diff --git a/kola/tests/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/kola/tests/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 9aa00aca8..68b582870 100644
--- a/kola/tests/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/kola/tests/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -54,12 +54,8 @@ var (
 					_ = c.MustSSH(controller, "/opt/bin/cilium uninstall")
 					version := params["CiliumVersion"].(string)
 					cidr := params["PodSubnet"].(string)
-					cmd := fmt.Sprintf("/opt/bin/cilium install --config enable-endpoint-routes=true --config cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr=%s --version=%s --encryption=ipsec --wait=false --restart-unmanaged-pods=false --rollback=false", cidr, version)
-					_, _ = c.SSH(controller, cmd)
-					patch := `/opt/bin/kubectl --namespace kube-system patch daemonset/cilium -p '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"cilium-agent","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}],"initContainers":[{"name":"mount-cgroup","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"apply-sysctl-overwrites","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"clean-cilium-state","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}]}}}}'`
-					_ = c.MustSSH(controller, patch)
-					status := "/opt/bin/cilium status --wait --wait-duration 1m"
-					_ = c.MustSSH(controller, status)
+					cmd := fmt.Sprintf("/opt/bin/cilium install --config enable-endpoint-routes=true --config cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr=%s --version=%s --encryption=ipsec --wait --wait-duration 1m", cidr, version)
+					_ = c.MustSSH(controller, cmd)
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/kola/tests/kubeadm/templates.go b/kola/tests/kubeadm/templates.go
index 45da1c44c..f54cfa990 100644
--- a/kola/tests/kubeadm/templates.go
+++ b/kola/tests/kubeadm/templates.go
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ EOF
         --config enable-endpoint-routes=true \
         --config cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr={{ .PodSubnet }} \
         --version={{ .CiliumVersion }} 2>&1 | iconv --from-code utf-8 --to-code ascii//TRANSLIT
-    kubectl --namespace kube-system patch daemonset/cilium -p '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"cilium-agent","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}],"initContainers":[{"name":"mount-cgroup","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"apply-sysctl-overwrites","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"clean-cilium-state","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}]}}}}'
     # --wait will wait for status to report success
     /opt/bin/cilium status --wait 2>&1 | iconv --from-code utf-8 --to-code ascii//TRANSLIT
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/kola/tests/kubeadm/testdata/master-cilium-script.sh b/kola/tests/kubeadm/testdata/master-cilium-script.sh
index 7964f8930..72c099e77 100644
--- a/kola/tests/kubeadm/testdata/master-cilium-script.sh
+++ b/kola/tests/kubeadm/testdata/master-cilium-script.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ EOF
         --config enable-endpoint-routes=true \
         --config cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr=192.168.0.0/17 \
         --version=v0.11.1 2>&1 | iconv --from-code utf-8 --to-code ascii//TRANSLIT
-    kubectl --namespace kube-system patch daemonset/cilium -p '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"cilium-agent","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}],"initContainers":[{"name":"mount-cgroup","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"apply-sysctl-overwrites","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}},{"name":"clean-cilium-state","securityContext":{"seLinuxOptions":{"level":"s0","type":"unconfined_t"}}}]}}}}'
     # --wait will wait for status to report success
     /opt/bin/cilium status --wait 2>&1 | iconv --from-code utf-8 --to-code ascii//TRANSLIT