diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/meta.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/meta.go
index 7492324ed95..9cc37297414 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/meta.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/meta.go
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ func Accessor(obj interface{}) (metav1.Object, error) {
 			return m, nil
 		}
 		return nil, errNotObject
-	case List, metav1.List, ListMetaAccessor, metav1.ListMetaAccessor:
-		return nil, errNotObject
 	default:
 		return nil, errNotObject
 	}