diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/BUILD b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/BUILD
index c1d924b405..9da5fa05a7 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/BUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kube-scheduler/app/config:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/controller:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/apis/config:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
index 48a30d74ca..be7db11e41 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/server.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 	schedulerserverconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/algorithmprovider"
 	kubeschedulerconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/apis/config"
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ func Run(cc schedulerserverconfig.CompletedConfig, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error
 
 	// Wait for all caches to sync before scheduling.
 	cc.InformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh)
-	controller.WaitForCacheSync("scheduler", stopCh, cc.PodInformer.Informer().HasSynced)
 
 	// Prepare a reusable runCommand function.
 	run := func(ctx context.Context) {