diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index a57f2fe2731..581ea3d22f7 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor
 pkg/volume/util/subpath
 pkg/volume/vsphere_volume
 test/e2e/apps
-test/e2e/auth
 test/e2e/autoscaling
 test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdriver
 test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring
diff --git a/test/e2e/auth/audit_dynamic.go b/test/e2e/auth/audit_dynamic.go
index 0d256614570..80f2a62a3dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/auth/audit_dynamic.go
+++ b/test/e2e/auth/audit_dynamic.go
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("[Feature:DynamicAudit]", func() {
 		})
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create proxy service")
 
-		config, err = framework.LoadConfig()
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to load config")
-
 		var podIP string
 		// get pod ip
 		err = wait.Poll(100*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Second, func() (done bool, err error) {