diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/validation_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/validation_test.go
index 91f8409764c..05bf41a186c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/validation_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/validation_test.go
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ spec:
 	origSchema := &apiextensionsv1.JSONSchemaProps{
 		Type: "object",
 		Properties: map[string]apiextensionsv1.JSONSchemaProps{
-			"a": apiextensionsv1.JSONSchemaProps{
+			"a": {
 				Type: "object",
 			},
 		},
@@ -1715,10 +1715,6 @@ func float64Ptr(f float64) *float64 {
 	return &f
 }
 
-func int64Ptr(f int64) *int64 {
-	return &f
-}
-
 func strPtr(str string) *string {
 	return &str
 }