diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/BUILD
index dec8abc80dd..ade9b9717ce 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/BUILD
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/BUILD
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ go_test(
         "//federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_clientset/fake:go_default_library",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util:go_default_library",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper:go_default_library",
+        "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers:go_default_library",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/namespace/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/namespace/BUILD
index 73a98cfbc62..82628434b40 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/namespace/BUILD
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/namespace/BUILD
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/fake:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/BUILD
index b78689d6cbc..64c28474476 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/BUILD
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/BUILD
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ filegroup(
         ":package-srcs",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper:all-srcs",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/eventsink:all-srcs",
+        "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers:all-srcs",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/planner:all-srcs",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/podanalyzer:all-srcs",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test:all-srcs",
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper/BUILD
index 6c4a2293197..be5628c873e 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper/BUILD
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/deletionhelper/BUILD
@@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ load(
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = [
-        "deletion_helper.go",
-        "util.go",
-    ],
+    srcs = ["deletion_helper.go"],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util:go_default_library",
+        "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a70cc1ab2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+licenses(["notice"])
+
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
+    "go_library",
+    "go_test",
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["finalizers.go"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    deps = [
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+)
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["finalizers_test.go"],
+    library = ":go_default_library",
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test/BUILD b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test/BUILD
index 919699045d2..2e6e5468566 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test/BUILD
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/test/BUILD
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//federation/apis/federation/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util:go_default_library",
+        "//federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/finalizers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",