diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index 0e4bbb09445a694abd3220a8a28cfc1d2e8262ef..b618cff550dffaeb82a082c113eefe58af5753c6 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ var (
 	fedControllerManagerBin string
 
 	errmsgs string
-
-	// TODO: Consider specifying this in config file.
-	kubeMajorVersion = "1"
-	kubeMinorVersion = "7"
 )
 
 func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
@@ -55,8 +51,6 @@ func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
 	var err error
 	var typeConf *viper.Viper
 
-	glog.V(1).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Using config file: %s\n", viper.ConfigFileUsed()))
-
 	switch t {
 	case check.MASTER:
 		file = masterFile
@@ -74,9 +68,6 @@ func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
 	binmap := getBinaries(typeConf)
 	confmap := getConfigFiles(typeConf)
 
-	// Run kubernetes installation validation checks.
-	verifyKubeVersion(kubeMajorVersion, kubeMinorVersion)
-
 	switch t {
 	case check.MASTER:
 		file = masterFile
@@ -98,6 +89,9 @@ func runChecks(t check.NodeType) {
 	s = makeSubstitutions(s, "bin", binmap)
 	s = makeSubstitutions(s, "conf", confmap)
 
+	glog.V(1).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Using config file: %s\n", viper.ConfigFileUsed()))
+	glog.V(1).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Using benchmark file: %s\n", path))
+
 	controls, err := check.NewControls(t, []byte(s))
 	if err != nil {
 		exitWithError(fmt.Errorf("error setting up %s controls: %v", t, err))
diff --git a/cmd/util.go b/cmd/util.go
index b186d56fbbdded0d195d51ccc6fb05ca319a640f..7524eaf595e6d0964c129f1a3c1c25a0ce3207aa 100644
--- a/cmd/util.go
+++ b/cmd/util.go
@@ -202,67 +202,6 @@ func findExecutable(candidates []string) (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("no candidates running")
 }
 
-func verifyKubeVersion(major string, minor string) {
-	// These executables might not be on the user's path.
-
-	_, err := exec.LookPath("kubectl")
-	if err != nil {
-		continueWithError(err, sprintlnWarn("Kubernetes version check skipped"))
-		return
-	}
-
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "version")
-	out, err := cmd.Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		s := fmt.Sprintf("Kubernetes version check skipped with error %v", err)
-		continueWithError(err, sprintlnWarn(s))
-		if len(out) == 0 {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	msg := checkVersion("Client", string(out), major, minor)
-	if msg != "" {
-		continueWithError(fmt.Errorf(msg), msg)
-	}
-
-	msg = checkVersion("Server", string(out), major, minor)
-	if msg != "" {
-		continueWithError(fmt.Errorf(msg), msg)
-	}
-}
-
-var regexVersionMajor = regexp.MustCompile("Major:\"([0-9]+)\"")
-var regexVersionMinor = regexp.MustCompile("Minor:\"([0-9]+)\"")
-
-func checkVersion(x string, s string, expMajor string, expMinor string) string {
-	regexVersion, err := regexp.Compile(x + " Version: version.Info{(.*)}")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Error checking Kubernetes version: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ss := regexVersion.FindString(s)
-	major := versionMatch(regexVersionMajor, ss)
-	minor := versionMatch(regexVersionMinor, ss)
-	if major == "" || minor == "" {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Couldn't find %s version from kubectl output '%s'", x, s)
-	}
-
-	if major != expMajor || minor != expMinor {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected %s version %s.%s", x, major, minor)
-	}
-
-	return ""
-}
-
-func versionMatch(r *regexp.Regexp, s string) string {
-	match := r.FindStringSubmatch(s)
-	if len(match) < 2 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return match[1]
-}
-
 func multiWordReplace(s string, subname string, sub string) string {
 	f := strings.Fields(sub)
 	if len(f) > 1 {
diff --git a/cmd/util_test.go b/cmd/util_test.go
index 36be79ce234c437974c6b91d98231e9b671d9802..e9c6eac49373e16fe49dfcbc216ac7f01571a1a0 100644
--- a/cmd/util_test.go
+++ b/cmd/util_test.go
@@ -24,63 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-func TestCheckVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	kubeoutput := `Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"7", GitVersion:"v1.7.0", GitCommit:"d3ada0119e776222f11ec7945e6d860061339aad", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-06-30T09:51:01Z", GoVersion:"go1.8.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
-	Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"7", GitVersion:"v1.7.0", GitCommit:"d3ada0119e776222f11ec7945e6d860061339aad", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-07-26T00:12:31Z", GoVersion:"go1.8.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}`
-	cases := []struct {
-		t     string
-		s     string
-		major string
-		minor string
-		exp   string
-	}{
-		{t: "Client", s: kubeoutput, major: "1", minor: "7"},
-		{t: "Server", s: kubeoutput, major: "1", minor: "7"},
-		{t: "Client", s: kubeoutput, major: "1", minor: "6", exp: "Unexpected Client version 1.7"},
-		{t: "Client", s: kubeoutput, major: "2", minor: "0", exp: "Unexpected Client version 1.7"},
-		{t: "Server", s: "something unexpected", major: "2", minor: "0", exp: "Couldn't find Server version from kubectl output 'something unexpected'"},
-	}
-
-	for id, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(id), func(t *testing.T) {
-			m := checkVersion(c.t, c.s, c.major, c.minor)
-			if m != c.exp {
-				t.Fatalf("Got: %s, expected: %s", m, c.exp)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-}
-
-func TestVersionMatch(t *testing.T) {
-	minor := regexVersionMinor
-	major := regexVersionMajor
-	client := `Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"7", GitVersion:"v1.7.0", GitCommit:"d3ada0119e776222f11ec7945e6d860061339aad", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-06-30T09:51:01Z", GoVersion:"go1.8.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}`
-	server := `Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"7", GitVersion:"v1.7.0", GitCommit:"d3ada0119e776222f11ec7945e6d860061339aad", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-07-26T00:12:31Z", GoVersion:"go1.8.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}`
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		r   *regexp.Regexp
-		s   string
-		exp string
-	}{
-		{r: major, s: server, exp: "1"},
-		{r: minor, s: server, exp: "7"},
-		{r: major, s: client, exp: "1"},
-		{r: minor, s: client, exp: "7"},
-		{r: major, s: "Some unexpected string"},
-		{r: minor}, // Checking that we don't fall over if the string is empty
-	}
-
-	for id, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(id), func(t *testing.T) {
-			m := versionMatch(c.r, c.s)
-			if m != c.exp {
-				t.Fatalf("Got %s expected %s", m, c.exp)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 var g string
 var e []error
 var eIndex int