diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index 7c55cc314ef..ec9b9d35a13 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -1740,19 +1740,6 @@ func getPhase(pod *v1.Pod, info []v1.ContainerStatus, podIsTerminal bool) v1.Pod
 	}
 }
 
-func deleteCustomResourceFromResourceRequirements(target *v1.ResourceRequirements) {
-	for resource := range target.Limits {
-		if resource != v1.ResourceCPU && resource != v1.ResourceMemory && resource != v1.ResourceEphemeralStorage {
-			delete(target.Limits, resource)
-		}
-	}
-	for resource := range target.Requests {
-		if resource != v1.ResourceCPU && resource != v1.ResourceMemory && resource != v1.ResourceEphemeralStorage {
-			delete(target.Requests, resource)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func (kl *Kubelet) determinePodResizeStatus(allocatedPod *v1.Pod, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus) v1.PodResizeStatus {
 	var podResizeStatus v1.PodResizeStatus
 	if allocatedResourcesMatchStatus(allocatedPod, podStatus) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
index b18b851aa30..d4aab600b18 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
@@ -6631,7 +6631,7 @@ func TestAllocatedResourcesMatchStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			podStatus := &kubecontainer.PodStatus{
 				Name: "test",
 				ContainerStatuses: []*kubecontainer.Status{
-					&kubecontainer.Status{
+					{
 						Name:      "c",
 						State:     state,
 						Resources: test.statusResources,
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index ca7fdf1590c..a868becf4b9 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -508,6 +508,12 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Alpha
     version: "1.27"
+- name: InPlacePodVerticalScalingAllocatedStatus
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: false
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Alpha
+    version: "1.32"
 - name: InTreePluginPortworxUnregister
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false