diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb17eb28b39471f9ed59f354d7d7ced2f69e6396..b42c6b5061a40ec4f432586875c2e6a10ce086e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_control_nodes_flavor"></a> [control\_nodes\_flavor](#input\_control\_nodes\_flavor) | n/a | `string` | `"hpc.8core-32ram-ssd-ephem"` | no |
 | <a name="input_control_nodes_name"></a> [control\_nodes\_name](#input\_control\_nodes\_name) | Name of the nodes. Must match [a-zA-Z0-9-]+ regexp. | `string` | `"control"` | no |
 | <a name="input_control_nodes_volume_size"></a> [control\_nodes\_volume\_size](#input\_control\_nodes\_volume\_size) | The size of the volume to create (in gigabytes) for root filesystem. | `string` | `"30"` | no |
-| <a name="input_create_lb_kube_api"></a> [create\_lb\_kube\_api](#input\_create\_lb\_kube\_api) | Create Load Balancer for kube-api | `bool` | `true` | no |
+| <a name="input_create_lb_kube_api"></a> [create\_lb\_kube\_api](#input\_create\_lb\_kube\_api) | Create Load Balancer for kube-api | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_custom_security_group_rules"></a> [custom\_security\_group\_rules](#input\_custom\_security\_group\_rules) | Custom security group rules to override the defaults | <pre>map(object({<br>    description      = string<br>    direction        = string<br>    ethertype        = string<br>    protocol         = string<br>    port_range_min   = number<br>    port_range_max   = number<br>    remote_ip_prefix = string<br>  }))</pre> | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_infra_name"></a> [infra\_name](#input\_infra\_name) | Infrastructure (profile) name. Used as a name prefix. Must match [a-zA-Z0-9-]+ regexp. | `string` | `"general-tf-demo"` | no |
 | <a name="input_internal_network_cidr"></a> [internal\_network\_cidr](#input\_internal\_network\_cidr) | Internal network address, use CIDR notation | `string` | `"10.0.0.0/24"` | no |
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index ecc753d399a6979edab456017ccbbe369da2fd61..4e61bd94d9b0035f5a9c8ec56483af968d0ed7cf 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ variable "kube_fip_create_port" {
 variable "create_lb_kube_api" {
   description = "Create Load Balancer for kube-api"
   type        = bool
-  default     = true
+  default     = false
 }
 variable "lb_kube_api_listener_port" {
   description = "Listener port for kube-aip load balancer"