diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 8a2cccda283..ad81b9c482e 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ linters:
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/dra/.*
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/images/sample-device-plugin/.*
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/.*
-            # Temporary carve-outs for PR1 split safety: these files still have legacy global klog calls.
-            # TODO: remove each exclusion as follow-up PRs migrate the file to contextual logging.
       sorted:
         # Installed there by hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh.
         path: _output/local/bin/sorted.so
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index 391b47e8581..a75e44e42e0 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -363,8 +363,6 @@ linters:
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/dra/.*
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/images/sample-device-plugin/.*
             contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/.*
-            # Temporary carve-outs for PR1 split safety: these files still have legacy global klog calls.
-            # TODO: remove each exclusion as follow-up PRs migrate the file to contextual logging.
       sorted:
         # Installed there by hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh.
         path: _output/local/bin/sorted.so
diff --git a/hack/logcheck.conf b/hack/logcheck.conf
index bc6ab4b645d..e3ec8e3c467 100644
--- a/hack/logcheck.conf
+++ b/hack/logcheck.conf
@@ -65,5 +65,3 @@ contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/securitycontext/.*
 contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/dra/.*
 contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/test/images/sample-device-plugin/.*
 contextual k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/.*
-# Temporary carve-outs for PR1 split safety: these files still have legacy global klog calls.
-# TODO: remove each exclusion as follow-up PRs migrate the file to contextual logging.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
index 2239d632f90..38a03360764 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_volumes.go
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) cleanupOrphanedPodDirs(logger klog.Logger, pods []*v1.Pod, ru
 		}
 
 		// Rmdir the pod dir, which should be empty if everything above was successful
-		logger.V(3).Info("Orphaned pod found, removing", "podUID", uid, "path", podDir)
+		logger.V(3).Info("Orphaned pod found, removing", "podUID", uid)
 		if err := syscall.Rmdir(podDir); err != nil {
 			cleanupFailed = true
-			logger.Error(err, "Failed to remove orphaned pod dir", "podUID", uid, "path", podDir)
+			logger.Error(err, "Failed to remove orphaned pod dir", "podUID", uid)
 			orphanRemovalErrors = append(orphanRemovalErrors, fmt.Errorf("orphaned pod %q found, but error occurred when trying to remove the pod directory: %v", uid, err))
 		}
 		if cleanupFailed {