diff --git a/bundle/bin/rke2-killall.sh b/bundle/bin/rke2-killall.sh
index 3f3e3bb3f8..ce92b58ede 100755
--- a/bundle/bin/rke2-killall.sh
+++ b/bundle/bin/rke2-killall.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf /var/lib/cni/ /var/log/pods/ /var/log/containers
 
+# Remove pod-manifests files for rke2 components
+POD_MANIFESTS_DIR=/var/lib/rancher/rke2/agent/pod-manifests
+
+rm -f ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/etcd.yaml \
+      ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/kube-apiserver.yaml \
+      ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/kube-controller-manager.yaml \
+      ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/cloud-controller-manager.yaml\
+      ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/kube-scheduler.yaml \
+      ${POD_MANIFESTS_DIR}/kube-proxy.yaml
+
 # Delete iptables created by CNI plugins or Kubernetes (kube-proxy)
 iptables-save | grep -v KUBE- | grep -v CNI- | grep -v cali- | grep -v cali: | grep -v CILIUM_ | grep -v flannel | iptables-restore
 ip6tables-save | grep -v KUBE- | grep -v CNI- | grep -v cali- | grep -v cali: | grep -v CILIUM_ | grep -v flannel | ip6tables-restore