diff --git a/common/playbooks/k8s.yaml b/common/playbooks/k8s.yaml
index c7befa0f1d74c89956eb095995263bedbdaedb65..84d59612e82b7babd571477abec8c6104e86b4ea 100644
--- a/common/playbooks/k8s.yaml
+++ b/common/playbooks/k8s.yaml
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@
       vars:
         # do not downgrade docker
         kube_docker_version: latest
-        # kube_nvidia_device_plugin_version: "v0.12.2"
-        # kube_nvidia_driver_version: "515" # "525"
-        kube_nvidia_support: true
+        kube_nvidia_support: false
         kube_version: 1.31.2
         kube_network: 'none'  # custom network installation
         kube_install_helm: true
@@ -217,10 +215,7 @@
       vars:
         # do not downgrade docker
         kube_docker_version: latest
-        # kube_nvidia_device_plugin_version: "v0.12.2"
-        # kube_nvidia_driver_version: "515" # "525"
-        # support only on worker nodes with GPU hardware
-        kube_nvidia_support: "{{ inventory_hostname in groups['gpu'] }}"
+        kube_nvidia_support: false
         # must be IPv4 address or hostname
         kube_server: "{{ hostvars[groups['master'][0]].kube_server | default(groups['master'][0]) }}"
         kube_type_of_node: wn