diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
index cdc31b142c4..0702ef638f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func TestRecordOperation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	prometheusURL := "http://" + l.Addr().String() + "/metrics"
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	//lint:ignore SA1019 ignore deprecated warning until we move off of global registries
 	handler := promhttp.HandlerFor(registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{})
 	mux.Handle("/metrics", handler)
 	server := &http.Server{