diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common.go
index 6cce0139bfc..13180e6d8ad 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_controller_common.go
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ const (
 	// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/premium-storage-performance#disk-caching
 	diskCachingLimit = 4096 // GiB
 
-	maxLUN               = 64                       // max number of LUNs per VM
-	errLeaseFailed       = "AcquireDiskLeaseFailed" //nolint:unused
+	maxLUN               = 64 // max number of LUNs per VM
 	errLeaseIDMissing    = "LeaseIdMissing"
 	errContainerNotFound = "ContainerNotFound"
 	errStatusCode400     = "statuscode=400"