diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/BUILD
index 799979d46be..fc2a59be048 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/BUILD
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ go_library(
         "io.go",
         "pem.go",
     ],
-    data = [
-        "testdata/dontUseThisKey.pem",
-    ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/client-go/util/cert",
 )