diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/BUILD
index 85098adcaa6..4b43a0b0e1d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/BUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//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",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/workqueue/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/workqueue/BUILD
index 9b32cc0661e..3b46b1f8c57 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/workqueue/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/workqueue/BUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue:go_default_library",
         "//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",
     ],
 )