\[Flaky\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+# DISABLED --cgroups-per-qos flag until feature stabilized.
+#TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+TEST_ARGS=
 PARALLELISM=1
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
index 1cb4c20e308..871c5a7aed8 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/template.properties
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ CLEANUP=true
 # If true, current user will be added to the docker group on test node
 SETUP_NODE=false
 # If true QoS Cgroup Hierarchy is created and tests specifc to the cgroup hierarchy run
-TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+# DISABLED --cgroups-per-qos flag until feature stabilized.
+#TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
+TEST_ARGS=