diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 064310932a..bdc6023f72 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -282,10 +282,6 @@ install-hyperkit-driver: out/docker-machine-driver-hyperkit
 check-release:
 	go test -v ./deploy/minikube/release_sanity_test.go -tags=release
 
-.PHONY: update-releases
-update-releases:
-	gsutil cp deploy/minikube/k8s_releases.json gs://minikube/k8s_releases.json
-
 buildroot-image: $(ISO_BUILD_IMAGE) # convenient alias to build the docker container
 $(ISO_BUILD_IMAGE): deploy/iso/minikube-iso/Dockerfile
 	docker build $(ISO_DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS) -t $@ -f $< $(dir $<)
diff --git a/deploy/minikube/k8s_releases.json b/deploy/minikube/k8s_releases.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dafce1284..0000000000
--- a/deploy/minikube/k8s_releases.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "version": "v1.10.0"
-  },  
-  {
-    "version": "v1.9.4"
-  },  
-  {
-    "version": "v1.9.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.8.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.5"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.4"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.2"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.0-rc.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.7.0-alpha.2"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.4"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-rc.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-beta.4"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-beta.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-beta.2"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-alpha.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.6.0-alpha.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.5.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.5.2"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.5.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.4.5"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.4.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.4.2"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.4.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.4.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.7"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.6"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.5"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.4"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.3"
-  },
-  {
-    "version": "v1.3.0"
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/minikube/k8s_schema.json b/deploy/minikube/k8s_schema.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e211dbced..0000000000
--- a/deploy/minikube/k8s_schema.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
-  "type": "array",
-  "items": {
-    "type": "object",
-    "properties": {
-      "version": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "version"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/deploy/minikube/schema_check.go b/deploy/minikube/schema_check.go
index 2aadc436c9..2dce71b9b3 100644
--- a/deploy/minikube/schema_check.go
+++ b/deploy/minikube/schema_check.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	validateSchema("deploy/minikube/schema.json", "deploy/minikube/releases.json")
-	validateSchema("deploy/minikube/k8s_schema.json", "deploy/minikube/k8s_releases.json")
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
index 4ef0cfed03..f367e694c1 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ const (
 	DefaultConfigViewFormat    = "- {{.ConfigKey}}: {{.ConfigValue}}\n"
 	DefaultCacheListFormat     = "{{.CacheImage}}\n"
 	GithubMinikubeReleasesURL  = "https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases.json"
-	KubernetesVersionGCSURL    = "https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/k8s_releases.json"
 	DefaultWait                = 20
 	DefaultInterval            = 6
 	DefaultClusterBootstrapper = "kubeadm"