diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
index d03be9193d07..9c02442ccbbd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloudprovider.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
@@ -240,7 +241,9 @@ func getTags(ctx context.Context, nodeClass *v1.EC2NodeClass, nodeClaim *karpv1.
 		v1.EKSClusterNameTagKey: options.FromContext(ctx).ClusterName,
 		v1.LabelNodeClass:       nodeClass.Name,
 	}
-	return lo.Assign(nodeClass.Spec.Tags, staticTags)
+	return lo.Assign(lo.OmitBy(nodeClass.Spec.Tags, func(key string, _ string) bool {
+		return strings.HasPrefix(key, "kubernetes.io/cluster/")
+	}), staticTags)
 }
 
 func (c *CloudProvider) resolveNodeClassFromNodeClaim(ctx context.Context, nodeClaim *karpv1.NodeClaim) (*v1.EC2NodeClass, error) {