diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.j2
index 9bead7a39..a8174c769 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ KUBELET_HOSTNAME="--hostname-override={{ ansible_hostname }}"
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.6', '>=') %}
 {# flag got removed with 1.7.0 #}
 {% if kube_version | version_compare('v1.7', '<') %}
---enable-cri={{ kubelet_enable_cri }} {% endif %}
 --enable-cri={{ kubelet_enable_cri }} --cgroups-per-qos={{ kubelet_cgroups_per_qos }} \
 --enforce-node-allocatable='{{ kubelet_enforce_node_allocatable }}' {% endif %}{% endset %}