diff --git a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/k8s/job_template.yaml b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/k8s/job_template.yaml
index 5d54de49df..843231c9b9 100644
--- a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/k8s/job_template.yaml
+++ b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/k8s/job_template.yaml
@@ -85,9 +85,5 @@ spec:
         emptyDir:
           medium: Memory
           sizeLimit: 1.9Gi
-      {% if is_kata %}
-      nodeSelector:
-        cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool: kata-enabled-pool
-      {% endif %}
       restartPolicy: "{{restart_policy}}"
-  backoffLimit: 0
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+  backoffLimit: 0