diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/BUILD b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/BUILD
index 7ea992e6fef..127d854b88c 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/BUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
     ] + select({
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:windows": [
             "//pkg/api/v1/service:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/metrics.go b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/metrics.go
index 8f34daeffdd..ec21460063e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/metrics.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
 )
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
 			Name:           "sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds",
 			Help:           "SyncProxyRules latency in seconds",
-			Buckets:        prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 15),
+			Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 15),
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
 	)
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
 			Name:           "sync_proxy_rules_latency_microseconds",
 			Help:           "(Deprecated) SyncProxyRules latency in microseconds",
-			Buckets:        prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(1000, 2, 15),
+			Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(1000, 2, 15),
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
 	)