diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/client.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/client.go
index 9608d3b90d..6697f5f9ca 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/client.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/client.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-type driverGetter func(string, []byte) (drivers.Driver, error)
+type driverGetter func([]byte) (drivers.Driver, error)
 
 type ClientType int
 type clientFactory interface {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func getDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown driver %s for platform.", driverName)
 	}
-	driver, err := driverGetter(driverName, rawDriver)
+	driver, err := driverGetter(rawDriver)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error getting driver for %s", driverName)
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func getDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	return driver, nil
 }
 
-func getVirtualboxDriver(_ string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func getVirtualboxDriver(rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	var driver drivers.Driver
 	driver = virtualbox.NewDriver("", "")
 	err := json.Unmarshal(rawDriver, driver)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_darwin.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_darwin.go
index 0ab4ed1ed8..a5e6371271 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_darwin.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var driverMap = map[string]driverGetter{
 	"virtualbox":   getVirtualboxDriver,
 }
 
-func getVMWareFusionDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func getVMWareFusionDriver(rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	var driver drivers.Driver
 	driver = &vmwarefusion.Driver{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(rawDriver, &driver); err != nil {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func getVMWareFusionDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver,
 }
 
 // Xhyve driver not implemented yet for non-RPC access
-func getXhyveDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func getXhyveDriver(rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New(`
 The Xhyve driver is not included in minikube yet.  Please follow the directions at
 https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/DRIVERS.md#xhyve-driver
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
index ac63969f6c..9ee224f240 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var driverMap = map[string]driverGetter{
 	"virtualbox": getVirtualboxDriver,
 }
 
-func getKVMDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func getKVMDriver(rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	var driver drivers.Driver
 	driver = &kvm.Driver{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(rawDriver, &driver); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_windows.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_windows.go
index dc6872e99f..f2b50c1471 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_windows.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var driverMap = map[string]driverGetter{
 	"virtualbox": getVirtualboxDriver,
 }
 
-func getHyperVDriver(driverName string, rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
+func getHyperVDriver(rawDriver []byte) (drivers.Driver, error) {
 	var driver drivers.Driver
 	driver = &hyperv.Driver{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(rawDriver, &driver); err != nil {