diff --git a/contrib/systemd-units/cri-containerd.service b/contrib/systemd-units/cri-containerd.service
index 1ba029c75..1c66fca21 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd-units/cri-containerd.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd-units/cri-containerd.service
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ After=containerd.service
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cri-containerd --logtostderr
-OOMScoreAdjust=-999
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/init.yaml b/test/e2e_node/init.yaml
index 94047f7b2..3fef03555 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/init.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e_node/init.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ write_files:
       [Service]
       Restart=always
       RestartSec=5
-      OOMScoreAdjust=-999
       ExecStart=/home/cri-containerd/usr/local/bin/cri-containerd \
         --alsologtostderr --v=4 \
         --network-bin-dir=/home/cri-containerd/opt/cni/bin \