diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
index 8524ee4d128..127fcc5a7f7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
@@ -35,21 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
-const (
-	CreatedByAnnotation = "kubernetes.io/created-by"
-
-	// If a watch drops a delete event for a pod, it'll take this long
-	// before a dormant controller waiting for those packets is woken up anyway. It is
-	// specifically targeted at the case where some problem prevents an update
-	// of expectations, without it the controller could stay asleep forever. This should
-	// be set based on the expected latency of watch events.
-	//
-	// Currently a controller can service (create *and* observe the watch events for said
-	// creation) about 10-20 pods a second, so it takes about 1 min to service
-	// 500 pods. Just creation is limited to 20qps, and watching happens with ~10-30s
-	// latency/pod at the scale of 3000 pods over 100 nodes.
-	ExpectationsTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-)
+const CreatedByAnnotation = "kubernetes.io/created-by"
 
 var (
 	KeyFunc = framework.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc
@@ -221,7 +207,7 @@ func (e *ControlleeExpectations) GetExpectations() (int64, int64) {
 
 // NewControllerExpectations returns a store for ControlleeExpectations.
 func NewControllerExpectations() *ControllerExpectations {
-	return &ControllerExpectations{cache.NewTTLStore(ExpKeyFunc, ExpectationsTimeout)}
+	return &ControllerExpectations{cache.NewStore(ExpKeyFunc)}
 }
 
 // PodControlInterface is an interface that knows how to add or delete pods
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
index b1eaa67897f..a5e6c91fa4e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/deployment_controller.go
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ func (dc *DeploymentController) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
 	if !ok {
 		tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v, could take up to %v before a ReplicaSet recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 		pod, ok = tombstone.Obj.(*api.Pod)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v, could take up to %v before ReplicaSet recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go b/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
index b1d7a6a5838..729862aae73 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ func (jm *JobController) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
 	if !ok {
 		tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v, could take up to %v before a job recreates a pod", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 		pod, ok = tombstone.Obj.(*api.Pod)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v, could take up to %v before job recreates a pod", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
index eb8ec2e6419..521367c6881 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replicaset/replica_set.go
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ func (rsc *ReplicaSetController) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
 	if !ok {
 		tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v, could take up to %v before a replica set recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 		pod, ok = tombstone.Obj.(*api.Pod)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v, could take up to %v before replica set recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
index 9aa8cab7a3f..19c38a8991d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/replication/replication_controller.go
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ func (rm *ReplicationManager) deletePod(obj interface{}) {
 	if !ok {
 		tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v, could take up to %v before a controller recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Couldn't get object from tombstone %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 		pod, ok = tombstone.Obj.(*api.Pod)
 		if !ok {
-			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v, could take up to %v before controller recreates a replica", obj, controller.ExpectationsTimeout)
+			glog.Errorf("Tombstone contained object that is not a pod %+v", obj)
 			return
 		}
 	}