diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_stats_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_stats_unsupported.go
index 751624cfb1f..736215a9d64 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_stats_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_stats_unsupported.go
@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package dockershim
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2"
 )
 
-// ContainerStats returns stats for a container stats request based on container id.
-func (ds *dockerService) ContainerStats(_ context.Context, r *runtimeapi.ContainerStatsRequest) (*runtimeapi.ContainerStatsResponse, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
-}
-
-// ListContainerStats returns stats for a list container stats request based on a filter.
-func (ds *dockerService) ListContainerStats(_ context.Context, r *runtimeapi.ListContainerStatsRequest) (*runtimeapi.ListContainerStatsResponse, error) {
+func (ds *dockerService) getContainerStats(containerID string) (*runtimeapi.ContainerStats, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
 }