diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/BUILD
index 809acfa2be6..f16ef666638 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/BUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/replicaset",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/controller/deployment/util:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/rest.go b/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/rest.go
index afd77965907..e752a9578cd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/rest.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/replicaset/rest.go
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package replicaset
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	deploymentutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/deployment/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 )
@@ -31,22 +27,3 @@ import (
 func UpdateReplicaSetWithRetries(c clientset.Interface, namespace, name string, applyUpdate testutils.UpdateReplicaSetFunc) (*appsv1.ReplicaSet, error) {
 	return testutils.UpdateReplicaSetWithRetries(c, namespace, name, applyUpdate, framework.Logf, framework.Poll, framework.PollShortTimeout)
 }
-
-// CheckNewRSAnnotations check if the new RS's annotation is as expected
-func CheckNewRSAnnotations(c clientset.Interface, ns, deploymentName string, expectedAnnotations map[string]string) error {
-	deployment, err := c.AppsV1().Deployments(ns).Get(deploymentName, metav1.GetOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	newRS, err := deploymentutil.GetNewReplicaSet(deployment, c.AppsV1())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for k, v := range expectedAnnotations {
-		// Skip checking revision annotations
-		if k != deploymentutil.RevisionAnnotation && v != newRS.Annotations[k] {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Expected new RS annotations = %+v, got %+v", expectedAnnotations, newRS.Annotations)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}