diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
index 2256ade8a3f..4c90c4ac54b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_service.go
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ const (
 
 	dockerNetNSFmt = "/proc/%v/ns/net"
 
-	defaultSeccompProfile = "unconfined"
-
 	// Internal docker labels used to identify whether a container is a sandbox
 	// or a regular container.
 	// TODO: This is not backward compatible with older containers. We will