diff --git a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/k8s_defaults.go b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/k8s_defaults.go
index 28b8fea7..1eb0ef0b 100644
--- a/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/k8s_defaults.go
+++ b/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/k8s_defaults.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ var (
 		// When add a new k8s version to 2.2, make sure to add support for it to the 2.1.x branch.
 		// Account for the fact that rke-tools image is different cross branches, and it requires using
 		// different k8s version tag
-		"v1.12.10-rancher1-2",
 		"v1.13.11-rancher1-1",
 		"v1.14.7-rancher1-1",
 		"v1.15.4-rancher1-1",