diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_test.go
index 64e9c4ca5e7..41f12303701 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container_test.go
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ func TestGenerateContainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	expectedConfig = makeExpetectedConfig(m, podWithContainerSecurityContext, 0)
-	containerConfig, err = m.generateContainerConfig(&podWithContainerSecurityContext.Spec.Containers[0], podWithContainerSecurityContext, 0, "", podWithContainerSecurityContext.Spec.Containers[0].Image)
+	_, err = m.generateContainerConfig(&podWithContainerSecurityContext.Spec.Containers[0], podWithContainerSecurityContext, 0, "", podWithContainerSecurityContext.Spec.Containers[0].Image)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }