diff --git a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
index 72a871d4..32ee2c76 100644
--- a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
+++ b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ package consistencydetector
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp" //nolint:depguard
-
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ func CheckDataConsistency[T runtime.Object, U any](ctx context.Context, identity
 	sort.Sort(byUID(listItems))
 	sort.Sort(byUID(retrievedItems))
 
-	if !cmp.Equal(listItems, retrievedItems) {
-		klog.Infof("previously received data for %s is different than received by the standard list api call against etcd, diff: %v", identity, cmp.Diff(listItems, retrievedItems))
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(listItems, retrievedItems) {
+		klog.Infof("previously received data for %s is different than received by the standard list api call against etcd, diff: %v", identity, diff.Diff(listItems, retrievedItems))
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("data inconsistency detected for %s, panicking!", identity)
 		panic(msg)
 	}