diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/internal.go
index f8d659e4338..2172a4cfab8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/internal.go
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ func (g *internalGenerator) GenerateType(c *generator.Context, _ *types.Type, w
 		return err
 	}
 	sw.Do(schemaBlock, map[string]interface{}{
-		"schemaYAML":    string(schemaYAML),
-		"smdParser":     smdParser,
-		"smdNewParser":  smdNewParser,
-		"fmtSprintf":    fmtSprintf,
-		"syncOnce":      syncOnce,
-		"yamlObject":    yamlObject,
-		"yamlUnmarshal": yamlUnmarshal,
+		"schemaYAML":   string(schemaYAML),
+		"smdParser":    smdParser,
+		"smdNewParser": smdNewParser,
+		"fmtSprintf":   fmtSprintf,
+		"syncOnce":     syncOnce,
+		"yamlObject":   yamlObject,
 	})
 
 	return sw.Error()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/types.go
index 95e6bb3455a..08c53c2a4cc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/applyconfiguration-gen/generators/types.go
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ var (
 	smdParser            = types.Ref("sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/typed", "Parser")
 	testingTypeConverter = types.Ref("k8s.io/client-go/testing", "TypeConverter")
 	yamlObject           = types.Ref("sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/typed", "YAMLObject")
-	yamlUnmarshal        = types.Ref("gopkg.in/yaml.v2", "Unmarshal")
 )