## **Deprecations**

### Cluster provisioning scripts
* cluster/ubuntu: Removed due to [deprecation](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cluster#cluster-configuration) and lack of maintenance. ([#44344](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44344), [@mikedanese](https://github.com/mikedanese))

- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DelegateFSGroupToCSIDriver`. ([#117655](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117655), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed GA'ed feature gate `DevicePlugins`. ([#117656](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117656), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

- Removed feature gate `SetHostnameAsFQDN`. ([#108038](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108038), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))
- Removed kube-scheduler insecure flags. You can use `--bind-address` and `--secure-port` instead. ([#106865](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106865), [@jonyhy96](https://github.com/jonyhy96))

- Removed the recently re-introduced schedulability predicate ([#109706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109706)) as to not have unschedulable nodes removed from load balancers back-end pools. ([#111691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111691), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

- Kube-scheduler: support for configuration file version `v1beta1` is removed. Update configuration files to v1beta2(xref: https://github...

- Removed ephemeral container legacy server support for the server versions prior to `1.22`. ([#119537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119537), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))
- Removed the `CronJobTimeZone` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)
  - Removed the `JobMutableNodeSchedulingDirectives` feature gate (the feature is stable and always enabled)

- The kube-apiserver ability to serve on an insecure port, deprecated since v1.10, has been removed. The insecure address flags `--address` and `--insecure-bind-address` have no effect in kube-apiserver and will be removed in v1.24. The insecure port flags `--port` and `--insecure-port` may only be set to 0 and will be removed in v1.24. ([#95856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95856), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42), [SIG API Machinery,...

    - [Container Images](#container-images)
  - [Changelog since v1.21.13](#changelog-since-v12113)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    - [Added](#added)
    - [Changed](#changed)
    - [Removed](#removed)
- [v1.21.13](#v12113)
  - [Downloads for v1.21.13](#downloads-for-v12113)
    - [Source Code](#source-code-1)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)

- Removed the GA feature gate `RemoveSelfLink`.
   ([#122468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122468), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))
- Removed the generally available feature gate `ExpandedDNSConfig`.
   ([#122086](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122086), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni))

    - [Dependencies](#dependencies-7)
      - [Changed](#changed-7)
      - [Unchanged](#unchanged)
      - [Removed](#removed-7)
      - [Detailed go Dependency Changes](#detailed-go-dependency-changes)
        - [Added](#added-7)
        - [Changed](#changed-8)
        - [Removed](#removed-8)
- [v1.16.0-rc.2](#v1160-rc2)
  - [Downloads for v1.16.0-rc.2](#downloads-for-v1160-rc2)