diff --git a/pkg/controller/BUILD b/pkg/controller/BUILD
index 78daa3da1c6..15f54086d26 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/client/retry:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/serviceaccount:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/hash:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
diff --git a/pkg/util/taints/taints.go b/pkg/util/taints/taints.go
index 2ea3471ef1a..5c0e8c17899 100644
--- a/pkg/util/taints/taints.go
+++ b/pkg/util/taints/taints.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
-
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 )
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 8d85008bfee..a8fee4e0896 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -2491,6 +2491,7 @@ func ExpectNodeHasLabel(c clientset.Interface, nodeName string, labelKey string,
 
 func RemoveTaintOffNode(c clientset.Interface, nodeName string, taint v1.Taint) {
 	ExpectNoError(controller.RemoveTaintOffNode(c, nodeName, &taint))
+	VerifyThatTaintIsGone(c, nodeName, &taint)
 }
 
 func AddOrUpdateTaintOnNode(c clientset.Interface, nodeName string, taint v1.Taint) {