diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha1.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha1.yaml.j2
index 254b8e71a332ece9bf9a07de03939462b5b3d795..17e891e0426f095c70b28c6f92555c0cae58fd7f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha1.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha1.yaml.j2
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ apiServerExtraArgs:
 {% if kube_version is version('v1.9', '>=') %}
   endpoint-reconciler-type: lease
 {% endif %}
-  storage-backend: etcd3
 {% if etcd_events_cluster_enabled %}
   etcd-servers-overrides: "/events#{{ etcd_events_access_addresses }}"
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
index c5699044838181c8a0628b56e94fdacba70f96ab..d133bc14efacacbfa6c86906b3888b616ad26c01 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha2.yaml.j2
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ apiServerExtraArgs:
 {% if kube_version is version('v1.9', '>=') %}
   endpoint-reconciler-type: lease
 {% endif %}
-  storage-backend: etcd3
 {% if etcd_events_cluster_enabled %}
   etcd-servers-overrides: "/events#{{ etcd_events_access_addresses }}"
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha3.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha3.yaml.j2
index 502eff39fe31414aa08b6480f1b0b8fdbc92490d..84849242b1f766e91c8c0da295cab5d215fbc9db 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha3.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1alpha3.yaml.j2
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ apiServerExtraArgs:
 {% if kube_version is version('v1.9', '>=') %}
   endpoint-reconciler-type: lease
 {% endif %}
-  storage-backend: etcd3
 {% if etcd_events_cluster_enabled %}
   etcd-servers-overrides: "/events#{{ etcd_events_access_addresses }}"
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
index 45153ae9ceefcf39e5f34a10423d611488100ed2..ee638d5546ee6f55f6404b84c0b067882b94e066 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/kubeadm-config.v1beta1.yaml.j2
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ apiServer:
 {% if kube_version is version('v1.9', '>=') %}
     endpoint-reconciler-type: lease
 {% endif %}
-    storage-backend: etcd3
 {% if etcd_events_cluster_enabled %}
     etcd-servers-overrides: "/events#{{ etcd_events_access_addresses }}"
 {% endif %}