diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
index ead7507aee73..5b4540078f2e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_linux.go
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ func kubeletArgs(cfg *config.Agent) map[string]string {
 			argsMap["container-runtime-endpoint"] = socketPrefix + cfg.RuntimeSocket
 		}
 	}
-	if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
-		argsMap["pod-infra-container-image"] = cfg.PauseImage
-	}
 	if cfg.ImageServiceSocket != "" {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.ImageServiceSocket, socketPrefix) {
 			argsMap["image-service-endpoint"] = cfg.ImageServiceSocket
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
index 36a5f505658a..7ad41b5f94f3 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent_windows.go
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ func kubeletArgs(cfg *config.Agent) map[string]string {
 			argsMap["container-runtime-endpoint"] = socketPrefix + cfg.RuntimeSocket
 		}
 	}
-	if cfg.PauseImage != "" {
-		argsMap["pod-infra-container-image"] = cfg.PauseImage
-	}
 	if cfg.ListenAddress != "" {
 		argsMap["address"] = cfg.ListenAddress
 	}