diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
index b75763c4c1b..175d98c71d7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/BUILD
@@ -84,18 +84,3 @@ filegroup(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
-
-# Packages allowed to import github.com/prometheus
-package_group(
-    name = "prometheus_import_allow_list",
-    packages = [
-        "//cluster/images/etcd-version-monitor",
-        "//pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1",
-        "//pkg/volume/util/operationexecutor",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/metrics",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/...",
-        "//test/e2e_node",
-        "//test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol",
-        "//vendor/...",
-    ],
-)