Revert "Fix the race between configuring cbr0 and restarting static pods"

pkg/kubelet/status_manager.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kubelet
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
@@ -143,9 +142,6 @@ func (s *statusManager) RemoveOrphanedStatuses(podFullNames map[string]bool) {
 
 // syncBatch syncs pods statuses with the apiserver.
 func (s *statusManager) syncBatch() error {
-	if s.kubeClient == nil {
-		return errors.New("Kubernetes client is nil, skipping pod status updates")
-	}
 	syncRequest := <-s.podStatusChannel
 	pod := syncRequest.pod
 	podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)