diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster/main.go
index a8a4fb50a61..33bb6a5e1cd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/out-of-cluster/main.go
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 )
 
-var (
-	kubeconfig = flag.String("kubeconfig", "./config", "absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-)
-
 func main() {
+	kubeconfig := flag.String("kubeconfig", "./config", "absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 	flag.Parse()
 	// uses the current context in kubeconfig
 	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", *kubeconfig)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/third-party-resources/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/third-party-resources/main.go
index 5218a80a9b9..0cd9c8f1955 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/third-party-resources/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/third-party-resources/main.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 )
 
-var (
-	config *rest.Config
-)
-
 func main() {
 	kubeconfig := flag.String("kubeconfig", "", "Path to a kube config. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	flag.Parse()