diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
index c26d1d639..32cabb91e 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -228,9 +228,3 @@ auto_renew_certificates_systemd_calendar: "{{ 'Mon *-*-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 03:' ~
 # If we have requirement like without renewing certs upgrade the cluster,
 # we can opt out from the default behavior by setting kubeadm_upgrade_auto_cert_renewal to false
 kubeadm_upgrade_auto_cert_renewal: true
-
-# kubeadm patches path
-kubeadm_patches:
-  enabled: true
-  source_dir: "{{ inventory_dir }}/patches"
-  dest_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/patches"
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diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/defaults/main.yml
index 1277684ae..0449b8ae7 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/kubeadm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,3 @@ kube_override_hostname: >-
   {%- else -%}
   {{ inventory_hostname }}
   {%- endif -%}
-
-# kubeadm patches path
-kubeadm_patches:
-  enabled: true
-  source_dir: "{{ inventory_dir }}/patches"
-  dest_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/patches"
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