diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/BUILD b/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/BUILD
index 68c00fcc90e..9ee6edd4f0f 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/BUILD
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/securitycontext:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/apitesting:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality: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/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/eviction_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/eviction_test.go
index 8bcfffcdde0..3898175aa93 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/eviction_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/storage/eviction_test.go
@@ -17,25 +17,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 package storage
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	policyv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/apitesting"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
-	examplev1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1"
 	genericapirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
-	genericregistry "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage"
-	etcd3testing "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/testing"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/policy"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/registrytest"
 )
 
 func TestEviction(t *testing.T) {
@@ -155,41 +146,6 @@ func TestEviction(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type FailDeleteUpdateStorage struct {
-	storage.Interface
-}
-
-func (f FailDeleteUpdateStorage) Delete(ctx context.Context, key string, out runtime.Object, precondition *storage.Preconditions, validateDeletion storage.ValidateObjectFunc) error {
-	return storage.NewKeyNotFoundError(key, 0)
-}
-
-func (f FailDeleteUpdateStorage) GuaranteedUpdate(ctx context.Context, key string, ptrToType runtime.Object, ignoreNotFound bool,
-	preconditions *storage.Preconditions, tryUpdate storage.UpdateFunc, suggestion ...runtime.Object) error {
-	return storage.NewKeyNotFoundError(key, 0)
-}
-
-var scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-var codecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
-
-func newFailDeleteUpdateStorage(t *testing.T) (*REST, *etcd3testing.EtcdTestServer) {
-	etcdStorage, server := registrytest.NewEtcdStorage(t, "")
-	restOptions := generic.RESTOptions{
-		StorageConfig:           etcdStorage,
-		Decorator:               generic.UndecoratedStorage,
-		DeleteCollectionWorkers: 3,
-		ResourcePrefix:          "pods",
-	}
-	storage, err := NewStorage(restOptions, nil, nil, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from REST storage: %v", err)
-	}
-	storage.Pod.Store.Storage = genericregistry.DryRunnableStorage{
-		Storage: FailDeleteUpdateStorage{storage.Pod.Store.Storage.Storage},
-		Codec:   apitesting.TestStorageCodec(codecs, examplev1.SchemeGroupVersion),
-	}
-	return storage.Pod, server
-}
-
 func TestEvictionDryRun(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
 		name            string
@@ -227,7 +183,7 @@ func TestEvictionDryRun(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			testContext := genericapirequest.WithNamespace(genericapirequest.NewContext(), metav1.NamespaceDefault)
-			storage, server := newFailDeleteUpdateStorage(t)
+			storage, _, _, server := newStorage(t)
 			defer server.Terminate(t)
 			defer storage.Store.DestroyFunc()
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/dryrun.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/dryrun.go
index b0b59cf8205..c32de6f8ff9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/dryrun.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/dryrun.go
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ func (s *DryRunnableStorage) Create(ctx context.Context, key string, obj, out ru
 		if err := s.Storage.Get(ctx, key, "", out, false); err == nil {
 			return storage.NewKeyExistsError(key, 0)
 		}
-		s.copyInto(obj, out)
-		return nil
+		return s.copyInto(obj, out)
 	}
 	return s.Storage.Create(ctx, key, obj, out, ttl)
 }
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ func (s *DryRunnableStorage) GuaranteedUpdate(
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		s.copyInto(out, ptrToType)
-		return nil
+		return s.copyInto(out, ptrToType)
 	}
 	return s.Storage.GuaranteedUpdate(ctx, key, ptrToType, ignoreNotFound, preconditions, tryUpdate, suggestion...)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 73be3bd93dd..6640447bc7f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1301,7 +1301,6 @@ k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/v1
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/config/validation
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example
-k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/bootstrap
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/audit/event