diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/util.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/util.go
index 6d5fb36d24e..a98a7aa8a1f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/util.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/util.go
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ func SimpleUpdate(fn SimpleUpdateFunc) UpdateFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func EverythingFunc(runtime.Object) bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 func NamespaceKeyFunc(prefix string, obj runtime.Object) (string, error) {
 	meta, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
 	if err != nil {