diff --git a/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s.go b/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s.go
index e9e1e6e..4ae43a9 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s.go
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ func New(l *log.Logger, cfg api.StaticConfig) (*provider) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	p.KubeContext, err = getKubeContext(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		p.log.Debugf("vals-k8s: Unable to get a valid kubeContext: %s", err)
-		return nil
-	}
+	p.KubeContext = getKubeContext(cfg)
 
 	if p.KubeContext == "" {
 		p.log.Debugf("vals-k8s: kubeContext was not provided. Using current context.")
@@ -126,12 +122,11 @@ func (p *provider) GetStringMap(path string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 // Return an empty Kube context if none is provided
-//nolint:unparam // TODO: https://github.com/mvdan/unparam/issues/40
-func getKubeContext(cfg api.StaticConfig) (string, error) {
+func getKubeContext(cfg api.StaticConfig) string {
 	if cfg.String("kubeContext") != "" {
-		return cfg.String("kubeContext"), nil
+		return cfg.String("kubeContext")
 	}
-	return "", nil
+	return ""
 }
 
 // Build the client-go config using a specific context
diff --git a/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s_test.go b/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s_test.go
index 5871553..333c22d 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/k8s/k8s_test.go
@@ -190,10 +190,7 @@ func Test_getKubeContext(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := range testcases {
 		tc := testcases[i]
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := getKubeContext(tc.config)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
-			}
+			got := getKubeContext(tc.config)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want, got); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected result: -(want), +(got)\n%s", diff)
 			}