diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index fc1300206df..14b41f0861a 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator
 pkg/registry/core/service/portallocator
 pkg/registry/core/service/storage
 pkg/registry/extensions/controller/storage
-pkg/scheduler
-pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates
-pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities
-pkg/scheduler/api/v1
-pkg/scheduler/internal/queue
 pkg/util/coverage
 pkg/util/ebtables
 pkg/util/ipconfig
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata_test.go
index b31dcec0a4a..51ff3d7d7a2 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/metadata_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func predicateMetadataEquivalent(meta1, meta2 *predicateMetadata) error {
 	if meta1.podBestEffort != meta2.podBestEffort {
 		return fmt.Errorf("podBestEfforts are not equal")
 	}
-	if meta1.serviceAffinityInUse != meta1.serviceAffinityInUse {
+	if meta1.serviceAffinityInUse != meta2.serviceAffinityInUse {
 		return fmt.Errorf("serviceAffinityInUses are not equal")
 	}
 	if len(meta1.podPorts) != len(meta2.podPorts) {
@@ -1697,15 +1697,6 @@ var (
 	softSpread = v1.ScheduleAnyway
 )
 
-func newPairSet(kv ...string) topologyPairSet {
-	result := make(topologyPairSet)
-	for i := 0; i < len(kv); i += 2 {
-		pair := topologyPair{key: kv[i], value: kv[i+1]}
-		result[pair] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
 // sortCriticalPaths is only served for testing purpose.
 func (c *podSpreadCache) sortCriticalPaths() {
 	for _, paths := range c.tpKeyToCriticalPaths {
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/even_pods_spread_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/even_pods_spread_test.go
index f330e341353..216f354f6db 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/even_pods_spread_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/priorities/even_pods_spread_test.go
@@ -493,7 +493,4 @@ func BenchmarkTestCalculateEvenPodsSpreadPriority(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-var (
-	hardSpread = v1.DoNotSchedule
-	softSpread = v1.ScheduleAnyway
-)
+var softSpread = v1.ScheduleAnyway
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
index 85c88bc3101..cf2e46b1a52 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/types.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ type UtilizationShapePoint struct {
 // ResourceSpec represents single resource and weight for bin packing of priority RequestedToCapacityRatioArguments.
 type ResourceSpec struct {
 	// Name of the resource to be managed by RequestedToCapacityRatio function.
-	Name apiv1.ResourceName `json:"name,casttype=ResourceName"`
+	Name apiv1.ResourceName `json:"name"`
 	// Weight of the resource.
 	Weight int64 `json:"weight,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ type ResourceSpec struct {
 // managed by an extender.
 type ExtenderManagedResource struct {
 	// Name is the extended resource name.
-	Name apiv1.ResourceName `json:"name,casttype=ResourceName"`
+	Name apiv1.ResourceName `json:"name"`
 	// IgnoredByScheduler indicates whether kube-scheduler should ignore this
 	// resource when applying predicates.
 	IgnoredByScheduler bool `json:"ignoredByScheduler,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
index 4365346cb76..c1a79712a76 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/util"
 )
 
-var negPriority, lowPriority, midPriority, highPriority, veryHighPriority = int32(-100), int32(0), int32(100), int32(1000), int32(10000)
+var lowPriority, midPriority, highPriority = int32(0), int32(100), int32(1000)
 var mediumPriority = (lowPriority + highPriority) / 2
 var highPriorityPod, highPriNominatedPod, medPriorityPod, unschedulablePod = v1.Pod{
 	ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index b02f8acee86..2fb3b1e4ff0 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterExpire(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitPodExpireChan := make(chan struct{})
 	timeout := make(chan struct{})
+	errChan := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -361,7 +362,8 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterExpire(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			pods, err := scache.List(labels.Everything())
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("cache.List failed: %v", err)
+				errChan <- fmt.Errorf("cache.List failed: %v", err)
+				return
 			}
 			if len(pods) == 0 {
 				close(waitPodExpireChan)
@@ -372,6 +374,8 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterExpire(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	// waiting for the assumed pod to expire
 	select {
+	case err := <-errChan:
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	case <-waitPodExpireChan:
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		close(timeout)