diff --git a/cluster/validation.go b/cluster/validation.go
index 1a6ed93b..2c8705d4 100644
--- a/cluster/validation.go
+++ b/cluster/validation.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
-	"github.com/rancher/rke/k8s"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/log"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/metadata"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/pki"
@@ -675,30 +674,6 @@ func validatePodSecurityPolicy(c *Cluster) error {
 			return errors.New("PodSecurityPolicy has been removed and can not be enabled since k8s v1.25")
 		}
 	}
-	// check if there is any PSP resource when upgrading a cluster to k8s v1.25 and above
-	if parsedRangeAtLeast125(parsedVersion) {
-		kubeClient, err := k8s.NewClient(c.LocalKubeConfigPath, c.K8sWrapTransport)
-		if err != nil {
-			// we can not tell this is invoked when creating a new cluster or updating an existing one, so skip this check
-			logrus.Debugf("Skip the check for PSP resource due to the failure of initializing the kubernetes client")
-			return nil
-		}
-		pspList, _ := k8s.GetPSPList(kubeClient)
-		// ignore the error because the "no such resource type" error is definitely returned in k8s v1.25 and above
-		items := pspList.Items
-		if len(items) == 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
-		// a PSP "psp.flannel.unprivileged" from old Flannel templates is created when using Flannel as the network plugin
-		// we should ignore it if it is the only PSP in the cluster
-		if len(items) == 1 && items[0].Name == "psp.flannel.unprivileged" && c.Network.Plugin == FlannelNetworkPlugin {
-			return nil
-		}
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("PodSecurityPolicy(PSP) resource is detected in the cluster, "+
-			"please remove them before upgrading the cluster version to %s", c.Version)
-		return errors.New(msg)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/k8s/psp.go b/k8s/psp.go
index 444beacf..64afd643 100644
--- a/k8s/psp.go
+++ b/k8s/psp.go
@@ -30,9 +30,3 @@ func updatePodSecurityPolicy(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset, p interface{}) err
 	return nil
 
 }
-
-// GetPSPList returns the PodSecurityPolicyList containing all PSPs in the cluster and an error.
-// The list could be empty if there is no PSP in the cluster.
-func GetPSPList(k8sClient *kubernetes.Clientset) (*v1beta1.PodSecurityPolicyList, error) {
-	return k8sClient.PolicyV1beta1().PodSecurityPolicies().List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
-}