diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
index 57b8c4fee..876e1ba37 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ func DeleteRelease(rel *release.Release, vs chartutil.VersionSet, kubeClient env
 		return rel.Manifest, []error{fmt.Errorf("corrupted release record. You must manually delete the resources: %s", err)}
 	}
 
-	filesToKeep, filesToDelete := filterManifestsToKeep(files, kubeClient, rel.Namespace)
+	filesToKeep, filesToDelete := filterManifestsToKeep(files)
 	if len(filesToKeep) > 0 {
-		kept = summarizeKeptManifests(filesToKeep)
+		kept = summarizeKeptManifests(filesToKeep, kubeClient, rel.Namespace)
 	}
 
 	errs = []error{}
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/resource_policy.go b/pkg/tiller/resource_policy.go
index bc92f706a..fe4684476 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/resource_policy.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/resource_policy.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const resourcePolicyAnno = "helm.sh/resource-policy"
 //   during an uninstallRelease action.
 const keepPolicy = "keep"
 
-func filterManifestsToKeep(manifests []Manifest, kubeClient environment.KubeClient, namespace string) ([]Manifest, []Manifest) {
+func filterManifestsToKeep(manifests []Manifest) ([]Manifest, []Manifest) {
 	remaining := []Manifest{}
 	keep := []Manifest{}
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func filterManifestsToKeep(manifests []Manifest, kubeClient environment.KubeClie
 	return keep, remaining
 }
 
-func summarizeKeptManifests(manifests []Manifest) string {
+func summarizeKeptManifests(manifests []Manifest, kubeClient environment.KubeClient, namespace string) string {
 	message := "These resources were kept due to the resource policy:\n"
 	for _, m := range manifests {
 		// check if m is in fact present from k8s client's POV.