diff --git a/provider/google.go b/provider/google.go
index b3ddf44f8..0474a7446 100644
--- a/provider/google.go
+++ b/provider/google.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package provider
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata"