diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/audit.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/audit.go
index e920a620623..70faf8ea67e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/audit.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/audit.go
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ func WithAudit(handler http.Handler, requestContextMapper request.RequestContext
 }
 
 func auditStringSlice(inList []string) string {
-	if len(inList) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-
 	quotedElements := make([]string, len(inList))
 	for i, in := range inList {
 		quotedElements[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", in)