diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 85dbc449791..00000000000
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-//go:build dockerless
-// +build dockerless
-
-/*
-Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package kubelet
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	kubeletconfiginternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/config"
-)
-
-func runDockershim(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
-	kubeDeps *Dependencies,
-	crOptions *config.ContainerRuntimeOptions,
-	runtimeCgroups string,
-	remoteRuntimeEndpoint string,
-	remoteImageEndpoint string,
-	nonMasqueradeCIDR string) error {
-
-	return fmt.Errorf("trying to use docker runtime when Kubelet was compiled without docker support")
-}