diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
index 9a461bacb63..58996d18b13 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 // PolicyStatic is the name of the static policy
 const PolicyStatic policyName = "static"
 
-var _ Policy = &staticPolicy{}
-
 // staticPolicy is a CPU manager policy that does not change CPU
 // assignments for exclusively pinned guaranteed containers after the main
 // container process starts.