diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/listers_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/listers_test.go
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--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/listers_test.go
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@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 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 cache
-
-import (
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	schema "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-)
-
-func TestListersListAll(t *testing.T) {
-	mkObj := func(id string, val string) testStoreObject {
-		return testStoreObject{id: id, val: val}
-	}
-
-	store := NewStore(testStoreKeyFunc)
-
-	err := store.Add(mkObj("foo", "bar"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("store obj add failed")
-	}
-
-	err = store.Add(mkObj("foo-1", "bar-1"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("store obj add failed")
-	}
-
-	expectedOutput := []testStoreObject{
-		mkObj("foo", "bar"),
-		mkObj("foo-1", "bar-1"),
-	}
-	actualOutput := []testStoreObject{}
-
-	err = ListAll(store, labels.Everything(), func(obj interface{}) {
-		actualOutput = append(actualOutput, obj.(testStoreObject))
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedOutput, actualOutput) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected object has been returned expected = %v actual = %v, diff = %v", expectedOutput, actualOutput, cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestListersListAllByNamespace(t *testing.T) {
-	objs := []*unstructured.Unstructured{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo1"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-bar", "name-bar"),
-	}
-	indexer := NewIndexer(MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, Indexers{})
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		err := indexer.Add(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	expectedOutput := []*unstructured.Unstructured{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo1"),
-	}
-	namespaceToList := "ns-foo"
-
-	actualOutput := []*unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	appendFn := func(obj interface{}) {
-		actualOutput = append(actualOutput, obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured))
-	}
-
-	err := ListAllByNamespace(indexer, namespaceToList, labels.Everything(), appendFn)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedOutput, actualOutput) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected object has been returned expected = %v actual = %v, diff = %v", expectedOutput, actualOutput, cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGenericListerListMethod(t *testing.T) {
-	objs := []*unstructured.Unstructured{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo1"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-bar", "name-bar"),
-	}
-	indexer := NewIndexer(MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, Indexers{})
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		err := indexer.Add(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	target := NewGenericLister(indexer, schema.GroupResource{Group: "group", Resource: "resource"})
-
-	expectedOutput := []runtime.Object{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo1"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-bar", "name-bar"),
-	}
-	actualOutput, err := target.List(labels.Everything())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedOutput, actualOutput) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected object has been returned expected = %v actual = %v, diff = %v", expectedOutput, actualOutput, cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGenericListerByNamespaceMethod(t *testing.T) {
-	objs := []*unstructured.Unstructured{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-faa", "name-faa1"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-bar", "name-bar"),
-	}
-	indexer := NewIndexer(MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, Indexers{})
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		err := indexer.Add(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	target := NewGenericLister(indexer, schema.GroupResource{Group: "group", Resource: "resource"})
-
-	expectedOutput := []runtime.Object{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-	}
-	namespaceToList := "ns-foo"
-	actualOutput, err := target.ByNamespace(namespaceToList).List(labels.Everything())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedOutput, actualOutput) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected object has been returned expected = %v actual = %v, diff = %v", expectedOutput, actualOutput, cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGenericListerGetMethod(t *testing.T) {
-	objs := []*unstructured.Unstructured{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-faa", "name-faa1"),
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-bar", "name-bar"),
-	}
-	indexer := NewIndexer(MetaNamespaceKeyFunc, Indexers{})
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		err := indexer.Add(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	target := NewGenericLister(indexer, schema.GroupResource{Group: "group", Resource: "resource"})
-
-	expectedOutput := []runtime.Object{
-		newUnstructured("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
-	}[0]
-	key := "ns-foo/name-foo"
-	actualOutput, err := target.Get(key)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedOutput, actualOutput) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected object has been returned expected = %v actual = %v, diff = %v", expectedOutput, actualOutput, cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
-	}
-}
-
-func newUnstructured(apiVersion, kind, namespace, name string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
-	return &unstructured.Unstructured{
-		Object: map[string]interface{}{
-			"apiVersion": apiVersion,
-			"kind":       kind,
-			"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
-				"namespace": namespace,
-				"name":      name,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}