diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
index ada4b7f4337..0370f0e0e21 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (flags *ApplyFlags) ToOptions(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, baseNa
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	validator, err := f.Validator(validationDirective, fieldValidationVerifier)
+	validator, err := f.Validator(validationDirective)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}