diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index cd7b59f3f65f..b1b964756efc 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ func validateInsecureRegistry() {
 	}
 }
 
-func createNode(cc config.ClusterConfig, kubeNodeName string, existing *config.ClusterConfig) (config.ClusterConfig, config.Node, error) {
+func createNode(cc config.ClusterConfig, existing *config.ClusterConfig) (config.ClusterConfig, config.Node, error) {
 	// Create the initial node, which will necessarily be a control plane
 	if existing != nil {
 		cp, err := config.PrimaryControlPlane(existing)
@@ -1608,7 +1608,6 @@ func createNode(cc config.ClusterConfig, kubeNodeName string, existing *config.C
 		Port:              cc.KubernetesConfig.NodePort,
 		KubernetesVersion: getKubernetesVersion(&cc),
 		ContainerRuntime:  getContainerRuntime(&cc),
-		Name:              kubeNodeName,
 		ControlPlane:      true,
 		Worker:            true,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 12e22c982f24..4e6a3359be96 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -329,11 +329,7 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 		proxy.SetDockerEnv()
 	}
 
-	var kubeNodeName string
-	if driver.BareMetal(cc.Driver) {
-		kubeNodeName = "m01"
-	}
-	return createNode(cc, kubeNodeName, existing)
+	return createNode(cc, existing)
 }
 
 func getCPUCount(drvName string) int {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/node.go b/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
index 1e854543dca9..273a59a2ad1e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/node.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/kapi"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/driver"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine"
 )
 
@@ -156,10 +155,6 @@ func Delete(cc config.ClusterConfig, name string) (*config.Node, error) {
 
 // Retrieve finds the node by name in the given cluster
 func Retrieve(cc config.ClusterConfig, name string) (*config.Node, int, error) {
-	if driver.BareMetal(cc.Driver) {
-		name = "m01"
-	}
-
 	for i, n := range cc.Nodes {
 		if n.Name == name {
 			return &n, i, nil