diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
index ad26a9107..f6ebc5657 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-/usr/bin/docker run --privileged --rm \
+/usr/bin/docker run --privileged \
 --net=host --pid=host --name=kubelet --restart=always \
 -v /etc/cni:/etc/cni:ro \
 -v /opt/cni:/opt/cni:ro \