diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
index 20708480468..461ef3171cc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ func NewCloud(configReader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	az.ipv6DualStackEnabled = utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(IPv6DualStack)
+	az.ipv6DualStackEnabled = true
 
 	return az, nil
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_standard.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_standard.go
index 168a0dfcded..28ddfe0409b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_standard.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/azure_standard.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	azcache "k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/cache"
 	"k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/azure/metrics"
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// IPv6DualStack is here to avoid having to import features pkg
-	// and violate import rules
-	IPv6DualStack featuregate.Feature = "IPv6DualStack"
-
 	loadBalancerMinimumPriority = 500
 	loadBalancerMaximumPriority = 4096
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/go.mod
index baa8fb6d942..211d54de24e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/gcfg.v1 v1.2.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0