diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index cb118199aa0..9eabc5a588a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	// ErrNoKubeletContainers returned when there are not containers managed by
-	// the kubelet (ie: either no containers on the node, or none that the kubelet cares about).
-	ErrNoKubeletContainers = errors.New("no containers managed by kubelet")
-
 	// ErrContainerNotFound returned when a container in the given pod with the
 	// given container name was not found, amongst those managed by the kubelet.
 	ErrContainerNotFound = errors.New("no matching container")
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
index cf76aa565a3..75589960913 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveStats(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	switch err {
 	case nil:
 		break
-	case ErrNoKubeletContainers, ErrContainerNotFound:
+	case ErrContainerNotFound:
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	default: