diff --git a/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go b/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
index a8b43ea0a4..ff28998c44 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/client_go_adapter.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"net/url"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	clientmetrics "k8s.io/client-go/tools/metrics"
@@ -29,70 +27,9 @@ import (
 // that client-go registers metrics.  We copy the names and formats
 // from Kubernetes so that we match the core controllers.
 
-// Metrics subsystem and all of the keys used by the rest client.
-const (
-	RestClientSubsystem = "rest_client"
-	LatencyKey          = "request_latency_seconds"
-	ResultKey           = "requests_total"
-)
-
 var (
 	// client metrics.
 
-	// RequestLatency reports the request latency in seconds per verb/URL.
-	// Deprecated: This metric is deprecated for removal in a future release: using the URL as a
-	// dimension results in cardinality explosion for some consumers. It was deprecated upstream
-	// in k8s v1.14 and hidden in v1.17 via https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83836.
-	// It is not registered by default. To register:
-	//	import (
-	//		clientmetrics "k8s.io/client-go/tools/metrics"
-	//		clmetrics "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/metrics"
-	//	)
-	//
-	//	func init() {
-	//		clmetrics.Registry.MustRegister(clmetrics.RequestLatency)
-	//		clientmetrics.Register(clientmetrics.RegisterOpts{
-	//			RequestLatency: clmetrics.LatencyAdapter
-	//		})
-	//	}
-	RequestLatency = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-		Subsystem: RestClientSubsystem,
-		Name:      LatencyKey,
-		Help:      "Request latency in seconds. Broken down by verb and URL.",
-		Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 10),
-	}, []string{"verb", "url"})
-
-	// requestLatency is a Prometheus Histogram metric type partitioned by
-	// "verb", and "host" labels. It is used for the rest client latency metrics.
-	requestLatency = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Name:    "rest_client_request_duration_seconds",
-			Help:    "Request latency in seconds. Broken down by verb, and host.",
-			Buckets: []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0},
-		},
-		[]string{"verb", "host"},
-	)
-
-	requestSize = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Name: "rest_client_request_size_bytes",
-			Help: "Request size in bytes. Broken down by verb and host.",
-			// 64 bytes to 16MB
-			Buckets: []float64{64, 256, 512, 1024, 4096, 16384, 65536, 262144, 1048576, 4194304, 16777216},
-		},
-		[]string{"verb", "host"},
-	)
-
-	responseSize = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Name: "rest_client_response_size_bytes",
-			Help: "Response size in bytes. Broken down by verb and host.",
-			// 64 bytes to 16MB
-			Buckets: []float64{64, 256, 512, 1024, 4096, 16384, 65536, 262144, 1048576, 4194304, 16777216},
-		},
-		[]string{"verb", "host"},
-	)
-
 	requestResult = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name: "rest_client_requests_total",
@@ -109,17 +46,11 @@ func init() {
 // registerClientMetrics sets up the client latency metrics from client-go.
 func registerClientMetrics() {
 	// register the metrics with our registry
-	Registry.MustRegister(requestLatency)
-	Registry.MustRegister(requestSize)
-	Registry.MustRegister(responseSize)
 	Registry.MustRegister(requestResult)
 
 	// register the metrics with client-go
 	clientmetrics.Register(clientmetrics.RegisterOpts{
-		RequestLatency: &LatencyAdapter{metric: requestLatency},
-		RequestSize:    &sizeAdapter{metric: requestSize},
-		ResponseSize:   &sizeAdapter{metric: responseSize},
-		RequestResult:  &resultAdapter{metric: requestResult},
+		RequestResult: &resultAdapter{metric: requestResult},
 	})
 }
 
@@ -131,24 +62,6 @@ func registerClientMetrics() {
 // copied (more-or-less directly) from k8s.io/kubernetes setup code
 // (which isn't anywhere in an easily-importable place).
 
-// LatencyAdapter implements LatencyMetric.
-type LatencyAdapter struct {
-	metric *prometheus.HistogramVec
-}
-
-// Observe increments the request latency metric for the given verb/URL.
-func (l *LatencyAdapter) Observe(_ context.Context, verb string, u url.URL, latency time.Duration) {
-	l.metric.WithLabelValues(verb, u.String()).Observe(latency.Seconds())
-}
-
-type sizeAdapter struct {
-	metric *prometheus.HistogramVec
-}
-
-func (s *sizeAdapter) Observe(ctx context.Context, verb string, host string, size float64) {
-	s.metric.WithLabelValues(verb, host).Observe(size)
-}
-
 type resultAdapter struct {
 	metric *prometheus.CounterVec
 }