diff --git a/util/workqueue/timed_queue.go b/util/workqueue/timed_queue.go
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index 2ad90bfd..00000000
--- a/util/workqueue/timed_queue.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 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 workqueue
-
-import "time"
-
-type TimedWorkQueue struct {
-	*Type
-}
-
-type TimedWorkQueueItem struct {
-	StartTime time.Time
-	Object    interface{}
-}
-
-func NewTimedWorkQueue() *TimedWorkQueue {
-	return &TimedWorkQueue{New()}
-}
-
-// Add adds the obj along with the current timestamp to the queue.
-func (q TimedWorkQueue) Add(timedItem *TimedWorkQueueItem) {
-	q.Type.Add(timedItem)
-}
-
-// Get gets the obj along with its timestamp from the queue.
-func (q TimedWorkQueue) Get() (timedItem *TimedWorkQueueItem, shutdown bool) {
-	origin, shutdown := q.Type.Get()
-	if origin == nil {
-		return nil, shutdown
-	}
-	timedItem, _ = origin.(*TimedWorkQueueItem)
-	return timedItem, shutdown
-}
-
-func (q TimedWorkQueue) Done(timedItem *TimedWorkQueueItem) error {
-	q.Type.Done(timedItem)
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/util/workqueue/timed_queue_test.go b/util/workqueue/timed_queue_test.go
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index 3498a4b8..00000000
--- a/util/workqueue/timed_queue_test.go
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 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 workqueue
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
-)
-
-func TestNoMemoryLeak(t *testing.T) {
-	timedQueue := NewTimedWorkQueue()
-	timedQueue.Add(&TimedWorkQueueItem{Object: &v1.Pod{}, StartTime: time.Time{}})
-	item, _ := timedQueue.Get()
-	timedQueue.Add(item)
-	// The item should still be in the timedQueue.
-	timedQueue.Done(item)
-	item, _ = timedQueue.Get()
-	timedQueue.Done(item)
-	if len(timedQueue.Type.processing) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("expect timedQueue.Type.processing to be empty!")
-	}
-}