diff --git a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
index 9ac6a6dc1..419d6dc15 100644
--- a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
+++ b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ func generateImageCredentialProviderConfig(ecrCredentialProviderBinPath string)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		k8sconfigv1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 		cfg = &k8sconfigv1alpha1.CredentialProviderConfig{
 			Providers: []k8sconfigv1alpha1.CredentialProvider{
 				{