diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
index daa10fd79..6fa7ecbcb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
   tags:
     - k8s-pre-upgrade
 
-# upstream bug: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/441
-- name: Disable kube_basic_auth until kubeadm/441 is fixed
-  set_fact:
-    kube_basic_auth: false
-  when: kubeadm_enabled|bool|default(false)
-
 - import_tasks: users-file.yml
   when: kube_basic_auth|default(true)