diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
index 5e6757b3d..866982734 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   fail:
     msg: "MetalLB require kube_proxy_strict_arp = true, see https://github.com/danderson/metallb/issues/153#issuecomment-518651132"
   when:
-    - "kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs' and not kube_proxy_strict_arp"
+    - kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs' and not kube_proxy_strict_arp
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
 
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Check that the deprecated 'matallb_auto_assign' variable is not used anymore
   fail:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/loadbalancer/kube-vip.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/loadbalancer/kube-vip.yml
index 942262e3d..fb8e915db 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/loadbalancer/kube-vip.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/loadbalancer/kube-vip.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     msg: "kube-vip require kube_proxy_strict_arp = true, see https://github.com/kube-vip/kube-vip/blob/main/docs/kubernetes/arp/index.md"
   when:
     - kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs' and not kube_proxy_strict_arp
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
     - kube_vip_arp_enabled
 
 - name: Kube-vip | Check mutually exclusive BGP source settings
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
index 55f506d62..58ae0dabe 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
     state: present
     persistent: present
   loop: "{{ kube_proxy_ipvs_modules }}"
-  when: kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs'
+  when:
+    - kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs'
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
   tags:
     - kube-proxy
 
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@
     - nf_conntrack_ipv4
   when:
     - kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs'
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
     - modprobe_conntrack_module is not defined or modprobe_conntrack_module is ansible.builtin.failed  # loop until first success
   tags:
     - kube-proxy
@@ -139,7 +142,9 @@
     name: "nf_tables"
     state: present
     persistent: present
-  when: kube_proxy_mode == 'nftables'
+  when:
+    - kube_proxy_mode == 'nftables'
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
   tags:
     - kube-proxy
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
index 186a46c03..bdfb69e83 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0040-verify-settings.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     that: ansible_kernel.split('-')[0] is version('5.13', '>=')
   when:
     - kube_proxy_mode == 'nftables'
+    - not kube_proxy_remove
     - not ignore_assert_errors
 
 - name: Stop if bad hostname
diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
index 6743077f5..1f9afa149 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ kube_version_min_required: "{{ (kubelet_checksums['amd64'] | dict2items)[-1].key
 ## Kube Proxy mode One of ['ipvs', 'iptables', 'nftables']
 kube_proxy_mode: ipvs
 
+# When true, kubeadm skips the kube-proxy addon (for example Cilium kube-proxy replacement).
+# Node and package tasks that exist only for kube-proxy also honor this (IPVS/nftables modules, ipvsadm, strict_arp checks).
+kube_proxy_remove: false
+
 # Debugging option for the kubeadm config validate command
 # Set to false only for development and testing scenarios where validation is expected to fail (pre-release Kubernetes versions, etc.)
 kubeadm_config_validate_enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/system_packages/vars/main.yml b/roles/system_packages/vars/main.yml
index 2f08279e2..a0cda8fd2 100644
--- a/roles/system_packages/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/system_packages/vars/main.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pkgs:
     - "{{ ping_access_ip }}"
   ipvsadm:
     - "{{ kube_proxy_mode == 'ipvs' }}"
+    - "{{ not kube_proxy_remove }}"
     - "{{ 'k8s_cluster' in group_names }}"
   libseccomp:
     - "{{ ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' }}"
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ pkgs:
     - "{{ ansible_distribution_major_version == '12' }}"
   nftables:
     - "{{ kube_proxy_mode == 'nftables' }}"
+    - "{{ not kube_proxy_remove }}"
     - "{{ 'k8s_cluster' in group_names }}"
   nss:
     - "{{ ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' }}"