diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/multus/templates/multus-daemonset.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/multus/templates/multus-daemonset.yml.j2
index 9f8c3a1fe..de1f5e99d 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/multus/templates/multus-daemonset.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/multus/templates/multus-daemonset.yml.j2
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ spec:
         - "--multus-conf-file={{ multus_conf_file }}"
         - "--multus-kubeconfig-file-host={{ multus_kubeconfig_file_host }}"
         - "--cni-version={{ multus_cni_version }}"
-{% if container_manager == 'crio' %}
-        - "--restart-crio=true"
-{% endif %}
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: "100m"