diff --git a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
index 8a80b704f1..f0e9df9e18 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ func cloudControllerManager(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Control) error {
 		"authentication-kubeconfig":    runtime.KubeConfigCloudController,
 		"node-status-update-frequency": "1m0s",
 		"bind-address":                 getLocalhostIP(cfg.ServiceIPRanges).String(),
-		"port":                         "0",
 	}
 	if cfg.NoLeaderElect {
 		argsMap["leader-elect"] = "false"