diff --git a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
index 7dadcd46a53..800b9d6148f 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/import-restrictions.yaml
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@
   - k8s.io/api
   - k8s.io/apimachinery
   - k8s.io/klog
-  - k8s.io/cloud-provider
   - k8s.io/csi-translation-lib
 
 - baseImportPath: "./vendor/k8s.io/component-helpers/"