diff --git a/cloud/google/machineactuator.go b/cloud/google/machineactuator.go
index f4e39f4cfaaf..60f8df6d4122 100644
--- a/cloud/google/machineactuator.go
+++ b/cloud/google/machineactuator.go
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ func (gce *GCEClient) Create(cluster *clusterv1.Cluster, machine *clusterv1.Mach
 		if gce.machineClient == nil {
 			labels[BootstrapLabelKey] = "true"
 		}
+
+		// The service account is needed for the Kubernetes GCE cloud provider code. It is needed on the master VM.
 		serviceAccounts := []*compute.ServiceAccount{nil}
 		if util.IsMaster(machine) {
 			serviceAccounts = append(serviceAccounts,
diff --git a/gcp-deployer/machine_setup_configs.yaml b/gcp-deployer/machine_setup_configs.yaml
index 21f97fa8842f..92e5d05073bd 100644
--- a/gcp-deployer/machine_setup_configs.yaml
+++ b/gcp-deployer/machine_setup_configs.yaml
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ items:
       KUBEADM=$(getversion kubeadm ${KUBELET_VERSION}-)
       KUBECTL=$(getversion kubectl ${KUBELET_VERSION}-)
       apt-get install -y kubelet=${KUBELET} kubeadm=${KUBEADM} kubectl=${KUBECTL}
-      systemctl enable docker || true
-      systemctl start docker || true
       # kubeadm uses 10th IP as DNS server
       CLUSTER_DNS_SERVER=$(prips ${SERVICE_CIDR} | head -n 11 | tail -n 1)
       # Override network args to use kubenet instead of cni, and override Kubelet DNS args.