diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index a8563d0361d..bc72481b1dc 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ 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/client-go/discovery
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch
 vendor/k8s.io/client-go/transport
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
index 57404e0b2b7..ae2d6acdf4e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 Keep using module since it's still being maintained and the api of google.golang.org/protobuf/proto differs
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	openapi_v2 "github.com/googleapis/gnostic/openapiv2"