diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet.go
index 6b387b3d6..114c1307e 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func kubelet(snap snap.Snap, hostname string, nodeIP net.IP, clusterDNS string,
 		"--authentication-token-webhook": "true",
 		"--client-ca-file":               filepath.Join(snap.KubernetesPKIDir(), "client-ca.crt"),
 		"--container-runtime-endpoint":   snap.ContainerdSocketPath(),
-		"--containerd":                   snap.ContainerdSocketPath(),
 		"--cgroup-driver":                "systemd",
 		"--eviction-hard":                "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'",
 		"--fail-swap-on":                 "false",
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet_test.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet_test.go
index a0cb91ba3..089b47c85 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/kubelet_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},
@@ -226,7 +223,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},
@@ -284,7 +280,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},
@@ -341,7 +336,6 @@ func TestKubelet(t *testing.T) {
 			{key: "--authentication-token-webhook", expectedVal: "true"},
 			{key: "--client-ca-file", expectedVal: filepath.Join(s.Mock.KubernetesPKIDir, "client-ca.crt")},
 			{key: "--container-runtime-endpoint", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
-			{key: "--containerd", expectedVal: s.Mock.ContainerdSocketPath},
 			{key: "--cgroup-driver", expectedVal: "systemd"},
 			{key: "--eviction-hard", expectedVal: "'memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<1Gi,imagefs.available<1Gi'"},
 			{key: "--fail-swap-on", expectedVal: "false"},