diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
index 6769c5318a9..27d64885c45 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
     get_mime: no
   register: kubeadm_already_run
 
-- name: kubeadm | Delete old admin.conf
-  file:
-    path: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/admin.conf"
-    state: absent
-  when:
-    - not kubeadm_already_run.stat.exists
-
 - name: kubeadm | aggregate all SANs
   set_fact:
     apiserver_sans: "{{ (sans_base + groups['kube-master'] + sans_lb + sans_lb_ip + sans_supp + sans_access_ip + sans_ip + sans_address + sans_override + sans_hostname + sans_fqdn) | unique }}"