diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 893668580d..dde133e34c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) UpdateCluster(cfg config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 	}
 	err = k.c.Run(`
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload &&
-sudo systemctl enable kubelet &&
 sudo systemctl start kubelet
 `)
 	if err != nil {