diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/bootstrap/BUILD.bazel b/nodeup/pkg/bootstrap/BUILD.bazel
index 0d6f7e2e17..555f077ddd 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/bootstrap/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/bootstrap/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ go_library(
         "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local:go_default_library",
         "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks:go_default_library",
         "//util/pkg/vfs:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/distros/BUILD.bazel b/nodeup/pkg/distros/BUILD.bazel
index d4215cbbf3..5d8fa86cdc 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/distros/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/distros/BUILD.bazel
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@ go_library(
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kops/nodeup/pkg/distros",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = [
-        "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/tags:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
-    ],
+    deps = ["//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library"],
 )
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/BUILD.bazel b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/BUILD.bazel
index a1dfa3daa8..4645532fdc 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/BUILD.bazel
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/cloudinit/BUILD.bazel b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/cloudinit/BUILD.bazel
index 2afbd76fcb..16138f75e3 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/cloudinit/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/cloudinit/BUILD.bazel
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//upup/pkg/fi:go_default_library",
         "//upup/pkg/fi/utils:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local/BUILD.bazel b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local/BUILD.bazel
index 556169aead..00eef0dcff 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,8 +5,5 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["local_target.go"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = [
-        "//upup/pkg/fi:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
-    ],
+    deps = ["//upup/pkg/fi:go_default_library"],
 )
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/BUILD.bazel b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/BUILD.bazel
index 33f9f08259..676e74f8cc 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//nodeup/pkg/distros:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/kops:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/backoff:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubeconfig:go_default_library",
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ go_library(
         "//upup/pkg/fi:go_default_library",
         "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/cloudinit:go_default_library",
         "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/local:go_default_library",
-        "//upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/tags:go_default_library",
         "//upup/pkg/fi/utils:go_default_library",
         "//util/pkg/hashing:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",