diff --git a/cmd/clicheck/check_cli_conventions.go b/cmd/clicheck/check_cli_conventions.go
index 17d109d512..a0363afdb0 100644
--- a/cmd/clicheck/check_cli_conventions.go
+++ b/cmd/clicheck/check_cli_conventions.go
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ import (
 	cmdsanity "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/sanity"
 )
 
-var (
-	skip = []string{}
-)
-
 func main() {
 	var errorCount int