diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index 092a06ae4762..5b887efc6caa 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -488,9 +488,10 @@ func validateNetworkConfiguration(serverConfig server.Config) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to validate cluster-dns")
 	}
 
-	if (serverConfig.ControlConfig.FlannelBackend != "none" || serverConfig.ControlConfig.DisableNPC == false) && (dualCluster || dualService) {
-		return errors.New("flannel CNI and network policy enforcement are not compatible with dual-stack operation; server must be restarted with --flannel-backend=none --disable-network-policy and an alternative CNI plugin deployed")
+	if (serverConfig.ControlConfig.DisableNPC == false) && (dualCluster || dualService) {
+		return errors.New("network policy enforcement is not compatible with dual-stack operation; server must be restarted with --disable-network-policy")
 	}
+
 	if dualDNS == true {
 		return errors.New("dual-stack cluster-dns is not supported")
 	}