diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/api_server.go b/pkg/apiserver/api_server.go
index d648e373173..376d4542f59 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/api_server.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/api_server.go
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ type Status struct {
 // TODO: consider migrating this to go-restful which is a more full-featured version of the same thing.
 type ApiServer struct {
 	prefix  string
-	apiName string
 	storage map[string]RESTStorage
 }
 
 // New creates a new ApiServer object.
 // 'storage' contains a map of handlers.
 // 'prefix' is the hosting path prefix.
-func New(storage map[string]RESTStorage, prefix, apiName string) *ApiServer {
+func New(storage map[string]RESTStorage, prefix string) *ApiServer {
 	return &ApiServer{
 		storage: storage,
 		prefix:  prefix,