This file was added in 2018 (PR #69238) to ensure Go's netgo DNS
resolver respects /etc/hosts in busybox-based control plane images.
In 2021 (PR #99015), the build switched to on-disk Dockerfiles and
distroless base images. The nsswitch.conf copying was dropped and
the distroless base (Debian-based) already includes /etc/nsswitch.conf.