diff --git a/docs/book/src/topics/machinepools.md b/docs/book/src/topics/machinepools.md
index e75c0fd278c..8f694f6cc81 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/topics/machinepools.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/topics/machinepools.md
@@ -127,5 +127,4 @@ spec:
         cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
         cloud-provider: azure
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ```
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-ephemeral.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-ephemeral.yaml
index 6d239c5470a..cdd7265d4f9 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-ephemeral.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-ephemeral.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -200,4 +199,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-external-cloud-provider.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-external-cloud-provider.yaml
index 6b9ac5352d3..a644bde4960 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-external-cloud-provider.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-external-cloud-provider.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -196,4 +195,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: external
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-ipv6.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-ipv6.yaml
index 3d8501a2580..d1e430270ff 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-ipv6.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-ipv6.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ spec:
     - echo "DNSStubListener=no" >> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
     - mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.OLD && ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
     - systemctl restart systemd-resolved
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -254,4 +253,3 @@ spec:
       - echo "DNSStubListener=no" >> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
       - mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.OLD && ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
       - systemctl restart systemd-resolved
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-system-assigned-identity.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-system-assigned-identity.yaml
index cd08c2b7f60..90c55ab75d8 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-system-assigned-identity.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-system-assigned-identity.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -192,4 +191,3 @@ spec:
         cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
         cloud-provider: azure
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-user-assigned-identity.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-user-assigned-identity.yaml
index e815e87868d..d2441273035 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-user-assigned-identity.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-user-assigned-identity.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -194,4 +193,3 @@ spec:
         cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
         cloud-provider: azure
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool.yaml
index e29e8610a47..6307769d3fe 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -191,4 +190,3 @@ spec:
         cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
         cloud-provider: azure
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-nvidia-gpu.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-nvidia-gpu.yaml
index 31d509be08f..dc9e92a7150 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-nvidia-gpu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-nvidia-gpu.yaml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ spec:
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
     postKubeadmCommands:
     - KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/master/nvidia-device-plugin.yml
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -336,4 +335,3 @@ spec:
       - apt install ubuntu-drivers-common -y
       - ubuntu-drivers install
       - apt install nvidia-container-runtime -y
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-private.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-private.yaml
index e4ef6aacd47..fb9955f6ee5 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-private.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-private.yaml
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ spec:
     - if [ -f /tmp/kubeadm-join-config.yaml ] || [ -f /run/kubeadm/kubeadm-join-config.yaml ]; then echo '127.0.0.1   apiserver.${CLUSTER_NAME}.capz.io apiserver' >> /etc/hosts; fi
     preKubeadmCommands:
     - if [ -f /tmp/kubeadm.yaml ] || [ -f /run/kubeadm/kubeadm.yaml ]; then echo '127.0.0.1   apiserver.${CLUSTER_NAME}.capz.io apiserver' >> /etc/hosts; fi
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -203,4 +202,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-system-assigned-identity.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-system-assigned-identity.yaml
index cf6cb24a500..e27187b60b9 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-system-assigned-identity.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-system-assigned-identity.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -198,4 +197,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-user-assigned-identity.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-user-assigned-identity.yaml
index 2cd2c8de204..efcf9d144c5 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-user-assigned-identity.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-user-assigned-identity.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -202,4 +201,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template.yaml b/templates/cluster-template.yaml
index 22b08f315d8..7400cf4daa4 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -196,4 +195,3 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
diff --git a/templates/flavors/base/cluster-template.yaml b/templates/flavors/base/cluster-template.yaml
index 78ea038bf43..87eb0ea49ef 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/base/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/base/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
     name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     initConfiguration:
       nodeRegistration:
         name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/flavors/default/machine-deployment.yaml b/templates/flavors/default/machine-deployment.yaml
index 2651dfe7b92..8efcda8a840 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/default/machine-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/default/machine-deployment.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
       joinConfiguration:
         nodeRegistration:
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/flavors/external-cloud-provider/patches/external-cloud-provider.yaml b/templates/flavors/external-cloud-provider/patches/external-cloud-provider.yaml
index 4c52254704d..ae8bd203ced 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/external-cloud-provider/patches/external-cloud-provider.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/external-cloud-provider/patches/external-cloud-provider.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     initConfiguration:
       nodeRegistration:
         kubeletExtraArgs:
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
       joinConfiguration:
         nodeRegistration:
           kubeletExtraArgs:
diff --git a/templates/flavors/ipv6/machine-deployment.yaml b/templates/flavors/ipv6/machine-deployment.yaml
index 7e419ce22d8..d1350fb514f 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/ipv6/machine-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/ipv6/machine-deployment.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
       postKubeadmCommands:
         # This frees up :53 on the host for the coredns pods
         - echo "DNSStubListener=no" >> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
diff --git a/templates/flavors/ipv6/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml b/templates/flavors/ipv6/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
index 2262cdbee15..eb9ceebc893 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/ipv6/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/ipv6/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     postKubeadmCommands:
       - sed -i '\#--listen-client-urls#s#$#,https://127.0.0.1:2379#' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd.yaml
       # This frees up :53 on the host for the coredns pods
diff --git a/templates/flavors/machinepool/machine-pool-deployment.yaml b/templates/flavors/machinepool/machine-pool-deployment.yaml
index c17a06556a7..104f8c0610c 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/machinepool/machine-pool-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/machinepool/machine-pool-deployment.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ kind: KubeadmConfig
 metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-mp-0"
 spec:
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   joinConfiguration:
     nodeRegistration:
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/machine-deployment.yaml b/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/machine-deployment.yaml
index 492254c35f9..e475b2491b8 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/machine-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/machine-deployment.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
       preKubeadmCommands:
         # Enable NVIDIA container runtime package repository
         - curl -sL https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/gpgkey | apt-key add -
diff --git a/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml b/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
index cf000fc0f35..823315f67a0 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/nvidia-gpu/patches/kubeadm-controlplane.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     postKubeadmCommands:
       # Install the NVIDIA device plugin for Kubernetes
       - KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/master/nvidia-device-plugin.yml
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
index f897e525383..46b62bfedf9 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ci-version.yaml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ spec:
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
     preKubeadmCommands:
     - bash -c /tmp/kubeadm-bootstrap.sh
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ spec:
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
       preKubeadmCommands:
       - bash -c /tmp/kubeadm-bootstrap.sh
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 kind: MachineHealthCheck
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ipv6.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ipv6.yaml
index 336cada0779..7e16915d141 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ipv6.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-ipv6.yaml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ spec:
     - echo "DNSStubListener=no" >> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
     - mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.OLD && ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
     - systemctl restart systemd-resolved
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -258,7 +257,6 @@ spec:
       - echo "DNSStubListener=no" >> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
       - mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.OLD && ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
       - systemctl restart systemd-resolved
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data: ${CNI_RESOURCES_IPV6}
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
index d3171aeb25b..bd92ea2582a 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ spec:
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
     preKubeadmCommands:
     - bash -c /tmp/kubeadm-bootstrap.sh
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -360,7 +359,6 @@ spec:
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
   preKubeadmCommands:
   - bash -c /tmp/kubeadm-bootstrap.sh
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data: ${CNI_RESOURCES}
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool.yaml
index 9d954a0fdbb..dcc5087d59c 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ spec:
         cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
         cloud-provider: azure
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data: ${CNI_RESOURCES}
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-nvidia-gpu.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-nvidia-gpu.yaml
index 58e88c74992..31cafd001c2 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-nvidia-gpu.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-nvidia-gpu.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ spec:
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
     postKubeadmCommands:
     - KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/master/nvidia-device-plugin.yml
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -340,7 +339,6 @@ spec:
       - apt install ubuntu-drivers-common -y
       - ubuntu-drivers install
       - apt install nvidia-container-runtime -y
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data: ${CNI_RESOURCES}
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-private.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-private.yaml
index b0844c75017..b575788882c 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-private.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow-private.yaml
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ spec:
     - if [ -f /tmp/kubeadm-join-config.yaml ] || [ -f /run/kubeadm/kubeadm-join-config.yaml ]; then echo '127.0.0.1   apiserver.${CLUSTER_NAME}.capz.io apiserver' >> /etc/hosts; fi
     preKubeadmCommands:
     - if [ -f /tmp/kubeadm.yaml ] || [ -f /run/kubeadm/kubeadm.yaml ]; then echo '127.0.0.1   apiserver.${CLUSTER_NAME}.capz.io apiserver' >> /etc/hosts; fi
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 data: ${CNI_RESOURCES}
diff --git a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow.yaml b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow.yaml
index 79633170f43..f42d6cc5eef 100644
--- a/templates/test/cluster-template-prow.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/cluster-template-prow.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
 ---
 apiVersion: cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 kind: MachineHealthCheck
diff --git a/templates/test/prow-ci-version/patches/ci-artifacts-script.yaml b/templates/test/prow-ci-version/patches/ci-artifacts-script.yaml
index d2453bd9db1..c3bce24776b 100644
--- a/templates/test/prow-ci-version/patches/ci-artifacts-script.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/prow-ci-version/patches/ci-artifacts-script.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     clusterConfiguration:
       kubernetesVersion: "ci/${CI_VERSION}"
     preKubeadmCommands:
diff --git a/templates/test/prow-machine-pool-ci-version/patches/machine-pool-ci-version.yaml b/templates/test/prow-machine-pool-ci-version/patches/machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
index 5c923947cd9..4fbb27a3a48 100644
--- a/templates/test/prow-machine-pool-ci-version/patches/machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/prow-machine-pool-ci-version/patches/machine-pool-ci-version.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane"
 spec:
   kubeadmConfigSpec:
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
     clusterConfiguration:
       kubernetesVersion: "ci/${CI_VERSION}"
     preKubeadmCommands:
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-kcp-adoption.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-kcp-adoption.yaml
index 2dd1c630f17..a50be4b709b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-kcp-adoption.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-kcp-adoption.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     kcp-adoption.step1: ''    
 spec:
-  useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   initConfiguration:
     nodeRegistration:
       kubeletExtraArgs:
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-mhc.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-mhc.yaml
index 494f826446d..8683ed19429 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-mhc.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-azure/cluster-template-mhc.yaml
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ spec:
     mounts:
     - - LABEL=etcd_disk
       - /var/lib/etcddisk
-    useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ spec:
             cloud-config: /etc/kubernetes/azure.json
             cloud-provider: azure
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
-      useExperimentalRetryJoin: true
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 apiVersion: cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 kind: MachineHealthCheck