diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 4af9690a61c..2a0c3beea1c 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert
 pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1
 pkg/kubelet/checkpointmanager/testing/example_checkpoint_formats/v1
 pkg/kubelet/cm
-pkg/kubelet/config
 pkg/kubelet/container
 pkg/kubelet/container/testing
 pkg/kubelet/dockershim
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
index cce17064529..cd557c28147 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	// api.Registry.GroupOrDie(v1.GroupName).GroupVersion.String() is changed
 	// to "v1"?
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	// Ensure that core apis are installed
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/install"
 	k8s_api_v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/validation"