diff --git a/install/helm.go b/install/helm.go
index 66cc95e185..c308a80f8d 100644
--- a/install/helm.go
+++ b/install/helm.go
@@ -169,23 +169,21 @@ func (k *K8sInstaller) getHelmValues() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Set nodeinit enabled option
+		if needsNodeInit(k.flavor.Kind, k.chartVersion) {
+			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.enabled"] = "true"
+		}
+
 		// Set Helm options specific to the detected Kubernetes cluster type
 		switch k.flavor.Kind {
 		case k8s.KindKind:
 			helmMapOpts["ipam.mode"] = ipamKubernetes
 
-		case k8s.KindEKS:
-			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.enabled"] = "true"
-
 		case k8s.KindGKE:
-			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.enabled"] = "true"
 			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.removeCbrBridge"] = "true"
 			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.reconfigureKubelet"] = "true"
 			helmMapOpts["cni.binPath"] = "/home/kubernetes/bin"
 
-		case k8s.KindAKS:
-			helmMapOpts["nodeinit.enabled"] = "true"
-
 		case k8s.KindMicrok8s:
 			helmMapOpts["cni.binPath"] = Microk8sSnapPath + "/opt/cni/bin"
 			helmMapOpts["cni.confPath"] = Microk8sSnapPath + "/args/cni-network"
diff --git a/install/install.go b/install/install.go
index f1416f91ce..752f507804 100644
--- a/install/install.go
+++ b/install/install.go
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ func (k *K8sInstaller) Install(ctx context.Context) error {
 	})
 
 	// Create the node-init daemonset if one is required for the current kind.
-	if needsNodeInit(k.flavor.Kind) {
+	if needsNodeInit(k.flavor.Kind, k.chartVersion) {
 		k.Log("🚀 Creating %s Node Init DaemonSet...", k.flavor.Kind.String())
 		ds := k.generateNodeInitDaemonSet(k.flavor.Kind)
 		if _, err := k.client.CreateDaemonSet(ctx, k.params.Namespace, ds, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
diff --git a/install/node_init.go b/install/node_init.go
index 038af49b9b..c8ca8a2c83 100644
--- a/install/node_init.go
+++ b/install/node_init.go
@@ -4,17 +4,24 @@
 package install
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/versioncheck"
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 
+	"github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/versioncheck"
+
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/k8s"
 )
 
-func needsNodeInit(k k8s.Kind) bool {
+func needsNodeInit(k k8s.Kind, version semver.Version) bool {
 	switch k {
-	case k8s.KindAKS, k8s.KindEKS, k8s.KindGKE:
+
+	case k8s.KindAKS, k8s.KindGKE:
 		return true
+	case k8s.KindEKS:
+		if versioncheck.MustCompile("<=1.13.1")(version) {
+			return true
+		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/install/uninstall.go b/install/uninstall.go
index 8faaa11b2c..4949256feb 100644
--- a/install/uninstall.go
+++ b/install/uninstall.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/cilium/workerpool"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -34,16 +35,28 @@ type UninstallParameters struct {
 }
 
 type K8sUninstaller struct {
-	client k8sInstallerImplementation
-	params UninstallParameters
-	flavor k8s.Flavor
+	client  k8sInstallerImplementation
+	params  UninstallParameters
+	flavor  k8s.Flavor
+	version semver.Version
 }
 
 func NewK8sUninstaller(client k8sInstallerImplementation, p UninstallParameters) *K8sUninstaller {
-	return &K8sUninstaller{
+	uninstaller := &K8sUninstaller{
 		client: client,
 		params: p,
 	}
+	ciliumVersion, err := client.GetRunningCiliumVersion(context.Background(), p.Namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		uninstaller.Log("Error getting Cilium Version: %s", err)
+	}
+	version, err := semver.Parse(ciliumVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		uninstaller.Log("Error parsing Cilium Version: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		uninstaller.version = version
+	}
+	return uninstaller
 }
 
 func (k *K8sUninstaller) Log(format string, a ...interface{}) {
@@ -133,7 +146,7 @@ func (k *K8sUninstaller) Uninstall(ctx context.Context) error {
 		k.client.DeleteResourceQuota(ctx, k.params.Namespace, defaults.OperatorResourceQuota, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	}
 
-	if needsNodeInit(k.flavor.Kind) {
+	if needsNodeInit(k.flavor.Kind, k.version) {
 		k.Log("🔥 Deleting node init daemonset...")
 		k.client.DeleteDaemonSet(ctx, k.params.Namespace, defaults.NodeInitDaemonSetName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	}