diff --git a/cmd/nginx/flags.go b/cmd/nginx/flags.go
index 832042f06..d65e3bc82 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx/flags.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func parseFlags() (bool, *controller.Configuration, error) {
 		configmaps located in a different namespace than the specified in the flag --watch-namespace.`)
 
 		disableNodeList = flags.Bool("disable-node-list", false,
-			`Disable querying nodes. If --force-namespace-isolation is true, this should also be set.`)
+			`Disable querying nodes. If --force-namespace-isolation is true, this should also be set. (DEPRECATED)`)
 
 		updateStatusOnShutdown = flags.Bool("update-status-on-shutdown", true, `Indicates if the
 		ingress controller should update the Ingress status IP/hostname when the controller
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ func parseFlags() (bool, *controller.Configuration, error) {
 		return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("Port %v is already in use. Please check the flag --ssl-passtrough-proxy-port", *sslProxyPort)
 	}
 
+	// TODO: remove disableNodeList flag
+	if *disableNodeList {
+		glog.Warningf("%s is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future version.", disableNodeList)
+	}
+
 	config := &controller.Configuration{
 		APIServerHost:           *apiserverHost,
 		KubeConfigFile:          *kubeConfigFile,
@@ -189,7 +194,6 @@ func parseFlags() (bool, *controller.Configuration, error) {
 		DefaultHealthzURL:       *defHealthzURL,
 		PublishService:          *publishSvc,
 		ForceNamespaceIsolation: *forceIsolation,
-		DisableNodeList:         *disableNodeList,
 		UpdateStatusOnShutdown:  *updateStatusOnShutdown,
 		SortBackends:            *sortBackends,
 		UseNodeInternalIP:       *useNodeInternalIP,
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index abd49de3f..dc1c0d1c0 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	Namespace      string
 
 	ForceNamespaceIsolation bool
-	DisableNodeList         bool
 
 	// optional
 	TCPConfigMapName string
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go b/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
index 49cb08987..6ccc6d318 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
-	fcache "k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/pkg/ingress"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/pkg/ingress/annotations/class"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ type cacheController struct {
 	Ingress   cache.Controller
 	Endpoint  cache.Controller
 	Service   cache.Controller
-	Node      cache.Controller
 	Secret    cache.Controller
 	Configmap cache.Controller
 }
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ func (c *cacheController) Run(stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	go c.Ingress.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.Endpoint.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.Service.Run(stopCh)
-	go c.Node.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.Secret.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.Configmap.Run(stopCh)
 
@@ -56,7 +53,6 @@ func (c *cacheController) Run(stopCh chan struct{}) {
 		c.Ingress.HasSynced,
 		c.Endpoint.HasSynced,
 		c.Service.HasSynced,
-		c.Node.HasSynced,
 		c.Secret.HasSynced,
 		c.Configmap.HasSynced,
 	) {
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ func (c *cacheController) Run(stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (n *NGINXController) createListers(disableNodeLister bool, stopCh chan struct{}) *ingress.StoreLister {
+func (n *NGINXController) createListers(stopCh chan struct{}) *ingress.StoreLister {
 	// from here to the end of the method all the code is just boilerplate
 	// required to watch Ingress, Secrets, ConfigMaps and Endoints.
 	// This is used to detect new content, updates or removals and act accordingly
@@ -223,16 +219,6 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createListers(disableNodeLister bool, stopCh chan stru
 		cache.NewListWatchFromClient(n.cfg.Client.CoreV1().RESTClient(), "services", n.cfg.Namespace, fields.Everything()),
 		&apiv1.Service{}, n.cfg.ResyncPeriod, cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{})
 
-	var nodeListerWatcher cache.ListerWatcher
-	if disableNodeLister {
-		nodeListerWatcher = fcache.NewFakeControllerSource()
-	} else {
-		nodeListerWatcher = cache.NewListWatchFromClient(n.cfg.Client.CoreV1().RESTClient(), "nodes", apiv1.NamespaceAll, fields.Everything())
-	}
-	lister.Node.Store, controller.Node = cache.NewInformer(
-		nodeListerWatcher,
-		&apiv1.Node{}, n.cfg.ResyncPeriod, cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{})
-
 	controller.Run(n.stopCh)
 
 	return lister
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/controller/nginx.go b/pkg/ingress/controller/nginx.go
index c41509456..e12c32791 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/controller/nginx.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/controller/nginx.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewNGINXController(config *Configuration) *NGINXController {
 
 	n.syncQueue = task.NewTaskQueue(n.syncIngress)
 
-	n.listers = n.createListers(config.DisableNodeList, n.stopCh)
+	n.listers = n.createListers(n.stopCh)
 
 	if config.UpdateStatus {
 		n.syncStatus = status.NewStatusSyncer(status.Config{
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/types.go b/pkg/ingress/types.go
index 355a6c01e..73e53fa64 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/types.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/types.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ var (
 type StoreLister struct {
 	Ingress   store.IngressLister
 	Service   store.ServiceLister
-	Node      store.NodeLister
 	Endpoint  store.EndpointLister
 	Secret    store.SecretLister
 	ConfigMap store.ConfigMapLister