diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
index 307c06ff872..b77f349fc35 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func parseResolvConf(reader io.Reader) (nameservers []string, searches []string,
 	return nameservers, searches, options, utilerrors.NewAggregate(allErrors)
 }
 
-func (c *Configurer) getHostDNSConfig(pod *v1.Pod) (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
+func (c *Configurer) getHostDNSConfig() (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
 	var hostDNS, hostSearch, hostOptions []string
 	// Get host DNS settings
 	if c.ResolverConfig != "" {
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func appendDNSConfig(existingDNSConfig *runtimeapi.DNSConfig, dnsConfig *v1.PodD
 
 // GetPodDNS returns DNS settings for the pod.
 func (c *Configurer) GetPodDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
-	dnsConfig, err := c.getHostDNSConfig(pod)
+	dnsConfig, err := c.getHostDNSConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}