diff --git a/pkg/controller/certificates/certificate_controller.go b/pkg/controller/certificates/certificate_controller.go
index 7bb8b2fdb1a..64798f2ae1c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/certificates/certificate_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/certificates/certificate_controller.go
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	certificatesinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/certificates/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	certificateslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/certificates/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
@@ -60,11 +58,6 @@ func NewCertificateController(
 	csrInformer certificatesinformers.CertificateSigningRequestInformer,
 	handler func(context.Context, *certificates.CertificateSigningRequest) error,
 ) *CertificateController {
-	// Send events to the apiserver
-	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-	eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
-	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: kubeClient.CoreV1().Events("")})
-
 	cc := &CertificateController{
 		name:       name,
 		kubeClient: kubeClient,
diff --git a/test/integration/certificates/duration_test.go b/test/integration/certificates/duration_test.go
index 12543e0dedf..e7511a02de6 100644
--- a/test/integration/certificates/duration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/certificates/duration_test.go
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ import (
 func TestCSRDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Minute)
-	t.Cleanup(cancel)
-
 	s := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, nil, framework.SharedEtcd())
 	t.Cleanup(s.TearDownFn)
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Minute)
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
 	// assert that the metrics we collect during the test run match expectations
 	// we have 7 valid test cases below that request a duration of which 6 should have their duration honored
 	wantMetricStrings := []string{