diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index 339e81dc6a2..235ba3e72ef 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -669,18 +669,17 @@ func Complete(s *options.ServerRunOptions) (completedServerRunOptions, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig != nil {
-		for key, value := range s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig {
-			if key == "v1" || strings.HasPrefix(key, "v1/") ||
-				key == "api/v1" || strings.HasPrefix(key, "api/v1/") {
-				delete(s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig, key)
-				s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig["/v1"] = value
-			}
-			if key == "api/legacy" {
-				delete(s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig, key)
-			}
+	for key, value := range s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig {
+		if key == "v1" || strings.HasPrefix(key, "v1/") ||
+			key == "api/v1" || strings.HasPrefix(key, "api/v1/") {
+			delete(s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig, key)
+			s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig["/v1"] = value
+		}
+		if key == "api/legacy" {
+			delete(s.APIEnablement.RuntimeConfig, key)
 		}
 	}
+
 	options.ServerRunOptions = s
 	return options, nil
 }