diff --git a/pkg/controllers/proxy/network_services_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/proxy/network_services_controller.go
index 05abd0b4..303da8f4 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/proxy/network_services_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/proxy/network_services_controller.go
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ func NewNetworkServicesController(clientset kubernetes.Interface,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	nsc.nodeIP = NodeIP
-	automtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nsc.nodeIP, config.EnableOverlay)
+	automtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nsc.nodeIP)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
index 46951752..1af73626 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (nrc *NetworkRoutingController) Run(healthChan chan<- *healthcheck.Controll
 	}
 
 	if nrc.autoMTU {
-		mtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nrc.nodeIP, nrc.enableOverlays)
+		mtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nrc.nodeIP)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("Failed to find MTU for node IP: %s for intelligently setting the kube-bridge MTU "+
 				"due to %s.", nrc.nodeIP, err.Error())
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ func (nrc *NetworkRoutingController) updateCNIConfig() {
 }
 
 func (nrc *NetworkRoutingController) autoConfigureMTU() error {
-	mtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nrc.nodeIP, nrc.enableOverlays)
+	mtu, err := utils.GetMTUFromNodeIP(nrc.nodeIP)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate MTU: %s", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -701,10 +701,6 @@ func (nrc *NetworkRoutingController) setupOverlayTunnel(tunnelName string, nextH
 		if err = netlink.LinkSetUp(link); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.New("Failed to bring tunnel interface " + tunnelName + " up due to: " + err.Error())
 		}
-		// reduce the MTU by 20 bytes to accommodate ipip tunnel overhead
-		if err = netlink.LinkSetMTU(link, link.Attrs().MTU-utils.IPInIPHeaderLength); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("Failed to set MTU of tunnel interface " + tunnelName + " up due to: " + err.Error())
-		}
 	} else {
 		klog.V(1).Infof(
 			"Tunnel interface: " + tunnelName + " for the node " + nextHop.String() + " already exists.")
diff --git a/pkg/utils/node.go b/pkg/utils/node.go
index 8e2e3f2e..e9dbfb7e 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/node.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/node.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func GetNodeIP(node *apiv1.Node) (net.IP, error) {
 }
 
 // GetMTUFromNodeIP returns the MTU by detecting it from the IP on the node and figuring in tunneling configurations
-func GetMTUFromNodeIP(nodeIP net.IP, overlayEnabled bool) (int, error) {
+func GetMTUFromNodeIP(nodeIP net.IP) (int, error) {
 	links, err := netlink.LinkList()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, errors.New("failed to get list of links")
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ func GetMTUFromNodeIP(nodeIP net.IP, overlayEnabled bool) (int, error) {
 		for _, addr := range addresses {
 			if addr.IPNet.IP.Equal(nodeIP) {
 				linkMTU := link.Attrs().MTU
-				if overlayEnabled {
-					return linkMTU - IPInIPHeaderLength, nil // -20 to accommodate IPIP header
-				}
 				return linkMTU, nil
 			}
 		}