diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
index 2bda90dd759..e6e26cdca11 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/BUILD
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/informers:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index e1b9f91ffed..619c7267f5f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import (
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
+	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -649,9 +649,9 @@ func NewInformerFactory(cs clientset.Interface, resyncPeriod time.Duration) info
 
 // newPodInformer creates a shared index informer that returns only non-terminal pods.
 func newPodInformer(cs clientset.Interface, resyncPeriod time.Duration) cache.SharedIndexInformer {
-	selector := fields.ParseSelectorOrDie(
-		"status.phase!=" + string(v1.PodSucceeded) +
-			",status.phase!=" + string(v1.PodFailed))
-	lw := cache.NewListWatchFromClient(cs.CoreV1().RESTClient(), string(v1.ResourcePods), metav1.NamespaceAll, selector)
-	return cache.NewSharedIndexInformer(lw, &v1.Pod{}, resyncPeriod, nil)
+	selector := fmt.Sprintf("status.phase!=%v,status.phase!=%v", v1.PodSucceeded, v1.PodFailed)
+	tweakListOptions := func(options *metav1.ListOptions) {
+		options.FieldSelector = selector
+	}
+	return coreinformers.NewFilteredPodInformer(cs, metav1.NamespaceAll, resyncPeriod, nil, tweakListOptions)
 }