diff --git a/cmd/preferredimports/preferredimports.go b/cmd/preferredimports/preferredimports.go
index 7aa1cbfd9ca..2313ad21740 100644
--- a/cmd/preferredimports/preferredimports.go
+++ b/cmd/preferredimports/preferredimports.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ type analyzer struct {
 	ctx       build.Context
 	failed    bool
 	donePaths map[string]interface{}
-	errors    []string
 }
 
 func newAnalyzer() *analyzer {
diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 62a533eec92..1c4f3baf7e0 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ cluster/images/etcd/migrate
 cmd/kube-controller-manager/app
 cmd/kube-proxy/app
 cmd/linkcheck
-cmd/preferredimports
 pkg/client/tests
 pkg/controller/daemon
 pkg/controller/deployment