diff --git a/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go b/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
index a7c6cd1ab..ee35c69f2 100644
--- a/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
+++ b/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ func ensureKubeAPIServerCommandLineArgs(c *corev1.Container) {
 		"CSINodeInfo=true", ",")
 	c.Command = extensionswebhook.EnsureStringWithPrefixContains(c.Command, "--feature-gates=",
 		"CSIDriverRegistry=true", ",")
-	c.Command = extensionswebhook.EnsureStringWithPrefixContains(c.Command, "--feature-gates=",
-		"KubeletPluginsWatcher=true", ",")
 }
 
 func ensureKubeControllerManagerCommandLineArgs(c *corev1.Container) {
@@ -113,6 +111,5 @@ func (e *ensurer) EnsureKubeletConfiguration(ctx context.Context, kubeletConfig
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["VolumeSnapshotDataSource"] = true
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["CSINodeInfo"] = true
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["CSIDriverRegistry"] = true
-	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["KubeletPluginsWatcher"] = true
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go b/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
index d9e2c8fa8..679361f7b 100644
--- a/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
+++ b/controllers/provider-alicloud/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Ensurer", func() {
 						"VolumeSnapshotDataSource": true,
 						"CSINodeInfo":              true,
 						"CSIDriverRegistry":        true,
-						"KubeletPluginsWatcher":    true,
 					},
 				}
 			)
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@ func checkKubeAPIServerDeployment(dep *appsv1.Deployment) {
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "VolumeSnapshotDataSource=true", ","))
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "CSINodeInfo=true", ","))
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "CSIDriverRegistry=true", ","))
-	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "KubeletPluginsWatcher=true", ","))
 }
 
 func checkKubeControllerManagerDeployment(dep *appsv1.Deployment) {
diff --git a/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go b/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
index 626516976..e668c8234 100644
--- a/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
+++ b/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer.go
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ func ensureKubeAPIServerCommandLineArgs(c *corev1.Container) {
 		"CSINodeInfo=true", ",")
 	c.Command = extensionswebhook.EnsureStringWithPrefixContains(c.Command, "--feature-gates=",
 		"CSIDriverRegistry=true", ",")
-	c.Command = extensionswebhook.EnsureStringWithPrefixContains(c.Command, "--feature-gates=",
-		"KubeletPluginsWatcher=true", ",")
 }
 
 func ensureKubeControllerManagerCommandLineArgs(c *corev1.Container) {
@@ -142,6 +140,5 @@ func (e *ensurer) EnsureKubeletConfiguration(ctx context.Context, kubeletConfig
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["VolumeSnapshotDataSource"] = true
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["CSINodeInfo"] = true
 	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["CSIDriverRegistry"] = true
-	kubeletConfig.FeatureGates["KubeletPluginsWatcher"] = true
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go b/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
index cfbc0f3b0..299a24724 100644
--- a/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
+++ b/controllers/provider-packet/pkg/webhook/controlplane/ensurer_test.go
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Ensurer", func() {
 						"VolumeSnapshotDataSource": true,
 						"CSINodeInfo":              true,
 						"CSIDriverRegistry":        true,
-						"KubeletPluginsWatcher":    true,
 					},
 				}
 			)
@@ -280,7 +279,6 @@ func checkKubeAPIServerDeployment(dep *appsv1.Deployment, annotations map[string
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "VolumeSnapshotDataSource=true", ","))
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "CSINodeInfo=true", ","))
 	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "CSIDriverRegistry=true", ","))
-	Expect(c.Command).To(test.ContainElementWithPrefixContaining("--feature-gates=", "KubeletPluginsWatcher=true", ","))
 
 	// Check that the Pod template contains all needed checksum annotations
 	Expect(dep.Spec.Template.Annotations).To(Equal(annotations))