diff --git a/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh b/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
index 3e7da4bd8a..3933b4e0a5 100755
--- a/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
-apiserver=$(kube::util::find-binary "kube-apiserver")
-
 TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/update-openapi-spec.XXXX)
 ETCD_HOST=${ETCD_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
 ETCD_PORT=${ETCD_PORT:-2379}
diff --git a/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh b/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
index 0fa0396648..38501e821d 100755
--- a/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ kube::etcd::install
 
 make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/kube-apiserver
 
-apiserver=$(kube::util::find-binary "kube-apiserver")
-
 SPECROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/api/openapi-spec"
 TMP_SPECROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/openapi-spec"
 _tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"