diff --git a/pkg/clusterapi/system.go b/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
index bed84f27fc..c99433f1ab 100644
--- a/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
+++ b/pkg/clusterapi/system.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (c *system) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				"--health-addr={{suggestHealthHostPort}}",
 				"--webhook-port={{.WebhookPort}}",
 				"--webhook-cert-dir={{.WebhookCertDir}}",
-				"--feature-gates=BootstrapFormatIgnition=true,ExternalResourceGC=true,TagUnmanagedNetworkResources=false",
+				"--feature-gates=BootstrapFormatIgnition=true,ExternalResourceGC=true,TagUnmanagedNetworkResources=false,EKS=false",
 			},
 			map[string]string{},
 		)