diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 6021171d132..7b1e8380508 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/envelope
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/webhook
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/wsstream
-vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/oidc
-vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/webhook
-vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook
 vendor/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/discovery
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/oidc/oidc_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/oidc/oidc_test.go
index 991a2202376..9841225df49 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/oidc/oidc_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/oidc/oidc_test.go
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ var (
 type claimsTest struct {
 	name               string
 	options            Options
-	now                time.Time
 	signingKey         *jose.JSONWebKey
 	pubKeys            []*jose.JSONWebKey
 	claims             string
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/webhook/certs_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/webhook/certs_test.go
index d498817a2e8..c3453626f22 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/webhook/certs_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authenticator/token/webhook/certs_test.go
@@ -19,34 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package webhook
 
-var caKey = []byte(`-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`)
-
 var caCert = []byte(`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 MIIDCzCCAfOgAwIBAgIJAKK9m2Cfg5uhMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMBsxGTAXBgNV
 BAMMEHdlYmhvb2tfYXV0aHpfY2EwIBcNMTYwMjE2MjM0NDI4WhgPMjI4OTEyMDEy
@@ -67,34 +39,6 @@ TJIpMokDUKlRi9cWSqkWXFE6xbCmhrrwKYsi0X6Vvi7a0pmOnSzKCQl8jN8u4A9R
 xar2YeJ6mCCzSAPM69DP
 -----END CERTIFICATE-----`)
 
-var badCAKey = []byte(`-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`)
-
 var badCACert = []byte(`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 MIIDCzCCAfOgAwIBAgIJAPqJyUfmRxGLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMBsxGTAXBgNV
 BAMMEHdlYmhvb2tfYXV0aHpfY2EwIBcNMTYwMjE2MjM0NDI4WhgPMjI4OTEyMDEy
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook/certs_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook/certs_test.go
index 816eef6b79c..15ece2cba14 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook/certs_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook/certs_test.go
@@ -19,34 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package webhook
 
-var caKey = []byte(`-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`)
-
 var caCert = []byte(`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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@@ -67,34 +39,6 @@ TJIpMokDUKlRi9cWSqkWXFE6xbCmhrrwKYsi0X6Vvi7a0pmOnSzKCQl8jN8u4A9R
 xar2YeJ6mCCzSAPM69DP
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-
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