diff --git a/pkg/flags/flags.go b/pkg/flags/flags.go
index 2fe7bb563c..f84b6c9a5b 100644
--- a/pkg/flags/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/flags/flags.go
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ var (
 		EnablePSC                      bool
 		EnableIngressGAFields          bool
 		EnableTrafficScaling           bool
-		EnableEndpointSlices           bool
 		EnablePinhole                  bool
 		EnableL4ILBDualStack           bool
 		EnableL4NetLBDualStack         bool