diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/conversion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/conversion.go
index 56611247323..57b62150975 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/conversion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/conversion.go
@@ -225,10 +225,6 @@ func GetTargets(context *generator.Context, args *args.Args) []generator.Target
 		klog.V(3).Infof("pre-processing pkg %q", i)
 
 		pkg := context.Universe[i]
-		if pkg == nil {
-			// If the input had no Go files, for example.
-			continue
-		}
 
 		// Only generate conversions for packages which explicitly request it
 		// by specifying one or more "+k8s:conversion-gen=<peer-pkg>"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/generators/deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/generators/deepcopy.go
index a362838dbca..bbb0e9daefa 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/generators/deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/generators/deepcopy.go
@@ -138,11 +138,8 @@ func GetTargets(context *generator.Context, args *args.Args) []generator.Target
 
 	for _, i := range context.Inputs {
 		klog.V(3).Infof("Considering pkg %q", i)
+
 		pkg := context.Universe[i]
-		if pkg == nil {
-			// If the input had no Go files, for example.
-			continue
-		}
 
 		ptag := extractEnabledTag(pkg.Comments)
 		ptagValue := ""
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/generators/defaulter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/generators/defaulter.go
index e2991102c36..80cae4ac49f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/generators/defaulter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/generators/defaulter.go
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ func GetTargets(context *generator.Context, args *args.Args) []generator.Target
 		klog.V(5).Infof("considering pkg %q", i)
 
 		pkg := context.Universe[i]
-		if pkg == nil {
-			// If the input had no Go files, for example.
-			continue
-		}
 
 		// if the types are not in the same package where the defaulter functions to be generated
 		inputTags := extractInputTag(pkg.Comments)
@@ -299,10 +295,6 @@ func GetTargets(context *generator.Context, args *args.Args) []generator.Target
 
 	for _, i := range context.Inputs {
 		pkg := context.Universe[i]
-		if pkg == nil {
-			// If the input had no Go files, for example.
-			continue
-		}
 
 		// typesPkg is where the types that needs defaulter are defined.
 		// Sometimes it is different from pkg. For example, kubernetes core/v1
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status.go
index ee037e3920b..79ab3244e58 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/prerelease-lifecycle-gen/prerelease-lifecycle-generators/status.go
@@ -187,11 +187,8 @@ func GetTargets(context *generator.Context, args *args.Args) []generator.Target
 
 	for _, i := range context.Inputs {
 		klog.V(5).Infof("Considering pkg %q", i)
+
 		pkg := context.Universe[i]
-		if pkg == nil {
-			// If the input had no Go files, for example.
-			continue
-		}
 
 		ptag := extractTag(tagEnabledName, pkg.Comments)
 		pkgNeedsGeneration := false