diff --git a/pkg/master/BUILD b/pkg/master/BUILD
index cfe4d5f7c4f..8352c992662 100644
--- a/pkg/master/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/master/BUILD
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/discovery/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/integer:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/net:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index 972397da8b1..769376ec1f4 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/serviceaccount"
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 
 	// RESTStorage installers
@@ -469,15 +468,10 @@ func (m *Master) InstallLegacyAPI(c *completedConfig, restOptionsGetter generic.
 
 func (m *Master) installTunneler(nodeTunneler tunneler.Tunneler, nodeClient corev1client.NodeInterface) {
 	nodeTunneler.Run(nodeAddressProvider{nodeClient}.externalAddresses)
-	m.GenericAPIServer.AddHealthChecks(healthz.NamedCheck("SSH Tunnel Check", tunneler.TunnelSyncHealthChecker(nodeTunneler)))
-	prometheus.NewGaugeFunc(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Name: "apiserver_proxy_tunnel_sync_duration_seconds",
-		Help: "The time since the last successful synchronization of the SSH tunnels for proxy requests.",
-	}, func() float64 { return float64(nodeTunneler.SecondsSinceSync()) })
-	prometheus.NewGaugeFunc(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Name: "apiserver_proxy_tunnel_sync_latency_secs",
-		Help: "(Deprecated) The time since the last successful synchronization of the SSH tunnels for proxy requests.",
-	}, func() float64 { return float64(nodeTunneler.SecondsSinceSync()) })
+	err := m.GenericAPIServer.AddHealthChecks(healthz.NamedCheck("SSH Tunnel Check", tunneler.TunnelSyncHealthChecker(nodeTunneler)))
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("Failed adding ssh tunnel health check %v\n", err)
+	}
 }
 
 // RESTStorageProvider is a factory type for REST storage.