diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
index ea966a2568a..aa5ab10f9f2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/instrumented_services_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func TestRecordOperation(t *testing.T) {
 	prometheusURL := "http://" + l.Addr().String() + "/metrics"
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	//lint:ignore SA1019 ignore deprecated warning until we move off of global registries
-	handler := promhttp.InstrumentMetricHandler(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, promhttp.HandlerFor(registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
+	handler := promhttp.HandlerFor(registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{})
 	mux.Handle("/metrics", handler)
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Addr:    l.Addr().String(),