diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
index 4654d80cda6..e29513dbd0d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ type URLVisitor struct {
 }
 
 func (v *URLVisitor) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
-	body, err := v.readHttpWithRetries(httpgetImpl, time.Second, v.URL.String())
+	body, err := readHttpWithRetries(httpgetImpl, time.Second, v.URL.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (v *URLVisitor) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 }
 
 // readHttpWithRetries tries to http.Get the v.URL 3 times before giving up.
-func (v *URLVisitor) readHttpWithRetries(get httpget, duration time.Duration, u string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func readHttpWithRetries(get httpget, duration time.Duration, u string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	var err error
 	var body io.ReadCloser
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor_test.go
index b025b775b08..c69231e9ff3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor_test.go
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestVisitorHttpGet(t *testing.T) {
-	instance := &URLVisitor{}
-
 	// Test retries on errors
 	i := 0
 	expectedErr := fmt.Errorf("Failed to get http")
-	actualBytes, actualErr := instance.readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	actualBytes, actualErr := readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "hello", url)
 		i++
 		if i > 2 {
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ func TestVisitorHttpGet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test that 500s are retried.
 	i = 0
-	actualBytes, actualErr = instance.readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	actualBytes, actualErr = readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "hello", url)
 		i++
 		return 501, "Status", nil, nil
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ func TestVisitorHttpGet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test that 300s are not retried
 	i = 0
-	actualBytes, actualErr = instance.readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	actualBytes, actualErr = readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "hello", url)
 		i++
 		return 300, "Status", nil, nil
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ func TestVisitorHttpGet(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test Success
 	i = 0
 	b := bytes.Buffer{}
-	actualBytes, actualErr = instance.readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	actualBytes, actualErr = readHttpWithRetries(func(url string) (int, string, io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "hello", url)
 		i++
 		if i > 1 {