diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 030face3f86..a64b7bfbbab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ func appendLabels(itemLabels map[string]string, columnLabels []string) string {
 func appendLabelTabs(columnLabels []string) string {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 
-	for range columnLabels {
+	for i := range columnLabels {
+		// NB: This odd dance is to make the loop both compatible with go 1.3 and
+		// pass `gofmt -s`
+		_ = i
 		buffer.WriteString("\t")
 	}
 	buffer.WriteString("\n")