diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deployments.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deployments.go
index 69bfee378af2..9d32f8c56dfe 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deployments.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deployments.go
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ func (i *CommandInitOption) makeKarmadaControllerManagerDeployment() *appsv1.Dep
 				Operator: corev1.TolerationOpExists,
 			},
 		},
-		ServiceAccountName:           controllerManagerDeploymentAndServiceName,
 		AutomountServiceAccountToken: pointer.Bool(false),
 	}