diff --git a/pkg/model/components/kubelet.go b/pkg/model/components/kubelet.go
index 2ed9464d3c110..e5a2fc7b1c9da 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/kubelet.go
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ func (b *KubeletOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if clusterSpec.Kubelet.ClusterDNS == "" {
-		if clusterSpec.KubeDNS != nil && clusterSpec.KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS != nil && fi.BoolValue(clusterSpec.KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS.Enabled) &&
-			((clusterSpec.KubeProxy != nil && clusterSpec.KubeProxy.ProxyMode == "ipvs") || (clusterSpec.Networking != nil && clusterSpec.Networking.Cilium != nil)) {
+		if clusterSpec.KubeDNS != nil && clusterSpec.KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS != nil && fi.BoolValue(clusterSpec.KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS.Enabled) {
 			clusterSpec.Kubelet.ClusterDNS = clusterSpec.KubeDNS.NodeLocalDNS.LocalIP
 		} else {
 			ip, err := WellKnownServiceIP(clusterSpec, 10)