diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/README.md b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/README.md
index 7835ef3fc77b..1b89b740d370 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/README.md
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/README.md
@@ -108,19 +108,9 @@ respective package block.
 
 ```nix
 {
-  rke2_1_34 =
-    (common (
-      (import ./1_34/versions.nix)
-      // {
-        updateScript = [
-          ./update-script.sh
-          "34"
-        ];
-      }
-    ) extraArgs).overrideAttrs
-      {
-        meta.knownVulnerabilities = [ "rke2_1_34 has reached end-of-life on 2026-10-27" ];
-      };
+  rke2_1_34 = (common (import ./1_34/versions.nix) extraArgs).overrideAttrs {
+    meta.knownVulnerabilities = [ "rke2_1_34 has reached end-of-life on 2026-10-27" ];
+  };
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/builder.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/builder.nix
index e8afde0a7bb5..68fe28b50075 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/builder.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ lib:
   rke2Commit,
   rke2TarballHash,
   rke2VendorHash,
-  updateScript,
+  updateScript ? null,
   k8sImageTag,
   etcdVersion,
   pauseVersion,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix
index 440b2d0c2453..5b3f1ceac55f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix
@@ -5,45 +5,13 @@ let
   extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "callPackage" ];
 in
 rec {
-  rke2_1_32 = common (
-    (import ./1_32/versions.nix)
-    // {
-      updateScript = [
-        ./update-script.sh
-        "32"
-      ];
-    }
-  ) extraArgs;
+  rke2_1_32 = common (import ./1_32/versions.nix) extraArgs;
 
-  rke2_1_33 = common (
-    (import ./1_33/versions.nix)
-    // {
-      updateScript = [
-        ./update-script.sh
-        "33"
-      ];
-    }
-  ) extraArgs;
+  rke2_1_33 = common (import ./1_33/versions.nix) extraArgs;
 
-  rke2_1_34 = common (
-    (import ./1_34/versions.nix)
-    // {
-      updateScript = [
-        ./update-script.sh
-        "34"
-      ];
-    }
-  ) extraArgs;
+  rke2_1_34 = common (import ./1_34/versions.nix) extraArgs;
 
-  rke2_1_35 = common (
-    (import ./1_35/versions.nix)
-    // {
-      updateScript = [
-        ./update-script.sh
-        "35"
-      ];
-    }
-  ) extraArgs;
+  rke2_1_35 = common (import ./1_35/versions.nix) extraArgs;
 
   # Automatically set by update script, changes shouldn't be backported
   rke2_stable = rke2_1_34;