diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd0b01b972..9d2cb1c4ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.3
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.27.6
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
 	sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator v0.6.12
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/native v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lann/builder v0.0.0-20180802200727-47ae307949d0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6b3b4d5f9b..e334b4aa5f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1296,8 +1296,6 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9 h1:LyMgNKD2P8Wn1iAwQU5Ohx
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9/go.mod h1:wZK2AVp1uHCp4VamDVgBP2COHZjqD1T68Rf0CM3YjSM=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.3 h1:H1Peu1O3EbN9zHkJCcvhiJ4NUj6lb88sGPO5wrWIM6k=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.3/go.mod h1:RDAudrth/2wQ3Sg46fbKKl4/g+XImzvbsSRZdP2RiyE=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.27.6 h1:S89BDD6Rl316AMoxbkddiNhGyUHmxV3fdxGtrx8aqq8=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.27.6/go.mod h1:otFZGfN11HvC2Es0PN7FpbkSDRT7LYG7xyc9pCd6f4E=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.28.3 h1:w2s3kVi7HulXqCVDFkF4hN/OsL1tXTTb4Biif995h/g=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.28.3/go.mod h1:OZZ23AHFojPzU6r3xoHGRUcV3I9pauLua+07sAUbwLc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=