diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index e50746e29d4..36e7de4cddb 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pkg/controller/deployment
 pkg/controller/garbagecollector
 pkg/controller/nodeipam
 pkg/controller/podautoscaler
-pkg/controller/podgc
 pkg/controller/replicaset
 pkg/controller/resourcequota
 pkg/controller/statefulset
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
index 674582c4fdb..dcc65acfefb 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podgc/gc_controller_test.go
@@ -36,18 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/testutil"
 )
 
-type FakeController struct{}
-
-func (*FakeController) Run(<-chan struct{}) {}
-
-func (*FakeController) HasSynced() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
-func (*FakeController) LastSyncResourceVersion() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
 func alwaysReady() bool { return true }
 
 func NewFromClient(kubeClient clientset.Interface, terminatedPodThreshold int) (*PodGCController, coreinformers.PodInformer, coreinformers.NodeInformer) {