diff --git a/service/envvars.go b/service/envvars.go
index b1b136fe..afeba69b 100644
--- a/service/envvars.go
+++ b/service/envvars.go
@@ -66,7 +66,4 @@ const (
 
 	// EnvExternalAccess is the IP of an additional router you wish to add for nfs export
 	EnvExternalAccess = "X_CSI_POWERFLEX_EXTERNAL_ACCESS"
-
-	// EnvKubeNodeName is the name of the environment variable which stores current kubernetes node name
-	EnvKubeNodeName = "X_CSI_POWERFLEX_KUBE_NODE_NAME"
 )
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index ad9dabc5..16cca387 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ type Opts struct {
 	MaxVolumesPerNode          int64
 	IsQuotaEnabled             bool   // allow driver to enable quota limits for NFS volumes
 	ExternalAccess             string // used for adding extra IP/IP range to the NFS export
-	KubeNodeName               string
 }
 
 type service struct {
@@ -349,7 +348,6 @@ func (s *service) BeforeServe(
 			"MaxVolumesPerNode":      s.opts.MaxVolumesPerNode,
 			"IsQuotaEnabled":         s.opts.IsQuotaEnabled,
 			"ExternalAccess":         s.opts.ExternalAccess,
-			"KubeNodeName":           s.opts.KubeNodeName,
 		}
 
 		Log.WithFields(fields).Infof("configured %s", Name)
@@ -451,9 +449,6 @@ func (s *service) BeforeServe(
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if kubeNodeName, ok := csictx.LookupEnv(ctx, EnvKubeNodeName); ok {
-		opts.KubeNodeName = kubeNodeName
-	}
 
 	// log csiNode topology keys
 	if err = s.logCsiNodeTopologyKeys(); err != nil {
@@ -1658,9 +1653,13 @@ func (s *service) GetNodeLabels(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, error)
 		}
 		K8sClientset = k8sutils.Clientset
 	}
-
+	hostName, ok := os.LookupEnv("HOSTNAME")
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "%s not set", "HOSTNAME")
+	}
+	hostName = strings.ToLower(hostName)
 	// access the API to fetch node object
-	node, err := K8sClientset.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), s.opts.KubeNodeName, v1.GetOptions{})
+	node, err := K8sClientset.CoreV1().Nodes().Get(context.TODO(), hostName, v1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, GetMessage("Unable to fetch the node labels. Error: %v", err))
 	}
diff --git a/service/step_defs_test.go b/service/step_defs_test.go
index aaccf1f4..fba3e621 100644
--- a/service/step_defs_test.go
+++ b/service/step_defs_test.go
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ func mockGetNodeLabelsWithInvalidVolumeLimits(ctx context.Context, s *service) (
 }
 
 func (f *feature) setFakeNode() (*v1.Node, error) {
-	f.service.opts.KubeNodeName = "node1"
+	os.Setenv("HOSTNAME", "node1")
 	fakeNode := &v1.Node{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:   "node1",
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ func mockLookupEnv(ctx context.Context, key string) (string, bool) {
 }
 
 func (f *feature) iCallGetNodeLabelsWithInvalidNode() error {
-	f.service.opts.KubeNodeName = "node2"
+	os.Setenv("HOSTNAME", "node2")
 	_, f.err = f.service.GetNodeLabels(f.context)
 	return nil
 }