diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index efed16c1ae62..8bb389776c54 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
 	k8s.io/cri-api v0.30.1
-	k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1
 	kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/libcap/cap v1.2.69
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 77d4662d17d7..7ecda3529cf3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1453,8 +1453,6 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 h1:QXU6cPEOIslTGvZaXvFWiP9VKyeet3sawzTOvdXb4Vw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240430033511-f0e62f92d13f h1:0LQagt0gDpKqvIkAMPaRGcXawNMouPECM1+F9BVxEaM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240430033511-f0e62f92d13f/go.mod h1:S9tOR0FxgyusSNR+MboCuiDpVWkAifZvaYI1Q2ubgro=
-k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1 h1:sHFIRI3oP0FFZmBAVEE8ErjnTyXDPkBcvO88mH9RjuY=
-k8s.io/kubectl v0.30.1/go.mod h1:7j+L0Cc38RYEcx+WH3y44jRBe1Q1jxdGPKkX0h4iDq0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0 h1:jgGTlFYnhF1PM1Ax/lAlxUPE+KfCIXHaathvJg1C3ak=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240502163921-fe8a2dddb1d0/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/libcap/cap v1.2.69 h1:N0m3tKYbkRMmDobh/47ngz+AWeV7PcfXMDi8xu3Vrag=
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/policy.go b/pkg/k8s/policy.go
index 4bb9d9811454..3927d85b1695 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/policy.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package k8s
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/tracee/pkg/k8s/apis/tracee.aquasec.com/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ func New() (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = v1beta1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	err = v1beta1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func New() (*Client, error) {
 	crdConfig := *config
 	crdConfig.ContentConfig.GroupVersion = &v1beta1.GroupVersion
 	crdConfig.APIPath = "/apis"
-	crdConfig.NegotiatedSerializer = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme.Scheme)
+	crdConfig.NegotiatedSerializer = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
 	crdConfig.UserAgent = rest.DefaultKubernetesUserAgent()
 
 	client, err := rest.UnversionedRESTClientFor(&crdConfig)