diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ffdfcc66..8e1cae7b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.2
 	oras.land/oras-go v1.2.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework v0.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f3abf32c..9fd23e1e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -824,8 +824,6 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0 h1:NcXz4TPTaUwhiX4LU+6r6udrlm0NsVnSkP3R9t0dmxs=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0/go.mod h1:bmd0W5i+HuG7/p5sqicr0Li0rR2iIhXL0oUyLF3OjR4=
 k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.2 h1:Dl+1uh7xwJr70r+SHKyIpvu6XvzuoPu0uDIC4cqgJUs=
 k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.2/go.mod h1:RfwR03iuKeVV7Z1qD9XKH98c3tlPImJpQ3qHIW40htM=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.2 h1:WQdDvYJazkmkwSncgNwGvVtaCt4TYXIU3wSMRgvp3MI=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.2/go.mod h1:m6pZk6a179pRo2wsTiCPORJ86iOEQmfIzUvtyEF8BwA=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.34.2 h1:zao91FNDVPRGIiHLO2vqqe21zZVPien1goyzn0hsz90=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.34.2/go.mod h1:Ydulln+8uZZctUM8yrUQX4rfq/Ay6UzsuXf24QJ37Vc=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 h1:hwvWFiBzdWw1FhfY1FooPn3kzWuJ8tmbZBHi4zVsl1Y=
diff --git a/pkg/analyze/node_resources.go b/pkg/analyze/node_resources.go
index f52ea656..5e676a67 100644
--- a/pkg/analyze/node_resources.go
+++ b/pkg/analyze/node_resources.go
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
 
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/internal/util"
 	troubleshootv1beta2 "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/constants"
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/k8sutil"
 )
 
 type AnalyzeNodeResources struct {
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func nodeMatchesFilters(node corev1.Node, filters *troubleshootv1beta2.NodeResou
 	}
 
 	if filters.Taint != nil {
-		return taints.TaintExists(node.Spec.Taints, filters.Taint), nil
+		return k8sutil.TaintExists(node.Spec.Taints, filters.Taint), nil
 	}
 
 	if filters.CPUArchitecture != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/taints.go b/pkg/k8sutil/taints.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6013dada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/taints.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package k8sutil
+
+import corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
+// TaintExists checks if the given taint exists in list of taints. Returns true
+// if exists false otherwise.
+//
+// Copied from k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints so we don't have to import
+// k8s.io/kubernetes.
+func TaintExists(taints []corev1.Taint, taintToFind *corev1.Taint) bool {
+	for _, taint := range taints {
+		if taint.MatchTaint(taintToFind) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}