diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index c3ce5dca595..b612ffc0e14 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ pkg/util/configz
 pkg/util/dbus
 pkg/util/ebtables
 pkg/util/env
-pkg/util/exec
 pkg/util/file
 pkg/util/goroutinemap/exponentialbackoff
 pkg/util/initsystem