diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 4966589dcc4..84003c63092 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ test/integration/ttlcontroller
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/apitesting/roundtrip
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation
-vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/json
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream/spdy
 vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/scheme.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/scheme.go
index 7a1e70663dd..fc87e72d080 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/scheme.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/scheme.go
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ func (s *Scheme) nameFunc(t reflect.Type) string {
 	return gvks[0].Kind
 }
 
-// fromScope gets the input version, desired output version, and desired Scheme
-// from a conversion.Scope.
-func (s *Scheme) fromScope(scope conversion.Scope) *Scheme {
-	return s
-}
-
 // Converter allows access to the converter for the scheme
 func (s *Scheme) Converter() *conversion.Converter {
 	return s.converter