diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index eace78ebf50..5e1d08e3701 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 # Otherwise amazon-given public ip will be used (it'll change with reboot).
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup
 #   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index f05c9b0b1b0..2ca00e721a3 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ MASTER_IP_RANGE="${MASTER_IP_RANGE:-10.246.0.0/24}"
 # Otherwise amazon-given public ip will be used (it'll change with reboot).
 MASTER_RESERVED_IP="${MASTER_RESERVED_IP:-}"
 
-
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup
 #   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana
diff --git a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 428659ca2b3..361dc696077 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ cluster_cidr: '$(echo "$CLUSTER_IP_RANGE" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 allocate_node_cidrs: '$(echo "$ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 service_cluster_ip_range: '$(echo "$SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-enable_node_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_node_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 logging_destination: '$(echo "$LOGGING_DESTINATION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index f47f9931d56..614c13faef8 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -741,7 +741,6 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly KUBE_PASSWORD='${KUBE_PASSWORD}'"
     echo "readonly SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE='${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none}'"
-    echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
     echo "readonly LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 56e2a029e38..66a5468a86e 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS=true
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none           - No cluster monitoring setup 
 #   influxdb       - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 0e4ffbd4dea..64ab568d129 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ MINION_SCOPES=("storage-ro" "compute-rw" "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/loggin
 POLL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=3
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup
 #   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 5ac6abc0533..f1dff09d2db 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ cluster_cidr: '$(echo "$CLUSTER_IP_RANGE" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 allocate_node_cidrs: '$(echo "$ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 service_cluster_ip_range: '$(echo "$SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-enable_node_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_node_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 logging_destination: '$(echo "$LOGGING_DESTINATION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
index 27cdb087a79..2fc38e1d790 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/helper.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ SALT_TAR_HASH: $(yaml-quote ${SALT_TAR_HASH})
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE: $(yaml-quote ${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE})
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS: $(yaml-quote ${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none})
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false})
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false})
 LOGGING_DESTINATION: $(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX=$(yaml-quote ${NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX})
 SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL=$(yaml-quote ${SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL})
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE=$(yaml-quote ${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING=$(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none})
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=$(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING=$(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false})
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=$(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false})
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=$(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
index 1f677072ef3..142cab11787 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/debian/helper.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE: $(yaml-quote ${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE})
 KUBERNETES_MASTER_NAME: $(yaml-quote ${MASTER_NAME})
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS: $(yaml-quote ${ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none})
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING:-false})
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false})
 LOGGING_DESTINATION: $(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
diff --git a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
index 7cdcca8769a..d6e407f376f 100644
--- a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ MINION_CONTAINER_SUBNETS[$NUM_MINIONS]=$MASTER_CONTAINER_SUBNET
 
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE=10.11.0.0/16  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
index 7dffb34a534..44f897dffb9 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ MINION_NAMES=($(eval echo ${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion-{1..${NUM_MINIONS}}))
 KUBE_NETWORK="10.240.0.0/16"
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.0.0.0/16"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
index ca254eb09b2..d4169ca2f6a 100644
--- a/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/util.sh
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ rax-boot-minions() {
         -e "s|DNS_SERVER_IP|${DNS_SERVER_IP:-}|" \
         -e "s|DNS_DOMAIN|${DNS_DOMAIN:-}|" \
         -e "s|ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS|${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}|" \
-        -e "s|ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING|${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}|" \
         -e "s|ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING|${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}|" \
         -e "s|INDEX|$((i + 1))|g" \
         -e "s|KUBELET_TOKEN|${KUBELET_TOKEN}|" \
diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
index 0f603d3b390..7ebcb048419 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ export FLANNEL_NET=172.16.0.0/16
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index d71fb6222c4..3cf0f26818f 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ MASTER_PASSWD=vagrant
 # Admission Controllers to invoke prior to persisting objects in cluster
 ADMISSION_CONTROL=NamespaceLifecycle,NamespaceExists,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
index 3f1de6c4dcb..5100d0a0797 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-master.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ cat <<EOF >/srv/salt-overlay/pillar/cluster-params.sls
   service_cluster_ip_range: '$(echo "$SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   cert_ip: '$(echo "$MASTER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   enable_cluster_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-  enable_node_monitoring: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   enable_cluster_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   enable_node_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
   logging_destination: '$(echo "$LOGGING_DESTINATION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
index 18e865d7bca..534298566b5 100644
--- a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ function create-provision-scripts {
     echo "MASTER_PASSWD='${MASTER_PASSWD}'"
     echo "KUBE_USER='${KUBE_USER}'"
     echo "KUBE_PASSWORD='${KUBE_PASSWORD}'"
-    echo "ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
     echo "ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
     echo "LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
     echo "ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}'"
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
index 67ca7a84968..6e7229a6f34 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ MINION_CPU=1
 
 SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE="10.244.240.0/20"  # formerly PORTAL_NET
 
-# Optional: Install node monitoring.
-ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING=true
-
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING=false
 LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 880b24757a9..b474f9561e6 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ instance_prefix: '$(echo "$INSTANCE_PREFIX" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 node_instance_prefix: $NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX
 service_cluster_ip_range: $SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE
 enable_cluster_monitoring: $ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING
-enable_node_monitoring: $ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING
 enable_cluster_logging: $ENABLE_CLUSTER_LOGGING
 enable_node_logging: $ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING
 logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/util.sh b/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
index 19361515d4d..258c5b6e159 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/util.sh
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ function kube-up {
     echo "readonly INSTANCE_PREFIX='${INSTANCE_PREFIX}'"
     echo "readonly NODE_INSTANCE_PREFIX='${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-minion'"
     echo "readonly SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE='${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}'"
-    echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING='${ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-false}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING='${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false}'"
     echo "readonly LOGGING_DESTINATION='${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-}'"
     echo "readonly ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}'"