diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
index 8d8b7472eb3..4e1a971bae5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
@@ -280,25 +280,6 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) updatePodCIDR(cidr string) {
 	kl.runtimeState.setPodCIDR(cidr)
 }
 
-// shapingEnabled returns whether traffic shaping is enabled.
-func (kl *Kubelet) shapingEnabled() bool {
-	// Disable shaping if a network plugin is defined and supports shaping
-	if kl.networkPlugin != nil && kl.networkPlugin.Capabilities().Has(network.NET_PLUGIN_CAPABILITY_SHAPING) {
-		return false
-	}
-	// This is not strictly true but we need to figure out how to handle
-	// bandwidth shaping anyway. If the kubelet doesn't have a networkPlugin,
-	// it could mean:
-	// a. the kubelet is responsible for bandwidth shaping
-	// b. the kubelet is using cri, and the cri has a network plugin
-	// Today, the only plugin that understands bandwidth shaping is kubenet, and
-	// it doesn't support bandwidth shaping when invoked through cri, so it
-	// effectively boils down to letting the kubelet decide how to handle
-	// shaping annotations. The combination of (cri + network plugin that
-	// handles bandwidth shaping) may not work because of this.
-	return true
-}
-
 // syncNetworkUtil ensures the network utility are present on host.
 // Network util includes:
 // 1. 	In nat table, KUBE-MARK-DROP rule to mark connections for dropping
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
index 55a769f71a0..50a83dae828 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/kubenet/kubenet_linux.go
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (plugin *kubenetNetworkPlugin) Capabilities() utilsets.Int {
-	return utilsets.NewInt(network.NET_PLUGIN_CAPABILITY_SHAPING)
+	return utilsets.NewInt()
 }
 
 // setup sets up networking through CNI using the given ns/name and sandbox ID.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
index 78b11550c87..53856f78a3c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/plugins.go
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ const DefaultPluginName = "kubernetes.io/no-op"
 const NET_PLUGIN_EVENT_POD_CIDR_CHANGE = "pod-cidr-change"
 const NET_PLUGIN_EVENT_POD_CIDR_CHANGE_DETAIL_CIDR = "pod-cidr"
 
-// Plugin capabilities
-const (
-	// Indicates the plugin handles Kubernetes bandwidth shaping annotations internally
-	NET_PLUGIN_CAPABILITY_SHAPING int = 1
-)
-
 // Plugin is an interface to network plugins for the kubelet
 type NetworkPlugin interface {
 	// Init initializes the plugin.  This will be called exactly once