diff --git a/pkg/scripts/os_amzn.go b/pkg/scripts/os_amzn.go
index e193f7440..6e692f760 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/os_amzn.go
+++ b/pkg/scripts/os_amzn.go
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 {{ if .CONFIGURE_REPOSITORIES }}
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -62,10 +53,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{ .KUBERNETES_MAJOR_MINOR }}/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 {{ end }}
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/os_centos.go b/pkg/scripts/os_centos.go
index 06c410a4d..ec2629ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/os_centos.go
+++ b/pkg/scripts/os_centos.go
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 {{ if .CONFIGURE_REPOSITORIES }}
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -68,10 +59,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 {{ end }}
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-force.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-force.golden
index f42235b27..ff87a8592 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-force.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-force.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-overwrite_registry.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-overwrite_registry.golden
index 18232c383..f1b03f998 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-overwrite_registry.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-overwrite_registry.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-proxy.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-proxy.golden
index 842b65269..fc4ce4359 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-proxy.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-proxy.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-v1.26.0.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-v1.26.0.golden
index f42235b27..ff87a8592 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-v1.26.0.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-v1.26.0.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_cilium.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_cilium.golden
index 8120bff12..4c1e52e6e 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_cilium.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_cilium.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd.golden
index 8120bff12..4c1e52e6e 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
index 8c154032e..e2c81e816 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmAmazonLinux-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-cilium_cluster.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-cilium_cluster.golden
index a3999df56..827fccf4f 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-cilium_cluster.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-cilium_cluster.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-nutanix_cluster.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-nutanix_cluster.golden
index e141d328a..0235be672 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-nutanix_cluster.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-nutanix_cluster.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd.golden
index a3999df56..827fccf4f 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
index 92ba5c520..e287a1ffa 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestKubeadmCentOS-with_containerd_with_insecure_registry.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNIAmazonLinux.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNIAmazonLinux.golden
index f0874c02a..5af9e83fa 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNIAmazonLinux.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNIAmazonLinux.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNICentOS.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNICentOS.golden
index fd6227df5..df958cf13 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNICentOS.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeadmAndCNICentOS.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlAmazonLinux.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlAmazonLinux.golden
index cd8e776cf..055bbbf54 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlAmazonLinux.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlAmazonLinux.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -71,10 +62,11 @@ gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.26/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
 EOF
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \
diff --git a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlCentOS.golden b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlCentOS.golden
index c53b93217..c0a1f77fa 100644
--- a/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlCentOS.golden
+++ b/pkg/scripts/testdata/TestUpgradeKubeletAndKubectlCentOS.golden
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ echo -n "${yum_proxy}" >> /tmp/yum.conf
 sudo mv /tmp/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 
 
-# Rebuilding the yum cache is required upon migrating from the legacy to the community-owned
-# repositories, otherwise, yum will fail to upgrade the packages because it's trying to
-# use old revisions (e.g. 1.27.0-0 instead of 1.27.5-150500.1.1).
-repo_migration_needed=false
-
-if sudo grep -q "packages.cloud.google.com" /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo; then
-  repo_migration_needed=true
-fi
-
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]
 name=Kubernetes
@@ -77,10 +68,11 @@ if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [ "$VERSION_ID" == "8" ]; then
 	sudo sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 fi
 
-if [[ $repo_migration_needed == "true" ]]; then
-  sudo yum clean all
-  sudo yum makecache
-fi
+# We must clean 'yum' cache upon changing the package repository
+# because older 'yum' versions (e.g. CentOS and Amazon Linux 2)
+# don't detect the change otherwise.
+sudo yum clean all
+sudo yum makecache
 
 
 sudo yum install -y \