From 37be4741e1e5d32ee02f3bf565d7b10c4ad80cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Gardiner Myers <jgmyers@proofpoint.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 06:11:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] hack/update-expected.sh

---
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_0.txt    |  22 ---
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_1.txt    |  22 ---
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_2.txt    |  22 ---
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_3.txt    |   7 -
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_4.txt    |   7 -
 pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_5.txt    |   7 -
 ...rs.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data | 131 -----------------
 ...es.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data |  27 ----
 ...r.apiservers.minimal.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 119 ---------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...ters.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...odes.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...rity-expander-custom.example.com_user_data | 122 ----------------
 ...rity-expander-custom.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...rity-expander-custom.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...rity-expander-custom.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...as-priority-expander.example.com_user_data | 122 ----------------
 ...as-priority-expander.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...as-priority-expander.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...as-priority-expander.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.complex.example.com_user_data | 130 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.complex.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...-1a.masters.compress.example.com_user_data |   2 -
 ...plate_nodes.compress.example.com_user_data |   2 -
 ...a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ate_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ate_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...-test-1a.masters.123.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...h_template_nodes.123.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...st-1a.masters.docker.example.com_user_data | 127 ----------------
 ...emplate_nodes.docker.example.com_user_data |  27 ----
 ...masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.existing-iam.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...a.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...b.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...c.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ate_nodes.existingsg.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...a.masters.externallb.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ate_nodes.externallb.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...ers.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...des.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...s-test-1a.masters.ha.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...s-test-1b.masters.ha.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...s-test-1c.masters.ha.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ch_template_nodes.ha.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t1-a-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...t1-b-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...t1-c-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...odes-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...odes-default.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...-machinetype.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 127 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  27 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...1-a-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data | 116 ---------------
 ...des-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 131 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  27 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 128 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 128 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 128 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 123 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 128 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data | 136 ------------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 130 -----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data | 122 ----------------
 ...cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ...ers.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...des.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 117 ---------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  24 ----
 ...minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...mal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...mal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...y-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...y-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...y-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...y-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...mal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...mal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data | 115 ---------------
 ...gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data |  24 ----
 ...est-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data |  26 ----
 ...est-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data |  26 ----
 .../data/hcloud_server_master-fsn1_user_data  | 113 ---------------
 .../data/hcloud_server_nodes-fsn1_user_data   |  23 ---
 ...ce_server_control-plane-fr-par-1_user_data | 113 ---------------
 ...y_instance_server_nodes-fr-par-1_user_data |  23 ---
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...sters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...ssor.longclustername.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ssor.longclustername.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...ssor.longclustername.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...ssor.longclustername.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...rs.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...es.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...rivate-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...rivate-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...asters.privatecalico.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ..._nodes.privatecalico.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.privatecanal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.privatecanal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...asters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ..._nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...asters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ..._nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...asters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ..._nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...rivateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data | 128 -----------------
 ...rivateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ....masters.privatedns1.example.com_user_data | 119 ---------------
 ...te_nodes.privatedns1.example.com_user_data |  25 ----
 ....masters.privatedns2.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...te_nodes.privatedns2.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...sters.privateflannel.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...nodes.privateflannel.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...asters.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ..._nodes.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 125 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...1a.masters.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...late_nodes.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data | 126 ----------------
 ...e_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...1a.masters.unmanaged.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...late_nodes.unmanaged.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 ...t-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data | 124 ----------------
 ...mplate_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data |  26 ----
 183 files changed, 13367 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_0.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_0.txt
index a237bbabbc..3c9200430a 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_0.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_0.txt
@@ -138,28 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    image: gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v3.1.11
-    version: 3.1.11
-  main:
-    version: 3.1.11
-kubeAPIServer:
-  image: CoreOS
-kubeControllerManager:
-  cloudProvider: aws
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: SomeImage
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-masterKubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.cfg
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_1.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_1.txt
index 4193ea162d..1df1be5e0a 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_1.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_1.txt
@@ -138,28 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    image: gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v3.1.11
-    version: 3.1.11
-  main:
-    version: 3.1.11
-kubeAPIServer:
-  image: CoreOS
-kubeControllerManager:
-  cloudProvider: aws
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: SomeImage
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-masterKubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.cfg
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_2.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_2.txt
index 4193ea162d..1df1be5e0a 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_2.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_2.txt
@@ -138,28 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    image: gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v3.1.11
-    version: 3.1.11
-  main:
-    version: 3.1.11
-kubeAPIServer:
-  image: CoreOS
-kubeControllerManager:
-  cloudProvider: aws
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: SomeImage
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-masterKubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.cfg
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_3.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_3.txt
index 6d8de67de7..d855ef5973 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_3.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_3.txt
@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_4.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_4.txt
index 3c33e6b2ac..79210b7301 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_4.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_4.txt
@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_5.txt b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_5.txt
index 3c33e6b2ac..79210b7301 100644
--- a/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_5.txt
+++ b/pkg/model/tests/data/bootstrapscript_5.txt
@@ -138,13 +138,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig: null
-kubelet:
-  kubeconfigPath: /etc/kubernetes/config.txt
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 InstanceGroupName: testIG
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
index ce78180fef..96c8040603 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,137 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.23.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.additionalobjects.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.additionalobjects.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: additionalobjects.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  enableLeaderMigration: true
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: additionalobjects.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
index c529ed6b1c..55d2219f98 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/additionalobjects/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.additionalobjects.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,33 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: additionalobjects.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_apiserver.apiservers.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_apiserver.apiservers.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 10683da840..1a67c7d949 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_apiserver.apiservers.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_apiserver.apiservers.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index fba0ac3489..d24eb03ead 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,125 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.27.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 74303766ae..cfce95e41d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/apiservernodes/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 69ec3e36a9..8a014d2797 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/aws-lb-controller/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
index 75b1e2c8c8..53ba021117 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.bastionuserdata.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.bastionuserdata.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: bastionuserdata.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: bastionuserdata.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
index fb04741173..0647c13bc2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/bastionadditional_user-data/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.bastionuserdata.example.com_user_data
@@ -131,32 +131,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: bastionuserdata.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
index aba6861251..f543a9183a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,128 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
index 434ac8dfe4..d59a9cf5d7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
index aca0123d2d..f643fb04e9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
index ed497a591b..7b159354bc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander-custom.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
index 29a5b7c6a4..c296466970 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,128 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.cas-priority-expander.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.cas-priority-expander.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: cas-priority-expander.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0-alpha.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
index ab58b87ddf..4294974600 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-high-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
index bfd4a7ccc1..5af5144544 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes-low-priority.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
index 28801e8348..d675b3df3a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/cluster-autoscaler-priority-expander/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.cas-priority-expander.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: cas-priority-expander.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.complex.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.complex.example.com_user_data
index 4f45144328..b444445055 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.complex.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.complex.example.com_user_data
@@ -131,136 +131,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  auditWebhookBatchThrottleQps: 3140m
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  cpuLimit: 500m
-  cpuRequest: 200m
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  memoryLimit: 1000Mi
-  memoryRequest: 800Mi
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.complex.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.complex.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  serviceNodePortRange: 28000-32767
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: complex.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: complex.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.complex.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.complex.example.com_user_data
index a7e2653ab5..079fb22a47 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.complex.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.complex.example.com_user_data
@@ -131,32 +131,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: complex.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.compress.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.compress.example.com_user_data
index 0a06d23c09..cb7116fbce 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.compress.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.compress.example.com_user_data
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-echo "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" | base64 -d | gzip -d > conf/cluster_spec.yaml
-
 echo "H4sIAAAAAAAA/2zOwUrEMBDG8XueInfpVou72oAHm4OuLmHxIHockll3IcmETNJWn16kp4L3/4/v056qO2YaLw6zkjCx0L5ywWwgoJKWQsrIvMEZQvK4sRSEpni6fA3AqGTAcGLVtnZRq7D9V+8jF4gWnzLVtKwE+LNN5aYgl+YG1tEbeVRSUyyZ/NFDRGHIYU3LkWfgs5L9NX4cGK7cNHz3+8PP+/22uxvy/Ll77XZ9NPzoXm63Y3c29kH8AgAA//8BAAD//0CCL7r3AAAA" | base64 -d | gzip -d > conf/kube_env.yaml
 
 download-release
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.compress.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.compress.example.com_user_data
index 80bd914139..38985a7c7b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.compress.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/compress/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.compress.example.com_user_data
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-echo "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" | base64 -d | gzip -d > conf/cluster_spec.yaml
-
 echo "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" | base64 -d | gzip -d > conf/kube_env.yaml
 
 download-release
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
index a393aae861..c062514c05 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.containerd.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.containerd.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: containerd.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: containerd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
index 78035746aa..1c338712fa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: containerd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
index fe885c8e9e..54c6e4a3e0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.containerd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.containerd.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.containerd.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: containerd.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: containerd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
index c08e662472..a7751dc02a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/containerd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.containerd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: containerd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.123.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.123.example.com_user_data
index 1c013a1cbc..87abeb4e1e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.123.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.123.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/123.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/123.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: 123.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: 123.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.123.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.123.example.com_user_data
index 03e0464afc..6f83a7714a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.123.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/digit/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.123.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: 123.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.docker.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.docker.example.com_user_data
index f3001a6f85..48ef856500 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.docker.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.docker.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,133 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.23.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.docker.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.docker.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: docker.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  enableLeaderMigration: true
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: docker.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.docker.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.docker.example.com_user_data
index 10e97802c5..704a251a82 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.docker.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/docker-custom/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.docker.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,33 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: docker.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
index 7bd2b9d932..6fd033702d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existing-iam.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existing-iam.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
index 9f6264c009..f20557b6cd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existing-iam.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existing-iam.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
index a7301fba7f..f8b240c507 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existing-iam.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existing-iam.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existing-iam.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existing-iam.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
index 8a14b38880..0270207488 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_iam/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existing-iam.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existing-iam.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
index ddb7890be7..c33cc22d5a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existingsg.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existingsg.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
index c380224166..9aedfdcf1d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existingsg.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existingsg.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
index 057a2f159c..0fdbbad43c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.existingsg.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.existingsg.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: existingsg.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existingsg.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existingsg.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existingsg.example.com_user_data
index 2f3c39e616..aee64f94ac 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existingsg.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/existing_sg/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.existingsg.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: existingsg.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index a1aca18f9a..f7343d6c7c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 69ec3e36a9..8a014d2797 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/external_dns_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externallb.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externallb.example.com_user_data
index 404d25b3a5..0498cbb9dd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externallb.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externallb.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.externallb.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.externallb.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: externallb.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: externallb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externallb.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externallb.example.com_user_data
index 5a840fd3d4..d831212a0e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externallb.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externallb/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externallb.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: externallb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
index 04e81362bf..a53a393a9b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  auditWebhookBatchThrottleQps: 3140m
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.externalpolicies.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.externalpolicies.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  serviceNodePortRange: 28000-32767
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: externalpolicies.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: externalpolicies.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
index 019b06dfd9..ef9bb9452c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/externalpolicies/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.externalpolicies.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: externalpolicies.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.ha.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
index 42a45679de..6ee3e57424 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: ha.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.ha.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
index 03ddb0420d..2233fbb439 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: ha.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.ha.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
index d33636b59b..75c60a7d60 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.ha.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: ha.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.ha.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.ha.example.com_user_data
index 8a2f159318..0e9937869d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.ha.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.ha.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: ha.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index e0473d9f97..e997ea11ab 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha-gce.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: ha-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-b-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-b-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index bae12741b2..a6bdcf550c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-b-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-b-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha-gce.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: ha-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-c-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-c-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 704478a606..b2376df83d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-c-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-c-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.ha-gce.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: ha-gce.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: ha-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 0771d5db0f..622008d869 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/ha_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-ha-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: ha-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 69ec3e36a9..8a014d2797 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-default.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-default.minimal.example.com_user_data
index d084ed5352..93f91be709 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-default.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-default.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-single-machinetype.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-single-machinetype.minimal.example.com_user_data
index a0796e816f..29477f5329 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-single-machinetype.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_karpenter-nodes-single-machinetype.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 46ed490013..1e53d44f3a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index aa3ba85970..fcb134e844 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/karpenter/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 2b97ba6aba..39707e2a8c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index b20392bf4e..21ac4a3329 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 0c7b61f3c4..88b74e18b5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,133 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.23.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 2653e7da1e..de1e7ba9de 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,33 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 02c3d6cf8b..4454b3bc04 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 6a40ef687e..11a346d329 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index b14aef0d57..1cf85d19e1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index e2a649e928..799e245628 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 97f01f06e2..45f6e20acb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 169.254.20.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 169.254.20.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 90bcf6d3ec..92f230ea3a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm-irsa26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 169.254.20.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index d9e72eb1a9..20b3b9e065 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index b20392bf4e..21ac4a3329 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-ccm/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 03b006db21..3b2e71a43f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,122 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
index aad7fdb84e..73f46bb4fa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons-gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index d9e72eb1a9..20b3b9e065 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  enableAggregatorRouting: true
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 172.20.0.0/19
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 172.20.128.0/17
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index b20392bf4e..21ac4a3329 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/many-addons/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 172.20.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 0s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 76e8f266d8..12c6b27840 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,137 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.23.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  enableLeaderMigration: true
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.23.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 4f3ede79f7..f80b02af83 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.23/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,33 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: aws
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  networkPluginName: cni
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index bced220759..c499bcf5c1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,134 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.3
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.3
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.3
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 6af126464d..058508faf6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.24/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index a1928d67ea..5d6583ee69 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,134 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0-rc.1
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index b84409d0b5..09f8b14bb1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.25/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 605bccc04c..d04d1d5c0d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,134 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index cbd781d9dc..38552205cc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.26/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 1528aa7afa..d95402905c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,129 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.27.2
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.27.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.27.2
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 89deacb6fc..0867c7fc67 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index e2d379fa14..183b593510 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,134 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0-alpha.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 3fe45dd5c5..3dd81cee32 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-dns-none/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
index 663f2c52f6..ebdb94ab3c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,142 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    etcdMembers:
-    - name: us-test-1a
-      volumeSize: 20
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 30
-      env:
-      - name: ETCD_MANAGER_HOURLY_BACKUPS_RETENTION
-        value: 1d
-      image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-etcdadm/etcd:v20210430-v0.1.3-739-g7da12acc
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    etcdMembers:
-    - name: us-test-1a
-      volumeSize: 20
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-      image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-etcdadm/etcd:v20210430-v0.1.3-739-g7da12acc
-      logLevel: 10
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-etcd.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-etcd.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-etcd.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-etcd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
index 3946102566..b32446b8c5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-etcd/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-etcd.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-etcd.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ea13d3c3c1..f7343d6c7c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,136 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    etcdMembers:
-    - name: us-test-1a
-      volumeSize: 20
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    etcdMembers:
-    - name: us-test-1a
-      volumeSize: 50
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-gp3/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index f79242ab95..e0d9bc2de1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: '::'
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: fd00:5e4f:ce::/108
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: false
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  controllers:
-  - '*'
-  - -nodeipam
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index d959362069..6c5b7bf24d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-calico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index d6a37d4cf6..0e1b77fd9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: '::'
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: fd00:5e4f:ce::/108
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: false
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  controllers:
-  - '*'
-  - -nodeipam
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index 3b2b2609a8..c1ed77764b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-cilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index 583a8642e8..bdc58e0370 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: '::'
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: fd00:5e4f:ce::/108
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: false
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  controllers:
-  - '*'
-  - -nodeipam
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index bb953bd7aa..b4cab2da22 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6-no-subnet-prefix/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index 583a8642e8..bdc58e0370 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: '::'
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: fd00:5e4f:ce::/108
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: false
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  controllers:
-  - '*'
-  - -nodeipam
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index bb953bd7aa..b4cab2da22 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 10f5dc0df0..aa2e3b45c8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,128 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 380d072702..32758d62c8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-longclustername/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: this.is.truly.a.really.really.long.cluster-name.minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
index e5024fe03f..dbc73bc1c7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-warmpool.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-warmpool.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-warmpool.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-warmpool.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
index eb096499c3..73eb9f9377 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-warmpool/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-warmpool.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-warmpool.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 049d1927f8..0356c3ef3d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,123 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.27.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 29333f3f55..e9663f8fa8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,30 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index e76f2d3d84..8de53a003f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index b4f8f17ae8..cef2a03e5e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 27b1bd3e92..80470f72bc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
index abe28d68d3..af2a5c6a3c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_dns-none/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
index f259f3fa01..8fffd7ea29 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-ilb.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-ilb.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce-ilb.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-ilb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 80b139b313..d5ec4509cd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-ilb-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-ilb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
index e21c597316..6266b28a55 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 0cd2d482e3..2cfbd55440 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_ilb_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 684e1b206a..dd4e11b113 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 0cd2d482e3..2cfbd55440 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_longclustername/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-with-a-very-very-very-very-very-long-name.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
index d9ec20f8ba..d030fd0203 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-plb.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-plb.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce-plb.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-plb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
index d926c8dfca..234b1b84e3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_plb/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-plb-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-plb.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 1e094e59aa..e33f1116f9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_master-us-test1-a-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,121 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-private.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-gce-private.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal-gce-private.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-private.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
index 307fc1aab6..5a8933ce38 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gce_private/data/google_compute_instance_template_nodes-minimal-gce-private-example-com_metadata_user-data
@@ -121,30 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  hairpinMode: promiscuous-bridge
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: gce
 ClusterName: minimal-gce-private.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
index bafd265e2c..e2ca235b30 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.k8s.local
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.k8s.local/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.k8s.local
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
index 1e60d94310..809e34d919 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
index 90cbf988c0..3b29ddde2f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.k8s.local
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
index 1e60d94310..809e34d919 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_gossip_irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.k8s.local_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_master-fsn1_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_master-fsn1_user_data
index 9c81a47adf..75bd335977 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_master-fsn1_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_master-fsn1_user_data
@@ -122,119 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: hetzner
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_nodes-fsn1_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_nodes-fsn1_user_data
index 589a4a3289..66a48d0d4d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_nodes-fsn1_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_hetzner/data/hcloud_server_nodes-fsn1_user_data
@@ -121,29 +121,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: hetzner
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_control-plane-fr-par-1_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_control-plane-fr-par-1_user_data
index 069867d7be..397cae3f34 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_control-plane-fr-par-1_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_control-plane-fr-par-1_user_data
@@ -124,119 +124,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    cpuRequest: 100m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    cpuRequest: 200m
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    memoryRequest: 100Mi
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: Node,RBAC
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.5
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.scw-minimal.k8s.local
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.scw-minimal.k8s.local/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: scw-minimal.k8s.local
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.5
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.5
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: scaleway
 ClusterName: scw-minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_nodes-fr-par-1_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_nodes-fr-par-1_user_data
index 5733aa7836..17798960fd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_nodes-fr-par-1_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal_scaleway/data/scaleway_instance_server_nodes-fr-par-1_user_data
@@ -124,29 +124,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: scaleway
 ClusterName: scw-minimal.k8s.local
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index d2c8719e2f..476fd470a9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 0c4532ebbb..955759b1f0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 9ad0c5fbc6..b9355bfb4b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 9fc9bd098d..c5042afb55 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index d2c8719e2f..476fd470a9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 0c4532ebbb..955759b1f0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1b.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 9ad0c5fbc6..b9355bfb4b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1c.masters.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 3
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.mixedinstances.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
index 9fc9bd098d..c5042afb55 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/mixed_instances_spot/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.mixedinstances.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: mixedinstances.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
index a79abc0f0f..c7a458bd7d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
index a956eaf485..a0dfd26b76 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor-irsa/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
index a279100588..b51d941155 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
index a956eaf485..a0dfd26b76 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nth-imds-processor/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: nthimdsprocessor.longclustername.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 1cfe57a060..185a045c23 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index a99b5a1c78..181cc602c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/nvidia/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
index b3a962998c..03c22f9b64 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.private-shared-ip.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.private-shared-ip.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: private-shared-ip.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: private-shared-ip.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
index a4cc7f2c46..fecf480ee6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-ip/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-ip.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: private-shared-ip.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
index 09c48385a7..f262b262b2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.private-shared-subnet.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.private-shared-subnet.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: private-shared-subnet.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: private-shared-subnet.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
index 113078cbfb..ec328ed3aa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/private-shared-subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.private-shared-subnet.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: private-shared-subnet.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecalico.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
index c903dfb964..e53d5acaf4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatecalico.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatecalico.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatecalico.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecalico.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecalico.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
index e19e26b989..1a213b4928 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecalico/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecalico.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecalico.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecanal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
index 139561e07d..b8937002f9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatecanal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatecanal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatecanal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecanal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecanal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
index df1b9dd5ee..5629d6fc1b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecanal/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecanal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecanal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index 1c42f82c7f..3f403688fb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatecilium.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index 92b6115295..24826be2bf 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium-eni/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index 08f8f79372..3121dca42a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatecilium.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index b018869ca3..056c1654bb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index 50e58cc0ab..4edbaa7f11 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatecilium.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatecilium.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
index cb6f1c7177..3d6e0c27da 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatecilium2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatecilium.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatecilium.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
index 3360b2ef07..268aa424c4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,134 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  cilium:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privateciliumadvanced.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privateciliumadvanced.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privateciliumadvanced.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privateciliumadvanced.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
index c874eb03ee..04e38c57fd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateciliumadvanced/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateciliumadvanced.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privateciliumadvanced.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns1.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
index 5dfe2e7037..124a940928 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,125 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.27.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatedns1.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatedns1.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatedns1.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.27.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatedns1.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns1.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
index 045974974b..15d4fe41a6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns1/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns1.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatedns1.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns2.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
index 860662c749..8e326207d7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatedns2.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatedns2.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatedns2.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatedns2.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns2.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
index 405823661b..05bf62d57c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatedns2/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatedns2.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatedns2.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateflannel.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
index 6726ded0dd..cba30b1ceb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privateflannel.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privateflannel.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privateflannel.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privateflannel.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateflannel.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
index d4e74a98c1..b734dc2e07 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privateflannel/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privateflannel.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privateflannel.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
index ac32b6b1ab..5b869ba529 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.privatekopeio.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.privatekopeio.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: privatekopeio.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatekopeio.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
index a712f427aa..068083f98b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/privatekopeio/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.privatekopeio.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: privatekopeio.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index e064ff0665..23b4223345 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,131 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-    ServiceAccountIssuerDiscovery: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.24.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.24.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 92118dcc1a..59e438c80e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/public-jwks-apiserver/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
index c2b1184d7f..66269010ce 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.sharedsubnet.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.sharedsubnet.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: sharedsubnet.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: sharedsubnet.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
index 5eea83f1af..809d742e92 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_subnet/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedsubnet.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: sharedsubnet.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
index d265e83533..24ece8b11c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.sharedvpc.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.sharedvpc.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: sharedvpc.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: sharedvpc.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
index b8266ddc43..86d572f47c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.sharedvpc.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: sharedvpc.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index 583a8642e8..bdc58e0370 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,132 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: '::'
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.25.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.minimal-ipv6.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: fd00:5e4f:ce::/108
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: false
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  controllers:
-  - '*'
-  - -nodeipam
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
index bb953bd7aa..b4cab2da22 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/shared_vpc_ipv6/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal-ipv6.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: fd00:5e4f:ce::a
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal-ipv6.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.unmanaged.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
index 9294cd5557..78bed8a383 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://api.internal.unmanaged.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://api.internal.unmanaged.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: unmanaged.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: unmanaged.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.unmanaged.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
index aeb5137d5a..20248ed2ca 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/unmanaged/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.unmanaged.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: unmanaged.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
index 69ec3e36a9..8a014d2797 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_master-us-test-1a.masters.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,130 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-encryptionConfig: null
-etcdClusters:
-  events:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-  main:
-    manager:
-      backupRetentionDays: 90
-    version: 3.5.9
-kubeAPIServer:
-  allowPrivileged: true
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  apiAudiences:
-  - kubernetes.svc.default
-  apiServerCount: 1
-  authorizationMode: AlwaysAllow
-  bindAddress: 0.0.0.0
-  cloudProvider: external
-  enableAdmissionPlugins:
-  - NamespaceLifecycle
-  - LimitRanger
-  - ServiceAccount
-  - DefaultStorageClass
-  - DefaultTolerationSeconds
-  - MutatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - ValidatingAdmissionWebhook
-  - NodeRestriction
-  - ResourceQuota
-  etcdServers:
-  - https://127.0.0.1:4001
-  etcdServersOverrides:
-  - /events#https://127.0.0.1:4002
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.26.0
-  kubeletPreferredAddressTypes:
-  - InternalIP
-  - Hostname
-  - ExternalIP
-  logLevel: 2
-  requestheaderAllowedNames:
-  - aggregator
-  requestheaderExtraHeaderPrefixes:
-  - X-Remote-Extra-
-  requestheaderGroupHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-Group
-  requestheaderUsernameHeaders:
-  - X-Remote-User
-  securePort: 443
-  serviceAccountIssuer: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com
-  serviceAccountJWKSURI: https://discovery.example.com/minimal.example.com/openid/v1/jwks
-  serviceClusterIPRange: 100.64.0.0/13
-  storageBackend: etcd3
-kubeControllerManager:
-  allocateNodeCIDRs: true
-  attachDetachReconcileSyncPeriod: 1m0s
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
-  clusterName: minimal.example.com
-  configureCloudRoutes: false
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-  useServiceAccountCredentials: true
-kubeScheduler:
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  image: registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.26.0
-  leaderElection:
-    leaderElect: true
-  logLevel: 2
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-masterKubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data b/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
index ee16c0f7cd..0837a1ec9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/vfs-said/data/aws_launch_template_nodes.minimal.example.com_user_data
@@ -122,32 +122,6 @@ function download-release() {
 echo "== nodeup node config starting =="
 ensure-install-dir
 
-cat > conf/cluster_spec.yaml << '__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC'
-cloudConfig:
-  manageStorageClasses: true
-kubelet:
-  anonymousAuth: false
-  cgroupDriver: systemd
-  cgroupRoot: /
-  cloudProvider: external
-  clusterDNS: 100.64.0.10
-  clusterDomain: cluster.local
-  enableDebuggingHandlers: true
-  evictionHard: memory.available<100Mi,nodefs.available<10%,nodefs.inodesFree<5%,imagefs.available<10%,imagefs.inodesFree<5%
-  featureGates:
-    CSIMigrationAWS: "true"
-    InTreePluginAWSUnregister: "true"
-  kubeconfigPath: /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
-  logLevel: 2
-  podInfraContainerImage: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9
-  podManifestPath: /etc/kubernetes/manifests
-  protectKernelDefaults: true
-  registerSchedulable: true
-  shutdownGracePeriod: 30s
-  shutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 10s
-
-__EOF_CLUSTER_SPEC
-
 cat > conf/kube_env.yaml << '__EOF_KUBE_ENV'
 CloudProvider: aws
 ClusterName: minimal.example.com