diff --git a/cfg/ack-1.0/node.yaml b/cfg/ack-1.0/node.yaml
index 19a0817..961dbcd 100644
--- a/cfg/ack-1.0/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/ack-1.0/node.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "644"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.20/node.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.20/node.yaml
index 2bb9499..72524ae 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.20/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.20/node.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "644"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.23/node.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.23/node.yaml
index 7f93b33..3105d37 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.23/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.23/node.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "644"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.24-microk8s/node.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.24-microk8s/node.yaml
index 7b9278a..55dc5c6 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.24-microk8s/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.24-microk8s/node.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "600"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.24/node.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.24/node.yaml
index 6ee5dbc..f85d7ce 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.24/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.24/node.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "600"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
diff --git a/cfg/cis-1.7/node.yaml b/cfg/cis-1.7/node.yaml
index d4eabc9..e109d41 100644
--- a/cfg/cis-1.7/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/cis-1.7/node.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ groups:
               compare:
                 op: bitmask
                 value: "600"
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example,
@@ -60,8 +58,6 @@ groups:
           bin_op: or
           test_items:
             - flag: root:root
-            - flag: "$proxykubeconfig"
-              set: false
         remediation: |
           Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node.
           For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig