diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96418cbf3a..3810a3e61f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.5.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240902221715-702e33fdd3c3 // indirect