diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/bootstrap/roles/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/bootstrap/roles/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
index 8b143e393..9415a6a10 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/bootstrap/roles/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/bootstrap/roles/bringup-essential-services/tasks/bringup_kubemaster.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #   - Update iptables
 #   - Create daemon.json for insecure unified registry if applicable
 #   - Create manifest directory
-#   - Set up pods cgroups for minimal set of controllers
 #   - Enable kubelet service (with default/custom registry)
 #   - Run kubeadm init
 #   - Prepare admin.conf
@@ -97,43 +96,6 @@
 
   when: k8s_pki_files is defined
 
-- name: Create kubelet cgroup for minimal set
-  file:
-    path: "{{ cgroup_root }}/{{ item }}/{{ k8s_cgroup_name }}"
-    state: directory
-    recurse: yes
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0700
-  with_items:
-    - cpuset
-    - cpu
-    - cpuacct
-    - memory
-    - systemd
-
-- name: Get default k8s cpuset
-  command: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/online
-  register: k8s_cpuset
-
-- name: Get default k8s nodeset
-  command: cat /sys/devices/system/node/online
-  register: k8s_nodeset
-
-- name: Set mems for cpuset controller
-  shell: "echo {{ k8s_nodeset.stdout_lines[0] }} > {{ cgroup_root }}/cpuset/{{ k8s_cgroup_name }}/cpuset.mems || :"
-
-- name: Set cpus for cpuset controller
-  shell: "echo {{ k8s_cpuset.stdout_lines[0] }} > {{ cgroup_root }}/cpuset/{{ k8s_cgroup_name }}/cpuset.cpus || :"
-
-- name: Create a tasks file for cpuset controller
-  file:
-    path: "{{ cgroup_root }}/cpuset/{{ k8s_cgroup_name }}/tasks"
-    state: touch
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0644
-
 - name: Set kubelet node configuration
   set_fact:
     node_ip: "{{ controller_0_cluster_host }}"