diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
index 7e1b5698658..58e68aea299 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ struct flb_kube *flb_kube_conf_create(struct flb_filter_instance *i,
              ctx->api_https ? "https" : "http",
              ctx->api_host, ctx->api_port);
 
-    ctx->hash_table = flb_hash_create(FLB_HASH_TABLE_SIZE);
+    ctx->hash_table = flb_hash_create(FLB_HASH_TABLE_SIZE,
+                                      FLB_HASH_EVICT_NONE, -1);
     if (!ctx->hash_table) {
         flb_kube_conf_destroy(ctx);
         return NULL;