diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
index 625838b45..43a709dcb 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/template/rbd/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner-dep.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: socket-dir
               mountPath: /csi
-        {{ if .EnableSnapshotter }}
         - name: csi-snapshotter
           image:  {{ .SnapshotterImage }}
           args:
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: socket-dir
               mountPath: /csi
-        {{ end }}
         - name: csi-rbdplugin
           image: {{ .CSIPluginImage }}
           args :
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
index 56d23d172..d6acc7759 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/csi/spec.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type Param struct {
 	SnapshotterImage             string
 	ResizerImage                 string
 	DriverNamePrefix             string
-	EnableSnapshotter            string
 	EnableCSIGRPCMetrics         string
 	KubeletDirPath               string
 	ForceCephFSKernelClient      string
@@ -259,11 +258,6 @@ func startDrivers(clientset kubernetes.Interface, namespace string, ver *version
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error getting CSI RBD liveness metrics port.")
 	}
 
-	// Enable snapshotter sidecar deployment if kubernetes version is >= 1.17
-	if ver.Major > KubeMinMajor || (ver.Major == KubeMinMajor && ver.Minor >= snapshotDeploymentSuppVersion) {
-		tp.EnableSnapshotter = "true"
-	}
-
 	// default value `system-node-critical` is the highest available priority
 	tp.PluginPriorityClassName, err = k8sutil.GetOperatorSetting(clientset, controllerutil.OperatorSettingConfigMapName, "CSI_PLUGIN_PRIORITY_CLASSNAME", "")
 	if err != nil {