diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/BUILD
index 264cead1da3..538ad31cde9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/BUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/golang.org/x/time/rate:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
index 6dc8ec5f225..71bb6322e07 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
@@ -62,54 +62,6 @@ func (r *BucketRateLimiter) NumRequeues(item interface{}) int {
 func (r *BucketRateLimiter) Forget(item interface{}) {
 }
 
-// ItemBucketRateLimiter implements a workqueue ratelimiter API using standard rate.Limiter.
-// Each key is using a separate limiter.
-type ItemBucketRateLimiter struct {
-	r     rate.Limit
-	burst int
-
-	limitersLock sync.Mutex
-	limiters     map[interface{}]*rate.Limiter
-}
-
-var _ RateLimiter = &ItemBucketRateLimiter{}
-
-// NewItemBucketRateLimiter creates new ItemBucketRateLimiter instance.
-func NewItemBucketRateLimiter(r rate.Limit, burst int) *ItemBucketRateLimiter {
-	return &ItemBucketRateLimiter{
-		r:        r,
-		burst:    burst,
-		limiters: make(map[interface{}]*rate.Limiter),
-	}
-}
-
-// When returns a time.Duration which we need to wait before item is processed.
-func (r *ItemBucketRateLimiter) When(item interface{}) time.Duration {
-	r.limitersLock.Lock()
-	defer r.limitersLock.Unlock()
-
-	limiter, ok := r.limiters[item]
-	if !ok {
-		limiter = rate.NewLimiter(r.r, r.burst)
-		r.limiters[item] = limiter
-	}
-
-	return limiter.Reserve().Delay()
-}
-
-// NumRequeues returns always 0 (doesn't apply to ItemBucketRateLimiter).
-func (r *ItemBucketRateLimiter) NumRequeues(item interface{}) int {
-	return 0
-}
-
-// Forget removes item from the internal state.
-func (r *ItemBucketRateLimiter) Forget(item interface{}) {
-	r.limitersLock.Lock()
-	defer r.limitersLock.Unlock()
-
-	delete(r.limiters, item)
-}
-
 // ItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter does a simple baseDelay*2^<num-failures> limit
 // dealing with max failures and expiration are up to the caller
 type ItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter struct {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters_test.go
index 9d7ab747e4e..91d34a31779 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package workqueue
 import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 func TestItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -98,33 +96,6 @@ func TestItemExponentialFailureRateLimiterOverFlow(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-func TestItemBucketRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
-	limiter := NewItemBucketRateLimiter(rate.Every(100*time.Millisecond), 1)
-
-	// Use initial burst.
-	if got := limiter.When("one"); got != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("limiter.When(two) = %v; want 0", got)
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
-		limiter.When("one")
-	}
-	// limiter.When should be at this point = 1000 * rate.Limit.
-	// We set the threshold 1s below this value to avoid race conditions.
-	if got, want := limiter.When("one"), 990*100*time.Millisecond; got < want {
-		t.Errorf("limiter.When(one) = %v; want at least %v", got, want)
-	}
-
-	if got := limiter.When("two"); got != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("limiter.When(two) = %v; want 0", got)
-	}
-
-	limiter.Forget("one")
-	// Use new budget.
-	if got := limiter.When("one"); got != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("limiter.When(two) = %v; want 0", got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestItemFastSlowRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	limiter := NewItemFastSlowRateLimiter(5*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Second, 3)