diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
index 67b236a1e0e0c..f29915d52de74 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.0.0-20171018203845-0dec1b30a021 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.4
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.3 // indirect
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
index ed48a59fc7b31..ffe57c748f3d1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/value/BUILD
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ go_test(
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
-        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/codes:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/status:go_default_library",
     ],