diff --git a/pkg/issuer/ca/issue.go b/pkg/issuer/ca/issue.go
index a65081089..8e45bca03 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/ca/issue.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/ca/issue.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (c *CA) obtainCertificate(crt *v1alpha1.Certificate, signeeKey interface{},
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting issuer private key: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	template, err := pki.GenerateTemplate(c.issuer, crt, nil)
+	template, err := pki.GenerateTemplate(c.issuer, crt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/issuer/selfsigned/issue.go b/pkg/issuer/selfsigned/issue.go
index e65dd7423..2ef2d7236 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/selfsigned/issue.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/selfsigned/issue.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *SelfSigned) obtainCertificate(crt *v1alpha1.Certificate, privateKey cry
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	template, err := pki.GenerateTemplate(c.issuer, crt, nil)
+	template, err := pki.GenerateTemplate(c.issuer, crt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/pki/csr.go b/pkg/util/pki/csr.go
index 34dbe3b02..1f65b2686 100644
--- a/pkg/util/pki/csr.go
+++ b/pkg/util/pki/csr.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func GenerateCSR(issuer v1alpha1.GenericIssuer, crt *v1alpha1.Certificate) (*x50
 // This should create a Certificate template that is equivalent to the CertificateRequest
 // generated by GenerateCSR.
 // The PublicKey field must be populated by the caller.
-func GenerateTemplate(issuer v1alpha1.GenericIssuer, crt *v1alpha1.Certificate, serialNo *big.Int) (*x509.Certificate, error) {
+func GenerateTemplate(issuer v1alpha1.GenericIssuer, crt *v1alpha1.Certificate) (*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	commonName := CommonNameForCertificate(crt)
 	dnsNames := DNSNamesForCertificate(crt)
 	organization := OrganizationForCertificate(crt)