diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
index 5b33e199e6f082e33a4d1ad1541a44912b119f09..d6ef52a619ffc87922ac8d15abf259bb65b76cf5 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@
     kubeadm_config_api_fqdn: "{{ apiserver_loadbalancer_domain_name|default('lb-apiserver.kubernetes.local') }}"
   when: loadbalancer_apiserver is defined
 
-- name: kubeadm | Copy etcd ca file as k8s ca
-  command: "cp -T {{ etcd_cert_dir }}/ca.pem {{ kube_config_dir }}/ssl/etcd/ca.crt"
-  changed_when: false
-
-- name: kubeadm | Copy etcd cakey as k8s cakey
-  command: "cp -T {{ etcd_cert_dir }}/ca-key.pem {{ kube_config_dir }}/ssl/etcd/ca.key"
-  changed_when: false
-
 - name: kubeadm | Create kubeadm config
   template:
     src: "kubeadm-config.{{ kubeadmConfig_api_version }}.yaml.j2"