diff --git a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
index 9e78cd0f3..70bf74f52 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/k8s.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type command struct {
 	Command []string `json:"command,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func StartK8S(ctx context.Context, serviceCIDR string, embeddedEtcd bool) error {
+func StartK8S(ctx context.Context, serviceCIDR string) error {
 	serviceCIDRArg := fmt.Sprintf("--service-cluster-ip-range=%s", serviceCIDR)
 	eg := &errgroup.Group{}