diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod
index 624eab6831b..e0f3413147e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.4
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/conversion/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/conversion/BUILD
index 244f0064950..75569190fe0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/conversion/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/conversion/BUILD
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest: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",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/trace:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
index 95e8093e922..8d13a34eadc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/BUILD
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ go_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/emicklei/go-restful:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
index 48e48840892..ed48a59fc7b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors: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",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/status:go_default_library",
     ],
 )