diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 2fdd321e583..b039ab963c5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1235,7 +1235,6 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) StartGarbageCollection() {
 func (kl *Kubelet) initializeModules() error {
 	// Prometheus metrics.
 	metrics.Register(
-		kl.runtimeCache,
 		collectors.NewVolumeStatsCollector(kl),
 		collectors.NewLogMetricsCollector(kl.StatsProvider.ListPodStats),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/BUILD
index 6e7ecadc169..9887c700e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/features:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index 96c83683fe8..91ee37c8a0e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
 
 // This const block defines the metric names for the kubelet metrics.
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ var (
 var registerMetrics sync.Once
 
 // Register registers all metrics.
-func Register(containerCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache, collectors ...metrics.StableCollector) {
+func Register(collectors ...metrics.StableCollector) {
 	// Register the metrics.
 	registerMetrics.Do(func() {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(NodeName)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic_test.go
index bf1cecf26de..a13ea118c40 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/generic_test.go
@@ -650,9 +650,7 @@ func TestRelistIPChange(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunningPodAndContainerCount(t *testing.T) {
-	fakeRuntime := &containertest.FakeRuntime{}
-	runtimeCache, _ := kubecontainer.NewRuntimeCache(fakeRuntime)
-	metrics.Register(runtimeCache)
+	metrics.Register()
 	testPleg := newTestGenericPLEG()
 	pleg, runtime := testPleg.pleg, testPleg.runtime