diff --git a/pkg/api/pod/util.go b/pkg/api/pod/util.go
index aff5745c966..f104e683e4e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pod/util.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pod/util.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package pod
 import (
 	"strings"
 
-	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	metavalidation "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
@@ -1302,43 +1301,6 @@ func hasInvalidLabelValueInRequiredNodeAffinity(spec *api.PodSpec) bool {
 	return helper.HasInvalidLabelValueInNodeSelectorTerms(spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms)
 }
 
-func MarkPodProposedForResize(oldPod, newPod *api.Pod) {
-	if len(newPod.Spec.Containers) != len(oldPod.Spec.Containers) {
-		// Update is invalid: ignore changes and let validation handle it
-		return
-	}
-
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SidecarContainers) && len(newPod.Spec.InitContainers) != len(oldPod.Spec.InitContainers) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	for i, c := range newPod.Spec.Containers {
-		if c.Name != oldPod.Spec.Containers[i].Name {
-			return // Update is invalid (container mismatch): let validation handle it.
-		}
-		if apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldPod.Spec.Containers[i].Resources, c.Resources) {
-			continue
-		}
-		newPod.Status.Resize = api.PodResizeStatusProposed
-		return
-	}
-
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SidecarContainers) {
-		for i, c := range newPod.Spec.InitContainers {
-			if IsRestartableInitContainer(&c) {
-				if c.Name != oldPod.Spec.InitContainers[i].Name {
-					return // Update is invalid (container mismatch): let validation handle it.
-				}
-				if apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldPod.Spec.InitContainers[i].Resources, c.Resources) {
-					continue
-				}
-				newPod.Status.Resize = api.PodResizeStatusProposed
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // KEP: https://kep.k8s.io/4639
 func dropImageVolumes(podSpec, oldPodSpec *api.PodSpec) {
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ImageVolume) || imageVolumesInUse(oldPodSpec) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go b/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
index bd52ff183eb..e2c350d76df 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
@@ -3053,657 +3053,6 @@ func TestDropSidecarContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMarkPodProposedForResize(t *testing.T) {
-	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.SidecarContainers, true)
-	containerRestartPolicyAlways := api.ContainerRestartPolicyAlways
-	testCases := []struct {
-		desc                 string
-		newPodSpec           api.PodSpec
-		oldPodSpec           api.PodSpec
-		expectProposedResize bool
-	}{
-		{
-			desc: "nil requests",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "resources unchanged",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "requests resized",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: true,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "limits resized",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("500m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: true,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "the number of containers in the pod has increased; no action should be taken.",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "the number of containers in the pod has decreased; no action should be taken.",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "containers reordered",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "resources unchanged with sidecar containers",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "requests resized with sidecar containers",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: true,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "limits resized with sidecar containers",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("500m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: true,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "requests resized should fail with non-sidecar init container",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "limits resized should fail with non-sidecar init containers",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "c1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("500m")},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "the number of sidecar containers in the pod has increased; no action should be taken.",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "i2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "the number of sidecar containers in the pod has decreased; no action should be taken.",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "i2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-		{
-			desc: "sidecar containers reordered",
-			newPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "i2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			oldPodSpec: api.PodSpec{
-				InitContainers: []api.Container{
-					{
-						Name:  "i2",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("200m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-					{
-						Name:  "i1",
-						Image: "image",
-						Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
-							Requests: api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("300m")},
-							Limits:   api.ResourceList{api.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("400m")},
-						},
-						RestartPolicy: &containerRestartPolicyAlways,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectProposedResize: false,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			newPod := &api.Pod{Spec: tc.newPodSpec}
-			newPodUnchanged := newPod.DeepCopy()
-			oldPod := &api.Pod{Spec: tc.oldPodSpec}
-			MarkPodProposedForResize(oldPod, newPod)
-			if tc.expectProposedResize {
-				assert.Equal(t, api.PodResizeStatusProposed, newPod.Status.Resize)
-			} else {
-				assert.Equal(t, api.PodResizeStatus(""), newPod.Status.Resize)
-			}
-			newPod.Status.Resize = newPodUnchanged.Status.Resize // Only field that might have changed.
-			assert.Equal(t, newPodUnchanged, newPod, "No fields other than .status.resize should be modified")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestDropClusterTrustBundleProjectedVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		description                         string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index c4ea9e27329..9c4c5565b0a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -2974,8 +2974,6 @@ type PodCondition struct {
 type PodResizeStatus string
 
 const (
-	// Pod resources resize has been requested and will be evaluated by node.
-	PodResizeStatusProposed PodResizeStatus = "Proposed"
 	// Pod resources resize has been accepted by node and is being actuated.
 	PodResizeStatusInProgress PodResizeStatus = "InProgress"
 	// Node cannot resize the pod at this time and will keep retrying.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
index b95adcd746f..71b89e2f79d 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ func (podResizeStrategy) PrepareForUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj, old runtime.
 	oldPod := old.(*api.Pod)
 
 	*newPod = *dropNonResizeUpdates(newPod, oldPod)
-	podutil.MarkPodProposedForResize(oldPod, newPod)
 	podutil.DropDisabledPodFields(newPod, oldPod)
 	updatePodGeneration(newPod, oldPod)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
index d560240e0b3..9caf0de4322 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -3002,7 +3002,6 @@ func TestPodResizePrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 				podtest.SetGeneration(2),
 				podtest.SetStatus(podtest.MakePodStatus(
-					podtest.SetResizeStatus(api.PodResizeStatusProposed), // Resize status set
 					podtest.SetContainerStatuses(
 						podtest.MakeContainerStatus("init-container1",
 							api.ResourceList{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 5cc5f28000e..e11ef3addb3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -3335,8 +3335,6 @@ type PodCondition struct {
 type PodResizeStatus string
 
 const (
-	// Pod resources resize has been requested and will be evaluated by node.
-	PodResizeStatusProposed PodResizeStatus = "Proposed"
 	// Pod resources resize has been accepted by node and is being actuated.
 	PodResizeStatusInProgress PodResizeStatus = "InProgress"
 	// Node cannot resize the pod at this time and will keep retrying.
diff --git a/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go b/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
index 5863980a191..f5c7a5b8313 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/node/pod_resize.go
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ func doPodResizeTests() {
 				e2epod.VerifyPodResources(patchedPod, expectedContainers)
 
 				ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("waiting for %s to be actuated", opStr))
-				resizedPod := e2epod.WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx, f, podClient, newPod)
+				resizedPod := e2epod.WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx, f, podClient, newPod, expectedContainers)
 				e2epod.ExpectPodResized(ctx, f, resizedPod, expectedContainers)
 			}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
index 6e3b6a6f5d8..9ee975c2726 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/resize.go
@@ -386,17 +386,30 @@ func verifyContainerRestarts(gotStatuses []v1.ContainerStatus, wantStatuses []v1
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
 
-func WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podClient *PodClient, pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
+func WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podClient *PodClient, pod *v1.Pod, expectedContainers []ResizableContainerInfo) *v1.Pod {
 	ginkgo.GinkgoHelper()
 	// Wait for resize to complete.
-	framework.ExpectNoError(WaitForPodCondition(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, "resize status cleared", f.Timeouts.PodStart,
-		func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+
+	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.Gomega().
+		Eventually(ctx, framework.RetryNotFound(framework.GetObject(f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Get, pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{}))).
+		WithTimeout(f.Timeouts.PodStart).
+		Should(framework.MakeMatcher(func(pod *v1.Pod) (func() string, error) {
 			if pod.Status.Resize == v1.PodResizeStatusInfeasible {
 				// This is a terminal resize state
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("resize is infeasible")
+				return func() string {
+					return "resize is infeasible"
+				}, nil
 			}
-			return pod.Status.Resize == "", nil
-		}), "pod should finish resizing")
+			// TODO: Replace this check with a combination of checking the status.observedGeneration
+			// and the resize status when available.
+			if resourceErrs := VerifyPodStatusResources(pod, expectedContainers); resourceErrs != nil {
+				return func() string {
+					return fmt.Sprintf("container status resources don't match expected: %v", formatErrors(resourceErrs))
+				}, nil
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		})),
+	)
 
 	resizedPod, err := framework.GetObject(podClient.Get, pod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})(ctx)
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to get resized pod")
@@ -406,19 +419,6 @@ func WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podC
 func ExpectPodResized(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, resizedPod *v1.Pod, expectedContainers []ResizableContainerInfo) {
 	ginkgo.GinkgoHelper()
 
-	// Put each error on a new line for readability.
-	formatErrors := func(err error) error {
-		var agg utilerrors.Aggregate
-		if !errors.As(err, &agg) {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		errStrings := make([]string, len(agg.Errors()))
-		for i, err := range agg.Errors() {
-			errStrings[i] = err.Error()
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("[\n%s\n]", strings.Join(errStrings, ",\n"))
-	}
 	// Verify Pod Containers Cgroup Values
 	var errs []error
 	if cgroupErrs := VerifyPodContainersCgroupValues(ctx, f, resizedPod, expectedContainers); cgroupErrs != nil {
@@ -460,3 +460,17 @@ func ResizeContainerPatch(containers []ResizableContainerInfo) (string, error) {
 
 	return string(patchBytes), nil
 }
+
+func formatErrors(err error) error {
+	// Put each error on a new line for readability.
+	var agg utilerrors.Aggregate
+	if !errors.As(err, &agg) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	errStrings := make([]string, len(agg.Errors()))
+	for i, err := range agg.Errors() {
+		errStrings[i] = err.Error()
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("[\n%s\n]", strings.Join(errStrings, ",\n"))
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go b/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
index 17f66f644c5..1a03e592f51 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func doPodResizeAdmissionPluginsTests() {
 			e2epod.VerifyPodResources(patchedPod, expected)
 
 			ginkgo.By("waiting for resize to be actuated")
-			resizedPod := e2epod.WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx, f, podClient, newPods[0])
+			resizedPod := e2epod.WaitForPodResizeActuation(ctx, f, podClient, newPods[0], expected)
 			e2epod.ExpectPodResized(ctx, f, resizedPod, expected)
 
 			ginkgo.By("verifying pod resources after resize")