diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.mod
index 7c9d4c77edc..ce0f92d94d8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
-	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.sum
index bd5d4aac3da..3b41835e9f7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/go.sum
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
-k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 h1:Pt+yjF5aB1xDSVbau4VsWe+dQNzA0qv1LlXdC2dF6Q8=
-k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0 h1:7+X0fUguPyrKEC4WjH8iGDg3laWgMo5tMnRTIGTTxGQ=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers.go
index 554ff399fd3..785d3b2e3a6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers_test.go
index 81571226d3e..c41852489cd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/transport/round_trippers_test.go
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ package transport
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 type testRoundTripper struct {