diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
index 65e74a96f87..993ca28342e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/core.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func startRouteController(ctx context.Context, controllerContext ControllerConte
 
 func startPersistentVolumeBinderController(ctx context.Context, controllerContext ControllerContext) (controller.Interface, bool, error) {
 	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
-	plugins, err := ProbeControllerVolumePlugins(logger, controllerContext.Cloud, controllerContext.ComponentConfig.PersistentVolumeBinderController.VolumeConfiguration)
+	plugins, err := ProbeControllerVolumePlugins(logger, controllerContext.ComponentConfig.PersistentVolumeBinderController.VolumeConfiguration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, true, fmt.Errorf("failed to probe volume plugins when starting persistentvolume controller: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
index 59b8e35a263..87a625b10f6 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/plugins.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
-	// Cloud providers
-	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
 	// ensure the cloud providers are installed
 	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers"
 	// Volume plugins
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ func ProbeExpandableVolumePlugins(logger klog.Logger, config persistentvolumecon
 // ProbeControllerVolumePlugins collects all persistent volume plugins into an
 // easy to use list. Only volume plugins that implement any of
 // provisioner/recycler/deleter interface should be returned.
-func ProbeControllerVolumePlugins(logger klog.Logger, cloud cloudprovider.Interface, config persistentvolumeconfig.VolumeConfiguration) ([]volume.VolumePlugin, error) {
+func ProbeControllerVolumePlugins(logger klog.Logger, config persistentvolumeconfig.VolumeConfiguration) ([]volume.VolumePlugin, error) {
 	allPlugins := []volume.VolumePlugin{}
 
 	// The list of plugins to probe is decided by this binary, not