diff --git a/contrib/test/integration/build/kubernetes.yml b/contrib/test/integration/build/kubernetes.yml
index 062a2ae2903..9281a4be780 100644
--- a/contrib/test/integration/build/kubernetes.yml
+++ b/contrib/test/integration/build/kubernetes.yml
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@
     version: "{{ k8s_git_version }}"
     force: "{{ force_clone | default(False) | bool}}"
 
-# replace hardcoded line not to use legacy stats provider
-- name: use CRI stats
-  lineinfile:
-    path: "{{ ansible_env.GOPATH }}/src/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cadvisor/util.go"
-    regexp: '^(\s*)runtimeEndpoint == CrioSocket \|\| runtimeEndpoint == \"unix\:\/\/\"\+CrioSocket$'
-    # keep the whitespace to ensure the file still looks pretty :)
-    line: '\1false'
-    backrefs: yes
-
 - name: install etcd
   command: "hack/install-etcd.sh"
   args:
diff --git a/contrib/test/integration/main.yml b/contrib/test/integration/main.yml
index 878da464a9d..37df2fb5fb5 100644
--- a/contrib/test/integration/main.yml
+++ b/contrib/test/integration/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       vars:
         k8s_git_version: "master"
         k8s_github_fork: "kubernetes"
-        crio_socket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
+        crio_socket: "/run/crio/crio.sock"
       when: "(cgroupv2 is undefined) or (cgroupv2 == False) | bool"
 
     - name: clone build and install kubernetes for cgroup v2
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       vars:
         k8s_git_version: "master"
         k8s_github_fork: "kubernetes"
-        crio_socket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
+        crio_socket: "/run/crio/crio.sock"
       when: "cgroupv2 | bool"
 
     - name: clone build and install kubetest
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         force_clone: true
         k8s_git_version: "master"
         k8s_github_fork: "kubernetes"
-        crio_socket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
+        crio_socket: "/run/crio/crio.sock"
 
     - name: clone build and install kubetest
       include: "build/kubetest.yml"
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         force_clone: true
         k8s_git_version: "master"
         k8s_github_fork: "kubernetes"
-        crio_socket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
+        crio_socket: "/run/crio/crio.sock"
       when: "(cgroupv2 is undefined) or (cgroupv2 == False) | bool"
     - name: clone build and install kubernetes for cgroup v2
       include: "build/kubernetes.yml"
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         force_clone: true
         k8s_git_version: "master"
         k8s_github_fork: "kubernetes"
-        crio_socket: "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
+        crio_socket: "/run/crio/crio.sock"
       when: "cgroupv2 | bool"
 
     - name: clone build and install kubetest