diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
index 1e7b7f7901..a9c1e390d9 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ func New() *Generator {
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/storage/v1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admission/v1alpha1`,
 			`k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/v1alpha1`,
+			`-k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1`,
+			`k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/v1alpha1`,
+			`k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/v1alpha1`,
 		}, ","),
 		DropEmbeddedFields: "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1.TypeMeta",
 	}
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh b/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
index 1e607a4d88..dd849f5a9b 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
-APIROOTS=${APIROOTS:-pkg/api pkg/apis pkg/runtime pkg/util/intstr pkg/watch staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis}
+APIROOTS=${APIROOTS:-pkg/api pkg/apis pkg/runtime pkg/util/intstr pkg/watch staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis}
 _tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 
 cleanup() {