diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index f9fa17823a4..78a71ae6442 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/routes
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher
-vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/encrypt/envelope
 vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/webhook
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/store_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/store_test.go
index 11ed1721166..961029b8c7c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/store_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/store_test.go
@@ -2079,7 +2079,6 @@ func Test_decodeContinue(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_growSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
-		t               reflect.Type
 		initialCapacity int
 		v               reflect.Value
 		maxCapacity     int