diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache.go
index 6ac767c9f0..a42084f3a8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache.go
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ func getSpamKey(event *v1.Event) string {
 // EventFilterFunc is a function that returns true if the event should be skipped
 type EventFilterFunc func(event *v1.Event) bool
 
-// DefaultEventFilterFunc returns false for all incoming events
-func DefaultEventFilterFunc(event *v1.Event) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 // EventSourceObjectSpamFilter is responsible for throttling
 // the amount of events a source and object can produce.
 type EventSourceObjectSpamFilter struct {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
index 6ccd16d827..8cb4a39e8e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record/events_cache_test.go
@@ -127,14 +127,6 @@ func validateEvent(messagePrefix string, actualEvent *v1.Event, expectedEvent *v
 	return actualEvent, nil
 }
 
-// TestDefaultEventFilterFunc ensures that no events are filtered
-func TestDefaultEventFilterFunc(t *testing.T) {
-	event := makeEvent("end-of-world", "it was fun", makeObjectReference("Pod", "pod1", "other"))
-	if DefaultEventFilterFunc(&event) {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultEventFilterFunc should always return false")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestEventAggregatorByReasonFunc ensures that two events are aggregated if they vary only by event.message
 func TestEventAggregatorByReasonFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	event1 := makeEvent("end-of-world", "it was fun", makeObjectReference("Pod", "pod1", "other"))