diff --git a/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/kubelet.go b/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/kubelet.go
index d1275323d2..f9c9cfda7f 100644
--- a/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/kubelet.go
+++ b/internal/app/machined/pkg/system/services/kubelet.go
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ func (k *Kubelet) APIRestartAllowed(runtime.Runtime) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// APIStartAllowed implements APIStartableService.
+func (k *Kubelet) APIStartAllowed(runtime.Runtime) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func kubeletSeccomp(seccomp *specs.LinuxSeccomp) {
 	// for cephfs mounts
 	seccomp.Syscalls = append(seccomp.Syscalls,
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition.go b/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d00a8ef91b..0000000000
--- a/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-package k8s
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/resource"
-	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/state"
-
-	"github.com/talos-systems/talos/pkg/machinery/resources/network"
-)
-
-// NodenameReadyCondition implements condition which waits for the nodename to be ready.
-type NodenameReadyCondition struct {
-	state state.State
-}
-
-// NewNodenameReadyCondition builds a coondition which waits for the network to be ready.
-func NewNodenameReadyCondition(state state.State) *NodenameReadyCondition {
-	return &NodenameReadyCondition{
-		state: state,
-	}
-}
-
-func (condition *NodenameReadyCondition) String() string {
-	return "nodename"
-}
-
-// Wait implements condition interface.
-func (condition *NodenameReadyCondition) Wait(ctx context.Context) error {
-	_, err := condition.state.WatchFor(
-		ctx,
-		resource.NewMetadata(NamespaceName, NodenameType, NodenameID, resource.VersionUndefined),
-		state.WithCondition(func(r resource.Resource) (bool, error) {
-			if resource.IsTombstone(r) {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-
-			nodename := r.(*Nodename).TypedSpec()
-
-			// check that hostname status version matches one recorded in the nodename
-			hostnameStatus, err := condition.state.Get(ctx, resource.NewMetadata(network.NamespaceName, network.HostnameStatusType, network.HostnameID, resource.VersionUndefined))
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-
-			if hostnameStatus.Metadata().Version().String() != nodename.HostnameVersion {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-
-			return true, nil
-		}),
-	)
-
-	return err
-}
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition_test.go b/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 35b1f8f039..0000000000
--- a/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s/condition_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-package k8s_test
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/state"
-	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/state/impl/inmem"
-	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/state/impl/namespaced"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/talos-systems/talos/pkg/machinery/resources/k8s"
-	"github.com/talos-systems/talos/pkg/machinery/resources/network"
-)
-
-func TestCondition(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, ctxCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	t.Cleanup(ctxCancel)
-
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	for _, tt := range []struct {
-		Name           string
-		NodenameExists bool
-		VersionMatches bool
-		Succeeds       bool
-	}{
-		{
-			Name:     "no nodename",
-			Succeeds: false,
-		},
-		{
-			Name:           "version mismatch",
-			NodenameExists: true,
-			VersionMatches: false,
-			Succeeds:       false,
-		},
-		{
-			Name:           "success",
-			NodenameExists: true,
-			VersionMatches: true,
-			Succeeds:       true,
-		},
-	} {
-		tt := tt
-
-		t.Run(tt.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			state := state.WrapCore(namespaced.NewState(inmem.Build))
-
-			hostnameStatus := network.NewHostnameStatus(network.NamespaceName, network.HostnameID)
-			hostnameStatus.TypedSpec().Hostname = "foo"
-
-			require.NoError(t, state.Create(ctx, hostnameStatus))
-
-			if tt.NodenameExists {
-				nodename := k8s.NewNodename(k8s.NamespaceName, k8s.NodenameID)
-				nodename.TypedSpec().Nodename = "foo"
-
-				md := hostnameStatus.Metadata()
-
-				if !tt.VersionMatches {
-					md.BumpVersion()
-				}
-
-				nodename.TypedSpec().HostnameVersion = md.Version().String()
-
-				require.NoError(t, state.Create(ctx, nodename))
-			}
-
-			err := k8s.NewNodenameReadyCondition(state).Wait(ctx)
-
-			if tt.Succeeds {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-			} else {
-				assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded), "error is %v", err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}