diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
index 098f89418d..07388fef4e 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var configTestCases = []configTestCase{
     "vm-driver": "kvm2"
 }`,
 		config: map[string]interface{}{
-			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvmOld,
+			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvm2,
 			"cpus":                      4,
 			"disk-size":                 "20g",
 			"v":                         5,
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
index 8e3e78ce11..0f0cf189c8 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var minikubeConfig = pkgConfig.MinikubeConfig{
-	"vm-driver":            constants.DriverKvmOld,
+	"vm-driver":            constants.DriverKvm2,
 	"cpus":                 12,
 	"show-libmachine-logs": true,
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 4ca0a87b4b..0b9291f1a3 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -318,21 +318,15 @@ func engineOptions(config cfg.MachineConfig) *engine.Options {
 	return &o
 }
 
-func preCreateHost(config *cfg.MachineConfig) {
-	switch config.VMDriver {
-	case constants.DriverVmwareFusion:
-		if viper.GetBool(cfg.ShowDriverDeprecationNotification) {
-			console.Warning(`The vmwarefusion driver is deprecated and support for it will be removed in a future release.
-				Please consider switching to the new vmware unified driver, which is intended to replace the vmwarefusion driver.
-				See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#vmware-unified-driver for more information.
-				To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotification false]`)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func createHost(api libmachine.API, config cfg.MachineConfig) (*host.Host, error) {
-	preCreateHost(&config)
 	console.OutStyle(console.StartingVM, "Creating %s VM (CPUs=%d, Memory=%dMB, Disk=%dMB) ...", config.VMDriver, config.CPUs, config.Memory, config.DiskSize)
+	if config.VMDriver == constants.DriverVmwareFusion && viper.GetBool(cfg.ShowDriverDeprecationNotification) {
+		console.Warning(`The vmwarefusion driver is deprecated and support for it will be removed in a future release.
+			Please consider switching to the new vmware unified driver, which is intended to replace the vmwarefusion driver.
+			See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#vmware-unified-driver for more information.
+			To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotification false]`)
+	}
+
 	def, err := registry.Driver(config.VMDriver)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == registry.ErrDriverNotFound {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
index ecc13c5ce7..5384a8b41a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/config_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var configTestCases = []configTestCase{
     "vm-driver": "kvm"
 }`,
 		config: map[string]interface{}{
-			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvmOld,
+			"vm-driver":                 constants.DriverKvm2,
 			"cpus":                      4,
 			"disk-size":                 "20g",
 			"v":                         5,