diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ktmpl/kubelet.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ktmpl/kubelet.go
index 04c7c779c7ae..3c6f7fffda33 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ktmpl/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ktmpl/kubelet.go
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ ExecStart={{.KubeletPath}}{{if .ExtraOptions}} {{.ExtraOptions}}{{end}}
 var KubeletServiceTemplate = template.Must(template.New("kubeletServiceTemplate").Parse(`[Unit]
 Description=kubelet: The Kubernetes Node Agent
 Documentation=http://kubernetes.io/docs/
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart={{.KubeletPath}}
 Restart=always
-StartLimitInterval=0
 # Tuned for local dev: faster than upstream default (10s), but slower than systemd default (100ms)
 RestartSec=600ms
 
diff --git a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
index 61f652c78096..c085c857d4d7 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ Description=Docker Application Container Engine
 Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
 After=network.target  minikube-automount.service docker.socket
 Requires= minikube-automount.service docker.socket 
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 Restart=on-failure
-StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")
diff --git a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
index 15d9c60019de..330e3d40b96a 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ BindsTo=containerd.service
 After=network-online.target firewalld.service containerd.service
 Wants=network-online.target
 Requires=docker.socket
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 Restart=on-failure
-StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")