diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 997c49eeb..bde3709d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.16.0
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/namespace.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/namespace.go
index aa9ac98f8..69f1ed950 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/namespace.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/namespace.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package kubernetes
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateNamespace() error {
 
 	_, err = namespaceClient.Create(context.TODO(), n, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("Create namespace %s failed: %v\n", i.Namespace, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Create namespace %s failed: %v", i.Namespace, err)
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Create Namespace '%s' successfully.", i.Namespace)
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/rbac.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/rbac.go
index 066007f33..ffc60c216 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/rbac.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/rbac.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package kubernetes
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateClusterRole() error {
 
 	_, err = clusterRoleClient.Create(context.TODO(), clusterRole, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("Create ClusterRole %s failed: %v\n", clusterRole.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create ClusterRole %s failed: %v", clusterRole.Name, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/secret.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/secret.go
index dec9bb81f..651a862b5 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/secret.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/secret.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package kubernetes
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateSecret(secret *corev1.Secret) error {
 				FieldManager: "apply",
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Errorf("Apply secret %s failed: %v\n", secret.Name, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("apply secret %s failed: %v", secret.Name, err)
 			}
 			klog.Infof("secret %s update successfully.", secret.Name)
 			return nil
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateSecret(secret *corev1.Secret) error {
 
 	_, err = secretClient.Create(context.TODO(), secret, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("Create secret %s failed: %v\n", secret.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create secret %s failed: %v", secret.Name, err)
 	}
 	klog.Infof("secret %s Create successfully.", secret.Name)
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/services.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/services.go
index 4ffd616bb..fa9f998a7 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/services.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/services.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package kubernetes
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateService(service *corev1.Service) error {
 				FieldManager: "apply",
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Errorf("Apply service %s failed: %v\n", service.Name, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("apply service %s failed: %v", service.Name, err)
 			}
 			klog.Infof("service %s update successfully.", service.Name)
 			return nil
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ func (i *InstallOptions) CreateService(service *corev1.Service) error {
 
 	_, err = serviceClient.Create(context.TODO(), service, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("Create service %s failed: %v\n", service.Name, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create service %s failed: %v", service.Name, err)
 	}
 	klog.Infof("service %s create successfully.", service.Name)
 	return nil
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index f77bb3fa7..5169b7d88 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml
 # github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv
 # github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-## explicit
 github.com/pkg/errors
 # github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib