diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
index f3f24f2b70..c102e4ddc8 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --client-ca-file=${CERT_DIR}/ca.crt --tls-cert-fil
 KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --cgroup-driver=${CGROUP_DRIVER}"
 if [ ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} = "containerd"  ] ; then
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --runtime-cgroups=/system.slice/containerd.service"
-    KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --container-runtime=remote"
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --runtime-request-timeout=15m"
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock"
 else
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
index 581d8c7267..3ab9f43321 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --client-ca-file=${CERT_DIR}/ca.crt --tls-cert-fil
 KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --cgroup-driver=${CGROUP_DRIVER}"
 if [ ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} = "containerd"  ] ; then
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --runtime-cgroups=/system.slice/containerd.service"
-    KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --container-runtime=remote"
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --runtime-request-timeout=15m"
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock"
 else