diff --git a/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller.go b/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller.go
index 0ca5c4c4420..ea15d29279d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller.go
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ const (
 
 type GCController struct {
 	kubeClient     client.Interface
-	podControl     controller.PodControlInterface
 	podStore       cache.StoreToPodLister
 	podStoreSyncer *framework.Controller
+	deletePod      func(namespace, name string) error
 	threshold      int
 }
 
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ func New(kubeClient client.Interface, resyncPeriod controller.ResyncPeriodFunc,
 
 	gcc := &GCController{
 		kubeClient: kubeClient,
-		podControl: controller.RealPodControl{
-			Recorder:   eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(api.EventSource{Component: "pod-garbage-collector"}),
-			KubeClient: kubeClient,
+		threshold:  threshold,
+		deletePod: func(namespace, name string) error {
+			return kubeClient.Pods(namespace).Delete(name, api.NewDeleteOptions(0))
 		},
-		threshold: threshold,
 	}
 
 	terminatedSelector := compileTerminatedPodSelector()
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ func (gcc *GCController) gc() {
 		wait.Add(1)
 		go func(namespace string, name string) {
 			defer wait.Done()
-			if err := gcc.podControl.DeletePod(namespace, name); err != nil {
+			if err := gcc.deletePod(namespace, name); err != nil {
 				// ignore not founds
 				defer util.HandleError(err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller_test.go
index 631ab16aa23..a935881910a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/gc/gc_controller_test.go
@@ -25,41 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/testclient"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
-type FakePodControl struct {
-	podSpec       []api.PodTemplateSpec
-	deletePodName []string
-	lock          sync.Mutex
-	err           error
-}
-
-func (f *FakePodControl) CreatePods(namespace string, spec *api.PodTemplateSpec, object runtime.Object) error {
-	panic("unimplemented")
-}
-
-func (f *FakePodControl) CreatePodsOnNode(nodeName, namespace string, spec *api.PodTemplateSpec, object runtime.Object) error {
-	panic("unimplemented")
-}
-
-func (f *FakePodControl) DeletePod(namespace string, podName string) error {
-	f.lock.Lock()
-	defer f.lock.Unlock()
-	if f.err != nil {
-		return f.err
-	}
-	f.deletePodName = append(f.deletePodName, podName)
-	return nil
-}
-func (f *FakePodControl) clear() {
-	f.lock.Lock()
-	defer f.lock.Unlock()
-	f.deletePodName = []string{}
-	f.podSpec = []api.PodTemplateSpec{}
-}
-
 func TestGC(t *testing.T) {
 	type nameToPhase struct {
 		name  string
@@ -100,8 +68,14 @@ func TestGC(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range testCases {
 		client := testclient.NewSimpleFake()
 		gcc := New(client, controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc, test.threshold)
-		fake := &FakePodControl{}
-		gcc.podControl = fake
+		deletedPodNames := make([]string, 0)
+		var lock sync.Mutex
+		gcc.deletePod = func(_, name string) error {
+			lock.Lock()
+			defer lock.Unlock()
+			deletedPodNames = append(deletedPodNames, name)
+			return nil
+		}
 
 		creationTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		for _, pod := range test.pods {
@@ -115,16 +89,16 @@ func TestGC(t *testing.T) {
 		gcc.gc()
 
 		pass := true
-		for _, pod := range fake.deletePodName {
+		for _, pod := range deletedPodNames {
 			if !test.deletedPodNames.Has(pod) {
 				pass = false
 			}
 		}
-		if len(fake.deletePodName) != len(test.deletedPodNames) {
+		if len(deletedPodNames) != len(test.deletedPodNames) {
 			pass = false
 		}
 		if !pass {
-			t.Errorf("[%v]pod's deleted expected and actual did not match.\n\texpected: %v\n\tactual: %v", i, test.deletedPodNames, fake.deletePodName)
+			t.Errorf("[%v]pod's deleted expected and actual did not match.\n\texpected: %v\n\tactual: %v", i, test.deletedPodNames, deletedPodNames)
 		}
 	}
 }