diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_filter.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_filter.go
index 67008db961f..b873748f688 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_filter.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ package kubectl
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
@@ -52,27 +50,6 @@ func filterPods(obj runtime.Object, options printers.PrintOptions) bool {
 		return p.Status.Phase == v1.PodSucceeded || p.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed
 	case *api.Pod:
 		return p.Status.Phase == api.PodSucceeded || p.Status.Phase == api.PodFailed
-	case *unstructured.Unstructured:
-		if (p.GroupVersionKind().GroupKind() != schema.GroupKind{Kind: "Pod"}) {
-			return false
-		}
-		status, ok := p.Object["status"]
-		if !ok {
-			return false
-		}
-		statusMap, ok := status.(map[string]interface{})
-		if !ok {
-			return false
-		}
-		phase, ok := statusMap["phase"]
-		if !ok {
-			return false
-		}
-		phaseString, ok := phase.(string)
-		if !ok {
-			return false
-		}
-		return phaseString == string(api.PodSucceeded) || phaseString == string(api.PodFailed)
 	}
 	return false
 }