diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 2b9265068b8..cdd105008ca 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ pkg/ssh
 pkg/util/config
 pkg/util/ebtables
 pkg/util/goroutinemap/exponentialbackoff
-pkg/util/iptables
 pkg/util/iptables/testing
 pkg/util/labels # See previous effort in PR #80685
 pkg/util/oom