diff --git a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
index 66f20773127..edbc0b7e28e 100644
--- a/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
+++ b/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
         "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3"
       ],
       "github.com/mailru/easyjson": [
-        "k8s.io/kube-openapi",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5",
         "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml"