diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 5f0070536816c814daa23b6b997591045b307940..1bbd1850e10da9dadef3a71b3c7d20b26468816e 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ calico_typha_version: "v3.13.2"
 typha_enabled: false
 
 flannel_version: "v0.12.0"
-flannel_cni_version: "v0.3.0"
 
 cni_version: "v0.8.5"
 
@@ -463,8 +462,6 @@ etcd_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/coreos/etcd"
 etcd_image_tag: "{{ etcd_version }}{%- if image_arch != 'amd64' -%}-{{ image_arch }}{%- endif -%}"
 flannel_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/coreos/flannel"
 flannel_image_tag: "{{ flannel_version }}"
-flannel_cni_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/coreos/flannel-cni"
-flannel_cni_image_tag: "{{ flannel_cni_version }}"
 calico_node_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/calico/node"
 calico_node_image_tag: "{{ calico_version }}"
 calico_cni_image_repo: "{{ docker_image_repo }}/calico/cni"
@@ -757,15 +754,6 @@ downloads:
     groups:
       - k8s-cluster
 
-  flannel_cni:
-    enabled: "{{ kube_network_plugin == 'flannel' }}"
-    container: true
-    repo: "{{ flannel_cni_image_repo }}"
-    tag: "{{ flannel_cni_image_tag }}"
-    sha256: "{{ flannel_cni_digest_checksum|default(None) }}"
-    groups:
-      - k8s-cluster
-
   calicoctl:
     enabled: "{{ kube_network_plugin == 'calico' or kube_network_plugin == 'canal' }}"
     file: true
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/flannel/templates/cni-flannel.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/flannel/templates/cni-flannel.yml.j2
index fb84d4358bceeaca65eba5be88153a115bfa2a02..da76ff650e5aa447906f6e2a80e666a31fb50e05 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/flannel/templates/cni-flannel.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/flannel/templates/cni-flannel.yml.j2
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
                       - amd64
       initContainers:
       - name: install-cni
-        image: {{ flannel_cni_image_repo }}:{{ flannel_cni_image_tag }}
+        image: {{ flannel_image_repo }}:{{ flannel_image_tag }}
         command:
         - cp
         args: