diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/genericapiserver.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/genericapiserver.go
index b64628c9f0..d88a2d8973 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/genericapiserver.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/genericapiserver.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -223,13 +222,6 @@ func (s emptyDelegate) OpenAPISpec() *spec.Swagger {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// Send correct mime type for .svg files.
-	// TODO: remove when https://github.com/golang/go/commit/21e47d831bafb59f22b1ea8098f709677ec8ce33
-	// makes it into all of our supported go versions (only in v1.7.1 now).
-	mime.AddExtensionType(".svg", "image/svg+xml")
-}
-
 // RequestContextMapper is exposed so that third party resource storage can be build in a different location.
 // TODO refactor third party resource storage
 func (s *GenericAPIServer) RequestContextMapper() apirequest.RequestContextMapper {