diff --git a/hack/.shellcheck_failures b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
index 282887d0c0..7df99886dd 100644
--- a/hack/.shellcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
 ./test/cmd/core.sh
 ./test/cmd/crd.sh
 ./test/cmd/create.sh
-./test/cmd/delete.sh
 ./test/cmd/diff.sh
 ./test/cmd/discovery.sh
 ./test/cmd/generic-resources.sh
diff --git a/test/cmd/delete.sh b/test/cmd/delete.sh
index 18b9ba172e..0b8a723a47 100755
--- a/test/cmd/delete.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/delete.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ run_kubectl_delete_allnamespaces_tests() {
 
   # no configmaps should be in either of those namespaces
   kubectl config set-context "${CONTEXT}" --namespace="${ns_one}"
-  kube::test::get_object_assert configmap "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert configmap "{{range.items}}{{${id_field:?}}}:{{end}}" ''
   kubectl config set-context "${CONTEXT}" --namespace="${ns_two}"
-  kube::test::get_object_assert configmap "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  kube::test::get_object_assert configmap "{{range.items}}{{${id_field:?}}}:{{end}}" ''
 
   set +o nounset
   set +o errexit