diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/discovery/storageversionhash.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/discovery/storageversionhash.go
index d72d4ba207c..f47e9632b71 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/discovery/storageversionhash.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/discovery/storageversionhash.go
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import (
 // this function.
 func StorageVersionHash(group, version, kind string) string {
 	gvk := group + "/" + version + "/" + kind
-	if gvk == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
 	bytes := sha256.Sum256([]byte(gvk))
 	// Assuming there are N kinds in the cluster, and the hash is X-byte long,
 	// the chance of colliding hash P(N,X) approximates to 1-e^(-(N^2)/2^(8X+1)).