diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 7e3dba8f7f..5307298c4d 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ func setDockerProxy() {
 func autoSetDriverOptions(cmd *cobra.Command, drvName string) (err error) {
 	err = nil
 	hints := driver.FlagDefaults(drvName)
-	if !cmd.Flags().Changed("extra-config") && len(hints.ExtraOptions) > 0 {
+	if len(hints.ExtraOptions) > 0 {
 		for _, eo := range hints.ExtraOptions {
 			glog.Infof("auto setting extra-config to %q.", eo)
 			err = config.ExtraOptions.Set(eo)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c997562aea..36812fb2d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ k8s.io/kubelet v0.17.3 h1:e6oo26NusXf6i7Pp6i5tWXT+Z/oQW0XzxiWxa5pBgw0=
 k8s.io/kubelet v0.17.3/go.mod h1:Nh8owUHZcUXtnDAtmGnip36Nw+X6c4rbmDQlVyIhwMQ=
 k8s.io/kubernetes v1.17.3 h1:zWCppkLfHM+hoLqfbsrQ0cJnYw+4vAvedI92oQnjo/Q=
 k8s.io/kubernetes v1.17.3/go.mod h1:gt28rfzaskIzJ8d82TSJmGrJ0XZD0BBy8TcQvTuCI3w=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.18.0 h1:rVe+edi5GwutPQJ4KIZq1Nk506nmnfyz/KOZVCLv7Yo=
 k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.17.3/go.mod h1:ujZML5v8efVQxiXXTG+nck7SjP8KhMRjUYNIsoSkYI0=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.17.3 h1:IqXkNK+5E3vnobFD923Mn1QJEt3fb6+sK0wIjtBzOvw=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.17.3/go.mod h1:HEJGy1fhHOjHggW9rMDBJBD3YuGroH3Y1pnIRw9FFaI=
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
index f6e9a5f98f..c2a27c6b6b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify/system_pods.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cruntime"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/logs"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/util/retry"
 )
 
 // WaitForSystemPods verifies essential pods for running kurnetes is running
@@ -113,9 +111,16 @@ func ExpectAppsRunning(cs *kubernetes.Clientset, expected []string) error {
 func WaitForAppsRunning(cs *kubernetes.Clientset, expected []string, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	glog.Info("waiting for k8s-apps to be running ...")
 	start := time.Now()
-	checkRunning := func() error { return ExpectAppsRunning(cs, expected) }
-	if err := retry.Expo(checkRunning, 500*time.Millisecond, timeout); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "waitings for k8s app running")
+
+	checkRunning := func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := ExpectAppsRunning(cs, expected); err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	if err := wait.PollImmediate(kconst.APICallRetryInterval, timeout, checkRunning); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("apiserver never returned a pod list")
 	}
 	glog.Infof("duration metric: took %s to wait for k8s-apps to be running ...", time.Since(start))
 	return nil