diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 8a5700b814f..754de9bb8b7 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ pkg/controller/podgc
 pkg/controller/replicaset
 pkg/controller/resourcequota
 pkg/controller/statefulset
-pkg/credentialprovider
-pkg/credentialprovider/aws
 pkg/kubeapiserver/admission
 pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources
 pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/aws/aws_credentials_test.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/aws/aws_credentials_test.go
index 7161fc136d1..47b4958a011 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/aws/aws_credentials_test.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/aws/aws_credentials_test.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestECRProvide(t *testing.T) {
 	// Verify that we get an error for other images.
 	for _, otherRegistry := range otherRegistries {
 		image = path.Join(otherRegistry, "foo/bar")
-		creds, ok = keyring.Lookup(image)
+		_, ok = keyring.Lookup(image)
 		if ok {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpectedly found image: %s", image)
 			return
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestChinaECRProvide(t *testing.T) {
 	// Verify that we get an error for other images.
 	for _, otherRegistry := range otherRegistries {
 		image = path.Join(otherRegistry, image)
-		creds, ok = keyring.Lookup(image)
+		_, ok = keyring.Lookup(image)
 		if ok {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpectedly found image: %s", image)
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/azure/azure_acr_helper.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/azure/azure_acr_helper.go
index 839ccd6947a..12a2ad3f3b6 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/azure/azure_acr_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/azure/azure_acr_helper.go
@@ -91,22 +91,22 @@ func receiveChallengeFromLoginServer(serverAddress string) (*authDirective, erro
 
 	var challenge *http.Response
 	if challenge, err = client.Do(r); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reaching registry endpoint %s, error: %s", challengeURL.String(), err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reaching registry endpoint %s, error: %s", challengeURL.String(), err)
 	}
 	defer challenge.Body.Close()
 
 	if challenge.StatusCode != 401 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Registry did not issue a valid AAD challenge, status: %d", challenge.StatusCode)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("registry did not issue a valid AAD challenge, status: %d", challenge.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	var authHeader []string
 	var ok bool
 	if authHeader, ok = challenge.Header["Www-Authenticate"]; !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Challenge response does not contain header 'Www-Authenticate'")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("challenge response does not contain header 'Www-Authenticate'")
 	}
 
 	if len(authHeader) != 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Registry did not issue a valid AAD challenge, authenticate header [%s]",
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("registry did not issue a valid AAD challenge, authenticate header [%s]",
 			strings.Join(authHeader, ", "))
 	}
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func receiveChallengeFromLoginServer(serverAddress string) (*authDirective, erro
 	authType := strings.ToLower(authSections[0])
 	var authParams *map[string]string
 	if authParams, err = parseAssignments(authSections[1]); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to understand the contents of Www-Authenticate header %s", authSections[1])
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to understand the contents of Www-Authenticate header %s", authSections[1])
 	}
 
 	// verify headers
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/config_test.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/config_test.go
index a0723d9f1e8..edbdaa1abeb 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/config_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 func TestReadDockerConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 	configJsonFileName := "config.json"
 	var fileInfo *os.File
-	preferredPaths := []string{}
 
 	//test dockerconfig json
 	inputDockerconfigJsonFile := "{ \"auths\": { \"http://foo.example.com\":{\"auth\":\"Zm9vOmJhcgo=\",\"email\":\"foo@example.com\"}}}"
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ func TestReadDockerConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(preferredPath)
-	preferredPaths = append(preferredPaths, preferredPath)
 	absDockerConfigFileLocation, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(preferredPath, configJsonFileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("While trying to canonicalize %s: %v", preferredPath, err)
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/gcp/metadata_test.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/gcp/metadata_test.go
index 7e9922572ad..6b00dc54c39 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/gcp/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/gcp/metadata_test.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func TestContainerRegistryBasics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	val := creds[0]
 
-	if "_token" != val.Username {
+	if val.Username != "_token" {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected username value, want: %s, got: %s", "_token", val.Username)
 	}
 	if token.AccessToken != val.Password {