diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index d2cc395f16d4..4507667d4ade 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ INCLUDE_ROUTER_ADVERTISER ?= y
 
 # INCLUDE_KUBERNETES - if set to y kubernetes packages are installed to be able to
 # run as worker node in kubernetes cluster.
-INCLUDE_KUBERNETES ?= y
+INCLUDE_KUBERNETES ?= n
 
 KUBE_DOCKER_PROXY = http://172.16.1.1:3128/