diff --git a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
index e91fc9e9..b2f3dba0 100644
--- a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
+++ b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/buffer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
+	"k8s.io/utils/buffer"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 )
diff --git a/util/buffer/ring_growing.go b/util/buffer/ring_growing.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 86965a51..00000000
--- a/util/buffer/ring_growing.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package buffer
-
-// RingGrowing is a growing ring buffer.
-// Not thread safe.
-type RingGrowing struct {
-	data     []interface{}
-	n        int // Size of Data
-	beg      int // First available element
-	readable int // Number of data items available
-}
-
-// NewRingGrowing constructs a new RingGrowing instance with provided parameters.
-func NewRingGrowing(initialSize int) *RingGrowing {
-	return &RingGrowing{
-		data: make([]interface{}, initialSize),
-		n:    initialSize,
-	}
-}
-
-// ReadOne reads (consumes) first item from the buffer if it is available, otherwise returns false.
-func (r *RingGrowing) ReadOne() (data interface{}, ok bool) {
-	if r.readable == 0 {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	r.readable--
-	element := r.data[r.beg]
-	r.data[r.beg] = nil // Remove reference to the object to help GC
-	if r.beg == r.n-1 {
-		// Was the last element
-		r.beg = 0
-	} else {
-		r.beg++
-	}
-	return element, true
-}
-
-// WriteOne adds an item to the end of the buffer, growing it if it is full.
-func (r *RingGrowing) WriteOne(data interface{}) {
-	if r.readable == r.n {
-		// Time to grow
-		newN := r.n * 2
-		newData := make([]interface{}, newN)
-		to := r.beg + r.readable
-		if to <= r.n {
-			copy(newData, r.data[r.beg:to])
-		} else {
-			copied := copy(newData, r.data[r.beg:])
-			copy(newData[copied:], r.data[:(to%r.n)])
-		}
-		r.beg = 0
-		r.data = newData
-		r.n = newN
-	}
-	r.data[(r.readable+r.beg)%r.n] = data
-	r.readable++
-}
diff --git a/util/buffer/ring_growing_test.go b/util/buffer/ring_growing_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a4c079..00000000
--- a/util/buffer/ring_growing_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package buffer
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestGrowth(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	x := 10
-	g := NewRingGrowing(1)
-	for i := 0; i < x; i++ {
-		assert.Equal(t, i, g.readable)
-		g.WriteOne(i)
-	}
-	read := 0
-	for g.readable > 0 {
-		v, ok := g.ReadOne()
-		assert.True(t, ok)
-		assert.Equal(t, read, v)
-		read++
-	}
-	assert.Equalf(t, x, read, "expected to have read %d items: %d", x, read)
-	assert.Zerof(t, g.readable, "expected readable to be zero: %d", g.readable)
-	assert.Equalf(t, 16, g.n, "expected N to be 16: %d", g.n)
-}
-
-func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	g := NewRingGrowing(1)
-	_, ok := g.ReadOne()
-	assert.False(t, ok)
-}