diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
index b44cda39bed..90996a0d481 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	go.etcd.io/etcd v0.0.0-20191023171146-3cf2f69b5738
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191004110552-13f9640d40b9