diff --git a/kustomize/v1beta1/default/cluster-template.yaml b/kustomize/v1beta1/default/cluster-template.yaml
index ae7db083cf..d27f558a31 100644
--- a/kustomize/v1beta1/default/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/v1beta1/default/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ spec:
           cloud-provider: external
           provider-id: "openstack:///'{{ instance_id }}'"
     clusterConfiguration:
-      apiServer:
-        extraArgs:
-          cloud-provider: external
       controllerManager:
         extraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-flatcar-sysext.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-flatcar-sysext.yaml
index ec33bdeff2..a02289a09c 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-flatcar-sysext.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-flatcar-sysext.yaml
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
     clusterConfiguration:
-      apiServer:
-        extraArgs:
-          cloud-provider: external
       controllerManager:
         extraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-flatcar.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-flatcar.yaml
index 4282265943..bc48e49971 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-flatcar.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-flatcar.yaml
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
     clusterConfiguration:
-      apiServer:
-        extraArgs:
-          cloud-provider: external
       controllerManager:
         extraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-without-lb.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-without-lb.yaml
index 6dbf7a72d1..d6bf52a055 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-without-lb.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-without-lb.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
     clusterConfiguration:
-      apiServer:
-        extraArgs:
-          cloud-provider: external
       controllerManager:
         extraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template.yaml b/templates/cluster-template.yaml
index 3508d37e26..d419a7c3f8 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
     clusterConfiguration:
-      apiServer:
-        extraArgs:
-          cloud-provider: external
       controllerManager:
         extraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
diff --git a/templates/clusterclass-dev-test.yaml b/templates/clusterclass-dev-test.yaml
index e4181b24ec..345eb80ef1 100644
--- a/templates/clusterclass-dev-test.yaml
+++ b/templates/clusterclass-dev-test.yaml
@@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       kubeadmConfigSpec:
         clusterConfiguration:
-          apiServer:
-            extraArgs:
-              cloud-provider: external
           controllerManager:
             extraArgs:
               cloud-provider: external