diff --git a/cmd/remove.go b/cmd/remove.go
index 361215e2..bc5e2099 100644
--- a/cmd/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/remove.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/rancher/rke/metadata"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ func ClusterRemove(
 	flags cluster.ExternalFlags) error {
 
 	log.Infof(ctx, "Tearing down Kubernetes cluster")
+
+	if metadata.K8sVersionToRKESystemImages == nil {
+		metadata.InitMetadata(ctx)
+	}
 	kubeCluster, err := cluster.InitClusterObject(ctx, rkeConfig, flags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/metadata/metadata.go b/metadata/metadata.go
index 4be73e4f..321b8423 100644
--- a/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package metadata
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"strings"
 
 	mVersion "github.com/mcuadros/go-version"
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 func InitMetadata(ctx context.Context) error {
-	logrus.Infof("calling init")
 	initK8sRKESystemImages()
 	initAddonTemplates()
 	initServiceOptions()
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver/semver.go b/vendor/github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver/semver.go
index 4d237019..76cf4852 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver/semver.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver/semver.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ func (v *Version) Set(version string) error {
 	dotParts := strings.SplitN(version, ".", 3)
 
 	if len(dotParts) != 3 {
-		logrus.Infof("version version version %s", version)
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s is not in dotted-tri format", version)
 	}