diff --git a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
index e6a17ce..a49a249 100644
--- a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
+++ b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
@@ -266,15 +266,9 @@ gcloud compute target-pools add-instances kubernetes-target-pool \
   --instances controller-0,controller-1,controller-2
 ```
 
-```
-KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(gcloud compute addresses describe kubernetes-the-hard-way \
-  --region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) \
-  --format 'value(name)')
-```
-
 ```
 gcloud compute forwarding-rules create kubernetes-forwarding-rule \
-  --address ${KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS} \
+  --address kubernetes-the-hard-way \
   --ports 6443 \
   --region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) \
   --target-pool kubernetes-target-pool