diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/hpacontroller.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/hpacontroller.go
index deead0de5dd..3ca1a74cb51 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/hpacontroller.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options/hpacontroller.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ func (o *HPAControllerOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("horizontal-pod-autoscaler-downscale-delay", "This flag is currently no-op and will be deleted.")
 	fs.Float64Var(&o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerTolerance, "horizontal-pod-autoscaler-tolerance", o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerTolerance, "The minimum change (from 1.0) in the desired-to-actual metrics ratio for the horizontal pod autoscaler to consider scaling.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCPUInitializationPeriod.Duration, "horizontal-pod-autoscaler-cpu-initialization-period", o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCPUInitializationPeriod.Duration, "The period after pod start when CPU samples might be skipped.")
-	fs.MarkDeprecated("horizontal-pod-autoscaler-use-rest-clients", "Heapster is no longer supported as a source for Horizontal Pod Autoscaler metrics.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerInitialReadinessDelay.Duration, "horizontal-pod-autoscaler-initial-readiness-delay", o.HorizontalPodAutoscalerInitialReadinessDelay.Duration, "The period after pod start during which readiness changes will be treated as initial readiness.")
 }