diff --git a/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service b/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service
index c83a7f13..396bacc2 100644
--- a/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service
+++ b/promenade/templates/roles/common/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ ExecStart=/opt/kubernetes/bin/kubelet \
     {{ argument }} \
     {%- endfor %}
     {%- endif %}
-    --pod-infra-container-image={{ config['Kubelet:images.pause'] }}
 
 Restart=always
 StartLimitInterval=0