diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/alpha.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/alpha.go
index ea1a9294a4a..9edcbe64141 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/alpha.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/alpha/alpha.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package alpha
 
 import (
-	"io"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // NewCmdAlpha returns "kubeadm alpha" command.
-func NewCmdAlpha(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmdAlpha() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "alpha",
 		Short: "Kubeadm experimental sub-commands",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
index c2e6fa90a25..2a2be725a60 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func NewKubeadmCommand(in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmds.AddCommand(newCmdVersion(out))
 	cmds.AddCommand(newCmdToken(out, err))
 	cmds.AddCommand(upgrade.NewCmdUpgrade(out))
-	cmds.AddCommand(alpha.NewCmdAlpha(in, out))
+	cmds.AddCommand(alpha.NewCmdAlpha())
 	options.AddKubeadmOtherFlags(cmds.PersistentFlags(), &rootfsPath)
 	cmds.AddCommand(newCmdKubeConfigUtility(out))