diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 7cd80fc02a2..7ed3ebd760e 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ cmd/kubeadm/app/discovery
 cmd/kubeadm/app/discovery/file
 cmd/kubeadm/app/discovery/token
 cmd/kubeadm/app/images
-cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons
 cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/pkiutil
 cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight
 cmd/kubeadm/app/util