diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 1f3ecff2d4d..81e5e95e753 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -254,13 +254,6 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
-        pkg-errors:
-          files:
-            - $all
-            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
-          deny:
-            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
-              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index 423fd4fa207..2306878a6bf 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -268,13 +268,6 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
-        pkg-errors:
-          files:
-            - $all
-            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
-          deny:
-            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
-              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml.in b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
index cff3c272098..cebfd06fd5e 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml.in
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
@@ -198,13 +198,6 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
               desc: "cmp is allowed only in test files"
-        pkg-errors:
-          files:
-            - $all
-            - "!**/cmd/kubeadm/**"
-          deny:
-            - pkg: "github.com/pkg/errors"
-              desc: "pkg/errors is allowed only in cmd/kubeadm"
     forbidigo:
       analyze-types: true
       forbid:
diff --git a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
index d3976c3815f..320268810d8 100644
--- a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
+++ b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@
       "github.com/pkg/errors": [
         "github.com/Microsoft/hnslib",
         "github.com/google/cadvisor",
-        "k8s.io/kubernetes",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5"
       ],