diff --git a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
index efcf41306bbaa..6c5b0dc064c69 100644
--- a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
+++ b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
@@ -113,32 +113,18 @@
   },
   "status": {
     "unwantedReferences": {
-      "cloud.google.com/go": [
-        "google.golang.org/genproto"
-      ],
-      "cloud.google.com/go/bigquery": [
-        "google.golang.org/genproto"
-      ],
       "cloud.google.com/go/compute": [
-        "github.com/google/cadvisor",
-        "google.golang.org/genproto"
-      ],
-      "cloud.google.com/go/firestore": [
-        "google.golang.org/genproto"
-      ],
-      "github.com/go-kit/kit": [
-        "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware"
+        "github.com/google/cadvisor"
       ],
       "github.com/gogo/protobuf": [
         "github.com/containerd/cgroups",
         "github.com/containerd/containerd/api",
         "github.com/containerd/ttrpc",
         "github.com/google/cadvisor",
-        "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware",
         "go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3",
         "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3",
         "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3",
+        "go.etcd.io/raft/v3",
         "k8s.io/api",
         "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver",
         "k8s.io/apimachinery",
@@ -181,14 +167,8 @@
         "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3",
         "k8s.io/apiserver"
       ],
-      "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway": [
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3"
-      ],
       "github.com/json-iterator/go": [
         "github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3",
         "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful",
         "k8s.io/kube-openapi",
         "sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4"
@@ -201,13 +181,17 @@
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml"
       ],
+      "github.com/klauspost/compress": [
+        "github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
+        "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3",
+        "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3"
+      ],
       "github.com/moby/docker-image-spec": [
         "github.com/google/cadvisor"
       ],
       "github.com/pkg/errors": [
         "github.com/Microsoft/hnslib",
         "github.com/google/cadvisor",
-        "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware",
         "k8s.io/kubectl",
         "k8s.io/kubernetes",
         "k8s.io/system-validators",
@@ -219,16 +203,6 @@
         "github.com/cilium/ebpf",
         "github.com/google/cel-go",
         "k8s.io/mount-utils"
-      ],
-      "google.golang.org/appengine": [
-        "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
-      ],
-      "google.golang.org/genproto": [
-        "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware",
-        "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3",
-        "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3"
       ]
     },
     "unwantedVendored": [
@@ -237,13 +211,12 @@
       "github.com/google/shlex",
       "github.com/gregjones/httpcache",
       "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus",
-      "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway",
       "github.com/json-iterator/go",
+      "github.com/klauspost/compress",
       "github.com/mailru/easyjson",
       "github.com/pkg/errors",
       "go.opencensus.io",
-      "golang.org/x/exp",
-      "google.golang.org/genproto"
+      "golang.org/x/exp"
     ]
   }
-}
+}
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