diff --git a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/BUILD b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/BUILD
index 19148dd05c5..3520240cdd9 100644
--- a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/BUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ go_binary(
     srcs = ["scheduler.go"],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/healthz:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/flag:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/logs:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version/verflag:go_default_library",
diff --git a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
index 34d3371c4a1..cea7a7419b3 100644
--- a/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/plugin/cmd/kube-scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	healthz.DefaultHealthz()
-}
-
 func main() {
 	s := options.NewSchedulerServer()
 	s.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)