diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
index 1a7725c984c..a0e5e6b38d9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ var (
 		"Logging.Options.JSON.InfoBufferSize.Quantity.i.value",
 		"Logging.Options.JSON.InfoBufferSize.Quantity.s",
 		"Logging.Options.JSON.SplitStream",
-		"Logging.Sanitization",
 		"Logging.VModule[*].FilePattern",
 		"Logging.VModule[*].Verbosity",
 		"Logging.Verbosity",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
index 63ae4db9b5e..8f6f4f4cbc1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults_test.go
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				Logging: componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LoggingConfiguration{
 					Format:         "",
 					FlushFrequency: 5 * time.Second,
-					Sanitization:   false,
 				},
 				EnableSystemLogHandler:          utilpointer.Bool(false),
 				ShutdownGracePeriod:             zeroDuration,
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				Logging: componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LoggingConfiguration{
 					Format:         "text",
 					FlushFrequency: 5 * time.Second,
-					Sanitization:   false,
 				},
 				EnableSystemLogHandler:  utilpointer.Bool(false),
 				ReservedMemory:          []v1beta1.MemoryReservation{},
@@ -476,7 +474,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				Logging: componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LoggingConfiguration{
 					Format:         "json",
 					FlushFrequency: 5 * time.Second,
-					Sanitization:   true,
 				},
 				EnableSystemLogHandler:          utilpointer.Bool(true),
 				ShutdownGracePeriod:             metav1.Duration{Duration: 60 * time.Second},
@@ -623,7 +620,6 @@ func TestSetDefaultsKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				Logging: componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LoggingConfiguration{
 					Format:         "json",
 					FlushFrequency: 5 * time.Second,
-					Sanitization:   true,
 				},
 				EnableSystemLogHandler:          utilpointer.Bool(true),
 				ShutdownGracePeriod:             metav1.Duration{Duration: 60 * time.Second},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
index 52336173c22..673085628d2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ type LoggingConfiguration struct {
 	// VModule overrides the verbosity threshold for individual files.
 	// Only supported for "text" log format.
 	VModule VModuleConfiguration
-	// [Experimental] When enabled prevents logging of fields tagged as sensitive (passwords, keys, tokens).
-	// Runtime log sanitization may introduce significant computation overhead and therefore should not be enabled in production.`)
-	Sanitization bool
 	// [Experimental] Options holds additional parameters that are specific
 	// to the different logging formats. Only the options for the selected
 	// format get used, but all of them get validated.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
index 734e0d97039..bd0183bca37 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ type LoggingConfiguration struct {
 	// VModule overrides the verbosity threshold for individual files.
 	// Only supported for "text" log format.
 	VModule VModuleConfiguration `json:"vmodule,omitempty"`
-	// [Experimental] When enabled prevents logging of fields tagged as sensitive (passwords, keys, tokens).
-	// Runtime log sanitization may introduce significant computation overhead and therefore should not be enabled in production.`)
-	Sanitization bool `json:"sanitization,omitempty"`
 	// [Experimental] Options holds additional parameters that are specific
 	// to the different logging formats. Only the options for the selected
 	// format get used, but all of them get validated.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 93cf4cc649b..4162e095dc9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_LoggingConfiguration_To_config_LoggingConfiguration(in
 	out.FlushFrequency = time.Duration(in.FlushFrequency)
 	out.Verbosity = config.VerbosityLevel(in.Verbosity)
 	out.VModule = *(*config.VModuleConfiguration)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.VModule))
-	out.Sanitization = in.Sanitization
 	if err := Convert_v1alpha1_FormatOptions_To_config_FormatOptions(&in.Options, &out.Options, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ func autoConvert_config_LoggingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_LoggingConfiguration(in
 	out.FlushFrequency = time.Duration(in.FlushFrequency)
 	out.Verbosity = uint32(in.Verbosity)
 	out.VModule = *(*VModuleConfiguration)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.VModule))
-	out.Sanitization = in.Sanitization
 	if err := Convert_config_FormatOptions_To_v1alpha1_FormatOptions(&in.Options, &out.Options, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/config.go
index a3fe6fb5fc4..4df04efe215 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/config.go
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ func BindLoggingFlags(c *config.LoggingConfiguration, fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.DurationVar(&c.FlushFrequency, logFlushFreqFlagName, logFlushFreq, "Maximum number of seconds between log flushes")
 	fs.VarP(&c.Verbosity, "v", "v", "number for the log level verbosity")
 	fs.Var(&c.VModule, "vmodule", "comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for text log format)")
-	fs.BoolVar(&c.Sanitization, "experimental-logging-sanitization", c.Sanitization, `[Experimental] When enabled prevents logging of fields tagged as sensitive (passwords, keys, tokens).
-Runtime log sanitization may introduce significant computation overhead and therefore should not be enabled in production.`)
 
 	// JSON options. We only register them if "json" is a valid format. The
 	// config file API however always has them.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/README.md
index b70a5cf931b..2dcf65274a0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/README.md
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/README.md
@@ -36,21 +36,6 @@ Expected output:
 {"ts":1624215726270.8428,"caller":"cmd/logger.go:64","msg":"Log with sensitive key, data: {\"secret\"}\n","v":0}
 ```
 
-## Logging sanitization
-
-```console
-go run ./staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/example/cmd/logger.go --experimental-logging-sanitization
-```
-
-Expected output:
-```
-I0605 22:04:02.019609 3229645 logger.go:58] Log using Infof, key: value
-I0605 22:04:02.019677 3229645 logger.go:59] "Log using InfoS" key="value"
-E0605 22:04:02.019698 3229645 logger.go:61] Log using Errorf, err: fail
-E0605 22:04:02.019709 3229645 logger.go:62] "Log using ErrorS" err="fail"
-I0605 22:04:02.019714 3229645 logger.go:64] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [secret-key]
-```
-
 ## Verbosity
 
 ```console
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options.go
index 8e3e9fffe21..c9f41bab134 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/component-base/config"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs/registry"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
@@ -86,9 +85,6 @@ func (o *Options) apply() {
 		klog.SetLogger(log)
 		logrFlush = flush
 	}
-	if o.Config.Sanitization {
-		klog.SetLogFilter(&sanitization.SanitizingFilter{})
-	}
 	if err := loggingFlags.Lookup("v").Value.Set(o.Config.Verbosity.String()); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("internal error while setting klog verbosity: %v", err))
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options_test.go
index e4425c7319d..e6e758c391c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/options_test.go
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ func TestFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	o.AddFlags(fs)
 	fs.SetOutput(&output)
 	fs.PrintDefaults()
-	want := `      --experimental-logging-sanitization   [Experimental] When enabled prevents logging of fields tagged as sensitive (passwords, keys, tokens).
-                                            Runtime log sanitization may introduce significant computation overhead and therefore should not be enabled in production.
-      --log-flush-frequency duration        Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
-      --logging-format string               Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "text".
-                                            Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add-dir-header, --alsologtostderr, --log-backtrace-at, --log-dir, --log-file, --log-file-max-size, --logtostderr, --one-output, --skip-headers, --skip-log-headers, --stderrthreshold, --vmodule.
-                                            Non-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning. (default "text")
-  -v, --v Level                             number for the log level verbosity
-      --vmodule pattern=N,...               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for text log format)
+	want := `      --log-flush-frequency duration   Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
+      --logging-format string          Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "text".
+                                       Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add-dir-header, --alsologtostderr, --log-backtrace-at, --log-dir, --log-file, --log-file-max-size, --logtostderr, --one-output, --skip-headers, --skip-log-headers, --stderrthreshold, --vmodule.
+                                       Non-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning. (default "text")
+  -v, --v Level                        number for the log level verbosity
+      --vmodule pattern=N,...          comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for text log format)
 `
 	if !assert.Equal(t, want, output.String()) {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong list of flags. expect %q, got %q", want, output.String())
@@ -64,15 +62,6 @@ func TestOptions(t *testing.T) {
 			args: []string{"--logging-format=text"},
 			want: newOptions,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "log sanitization",
-			args: []string{"--experimental-logging-sanitization"},
-			want: func() *Options {
-				c := newOptions.Config.DeepCopy()
-				c.Sanitization = true
-				return &Options{*c}
-			}(),
-		},
 		{
 			name: "Unsupported log format",
 			args: []string{"--logging-format=test"},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/klog_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/klog_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 49c8da55da2..00000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/klog_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 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 sanitization
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-)
-
-func TestKlogIntegration(t *testing.T) {
-
-	fs := flag.FlagSet{}
-	klog.InitFlags(&fs)
-	err := fs.Set("v", "1")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to set verbosity")
-	}
-	err = fs.Set("logtostderr", "false")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to set verbosity")
-	}
-	tcs := []struct {
-		name   string
-		fun    func()
-		format string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "Info",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Info("test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "V(1).Info",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.V(1).Info("test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Infof",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Infof("test %v", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "V(1).Infof",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.V(1).Infof("test %v", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Infoln",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Infoln("test", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "V(1).Infoln",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.V(1).Infoln("test", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "InfoDepth",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.InfoDepth(1, "test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "InfoS",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.InfoS("test", "data", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] "Log message has been redacted." key="data" types=[password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "V(1).InfoS",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.V(1).InfoS("test", "data", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] "Log message has been redacted." key="data" types=[password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "InfoSDepth",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.InfoSDepth(1, "test", "data", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `I%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] "Log message has been redacted." key="data" types=[password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Warning",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Warning("test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `W%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "WarningDepth",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.WarningDepth(1, "test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `W%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Warningln",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Warningln("test", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `W%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Warningf",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Warningf("test %d", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `W%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Error",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Error("test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "ErrorDepth",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.ErrorDepth(1, "test ", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Errorln",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Errorln("test", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Errorf",
-			fun: func() {
-				klog.Errorf("test %d", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "ErrorS",
-			fun: func() {
-				err := errors.New("fail")
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "test", "data", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] "Log message has been redacted." err="fail" key="data" types=[password]`,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "ErrorSDepth",
-			fun: func() {
-				err := errors.New("fail")
-				klog.ErrorSDepth(1, err, "test", "data", datapolItem())
-			},
-			format: `E%s %s %d klog_test.go:%d] "Log message has been redacted." err="fail" key="data" types=[password]`,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range tcs {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var buffer bytes.Buffer
-			klog.SetOutputBySeverity("INFO", &buffer)
-			defer klog.SetOutputBySeverity("INFO", nil)
-			klog.SetLogFilter(&SanitizingFilter{})
-			defer klog.SetLogFilter(nil)
-
-			tc.fun()
-			var date string
-			var time string
-			var pid uint64
-			var lineNum uint64
-
-			logString := normalizeKlogLine(strings.TrimSuffix(buffer.String(), "\n"))
-			n, err := fmt.Sscanf(logString, tc.format, &date, &time, &pid, &lineNum)
-			if n != 4 || err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("log format error: %d elements, error %s:\n%s", n, err, logString)
-			}
-			expect := fmt.Sprintf(tc.format, date, time, pid, lineNum)
-			if !assert.Equal(t, expect, logString) {
-				t.Errorf("Info has wrong format \n expect:%s\n got:%s", expect, logString)
-			}
-
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-var (
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`\s{2,}`)
-)
-
-// normalizeKlogLine removes duplicate whitespaces to make lines match no matter the environment.
-// Klog padds the log header to try to maintain same width. Depending on how high the process
-// pid is it make lead to additional whitespaces.
-func normalizeKlogLine(s string) string {
-	return re.ReplaceAllString(s, " ")
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d1b7d52f42..00000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 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 sanitization
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/component-base/logs/datapol"
-)
-
-const (
-	datapolMsgFmt = "Log message has been redacted. Log argument #%d contains: %v"
-	datapolMsg    = "Log message has been redacted."
-)
-
-// SanitizingFilter implements the LogFilter interface from klog with a set of functions that inspects the arguments with the datapol library
-type SanitizingFilter struct{}
-
-// Filter is the filter function for the non-formatting logging functions of klog.
-func (sf *SanitizingFilter) Filter(args []interface{}) []interface{} {
-	for i, v := range args {
-		types := datapol.Verify(v)
-		if len(types) > 0 {
-			return []interface{}{fmt.Sprintf(datapolMsgFmt, i, types)}
-		}
-	}
-	return args
-}
-
-// FilterF is the filter function for the formatting logging functions of klog
-func (sf *SanitizingFilter) FilterF(fmt string, args []interface{}) (string, []interface{}) {
-	for i, v := range args {
-		types := datapol.Verify(v)
-		if len(types) > 0 {
-			return datapolMsgFmt, []interface{}{i, types}
-		}
-	}
-	return fmt, args
-
-}
-
-// FilterS is the filter for the structured logging functions of klog.
-func (sf *SanitizingFilter) FilterS(msg string, keysAndValues []interface{}) (string, []interface{}) {
-	for i, v := range keysAndValues {
-		types := datapol.Verify(v)
-		if len(types) > 0 {
-			if i%2 == 0 {
-				return datapolMsg, []interface{}{"key_index", i, "types", types}
-			}
-			// since we scanned linearly we can safely log the key.
-			return datapolMsg, []interface{}{"key", keysAndValues[i-1], "types", types}
-		}
-	}
-	return msg, keysAndValues
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e79c615015f..00000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization/sanitization_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 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 sanitization
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-type withDatapolTag struct {
-	Key string `json:"key" datapolicy:"password"`
-}
-
-func datapolItem() interface{} {
-	return withDatapolTag{Key: "hunter2"}
-}
-
-func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
-	filter := &SanitizingFilter{}
-	testcases := []struct {
-		input  []interface{}
-		output []interface{}
-	}{{
-		input:  []interface{}{},
-		output: []interface{}{},
-	}, {
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-	}, {
-		input: []interface{}{
-			datapolItem(),
-		},
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"Log message has been redacted. Log argument #0 contains: [password]",
-		},
-	}, {
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", datapolItem(),
-		},
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"Log message has been redacted. Log argument #1 contains: [password]",
-		},
-	}}
-	for _, tc := range testcases {
-		output := filter.Filter(tc.input)
-		if !assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.output, output) {
-			t.Errorf("Unexpected filter output for %v, want: %v, got %v", tc.input, tc.output, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFilterF(t *testing.T) {
-	filter := &SanitizingFilter{}
-	testcases := []struct {
-		inputFmt  string
-		input     []interface{}
-		outputFmt string
-		output    []interface{}
-	}{{
-		inputFmt:  "",
-		input:     []interface{}{},
-		outputFmt: "",
-		output:    []interface{}{},
-	}, {
-		inputFmt: "%s: %s",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-		outputFmt: "%s: %s",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputFmt: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			datapolItem(),
-		},
-		outputFmt: "Log message has been redacted. Log argument #%d contains: %v",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			0, []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputFmt: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", datapolItem(),
-		},
-		outputFmt: "Log message has been redacted. Log argument #%d contains: %v",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			1, []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}}
-	for _, tc := range testcases {
-		outputFmt, output := filter.FilterF(tc.inputFmt, tc.input)
-		correctFmt := outputFmt == tc.outputFmt
-		correctArgs := assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.output, output)
-		if !correctFmt || !correctArgs {
-			t.Errorf("Error while executing testcase %s, %v", tc.inputFmt, tc.input)
-		}
-		if !correctFmt {
-			t.Errorf("Unexpected output format string want %v, got %v", tc.outputFmt, outputFmt)
-		}
-		if !correctArgs {
-			t.Errorf("Unexpected filter output arguments want: %v, got %v", tc.output, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFilterS(t *testing.T) {
-	filter := &SanitizingFilter{}
-	testcases := []struct {
-		inputMsg  string
-		input     []interface{}
-		outputMsg string
-		output    []interface{}
-	}{{
-		inputMsg:  "",
-		input:     []interface{}{},
-		outputMsg: "",
-		output:    []interface{}{},
-	}, {
-		inputMsg: "Message",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-		outputMsg: "Message",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"nothing special", "really",
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputMsg: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			datapolItem(), "value1", "key2", "value2",
-		},
-		outputMsg: "Log message has been redacted.",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"key_index", 0, "types", []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputMsg: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"key1", "value1", datapolItem(), "value2",
-		},
-		outputMsg: "Log message has been redacted.",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"key_index", 2, "types", []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputMsg: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"key1", datapolItem(), "key2", "value2",
-		},
-		outputMsg: "Log message has been redacted.",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"key", "key1", "types", []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}, {
-		inputMsg: "%v",
-		input: []interface{}{
-			"key1", "value1", "key2", datapolItem(),
-		},
-		outputMsg: "Log message has been redacted.",
-		output: []interface{}{
-			"key", "key2", "types", []string{"password"},
-		},
-	}}
-	for _, tc := range testcases {
-		outputMsg, output := filter.FilterS(tc.inputMsg, tc.input)
-		correctMsg := outputMsg == tc.outputMsg
-		correctArgs := assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.output, output)
-		if !correctMsg || !correctArgs {
-			t.Errorf("Error while executing testcase %s, %v", tc.inputMsg, tc.input)
-		}
-		if !correctMsg {
-			t.Errorf("Unexpected output format string want %v, got %v", tc.outputMsg, outputMsg)
-		}
-		if !correctArgs {
-			t.Errorf("Unexpected filter output arguments want: %v, got %v", tc.output, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 25ab1c5bb7b..009121885b1 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1939,12 +1939,10 @@ k8s.io/component-base/configz
 k8s.io/component-base/featuregate
 k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing
 k8s.io/component-base/logs
-k8s.io/component-base/logs/datapol
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/json
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/logreduction
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/registry
-k8s.io/component-base/logs/sanitization
 k8s.io/component-base/logs/testinit
 k8s.io/component-base/metrics
 k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry