diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6fd01e873d3..7156337bfbc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/mail.v2 v2.3.1 // @grafana/backend-platform
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // @grafana/alerting-squad-backend
-	xorm.io/builder v0.3.6 // indirect; @grafana/backend-platform
+	xorm.io/builder v0.3.6 // @grafana/backend-platform
 	xorm.io/core v0.7.3 // @grafana/backend-platform
 	xorm.io/xorm v0.8.2 // @grafana/alerting-squad-backend
 )
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.1-0.20191002090509-6af20e3a5340 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack v0.5.5 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect; @grafana/alerting-squad
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // @grafana/alerting-squad
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.1 // indirect
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0 // @grafana/backend-platform
+	k8s.io/api v0.29.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.29.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
@@ -409,7 +410,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/fsnotify/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kms v0.29.0 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 // indirect
 	modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.40.0 // indirect
@@ -481,8 +481,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 )
 
-require k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
-
 require k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.1 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 
 // Use fork of crewjam/saml with fixes for some issues until changes get merged into upstream
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5dc39ab09b4..f0c8b1ae280 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4153,8 +4153,6 @@ howett.net/plist v0.0.0-20181124034731-591f970eefbb/go.mod h1:vMygbs4qMhSZSc4lCU
 k8s.io/api v0.26.2/go.mod h1:1kjMQsFE+QHPfskEcVNgL3+Hp88B80uj0QtSOlj8itU=
 k8s.io/api v0.29.0 h1:NiCdQMY1QOp1H8lfRyeEf8eOwV6+0xA6XEE44ohDX2A=
 k8s.io/api v0.29.0/go.mod h1:sdVmXoz2Bo/cb77Pxi71IPTSErEW32xa4aXwKH7gfBA=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0 h1:0VuspFG7Hj+SxyF/Z/2T0uFbI5gb5LRgEyUVE3Q4lV0=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0/go.mod h1:TKmpy3bTS0mr9pylH0nOt/QzQRrW7/h7yLdRForMZwc=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.2/go.mod h1:ats7nN1LExKHvJ9TmwootT00Yz05MuYqPXEXaVeOy5I=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0 h1:+ACVktwyicPz0oc6MTMLwa2Pw3ouLAfAon1wPLtG48o=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0/go.mod h1:eVBxQ/cwiJxH58eK/jd/vAk4mrxmVlnpBH5J2GbMeis=
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/service.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/service.go
index 3f47779488c..712d0ad5af4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/service.go
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@ func ProvideService(
 				req.URL.Path = "/"
 			}
 
-			// TODO: add support for the existing MetricsEndpointBasicAuth config option
-			if req.URL.Path == "/apiserver-metrics" {
-				req.URL.Path = "/metrics"
-			}
-
 			resp := responsewriter.WrapForHTTP1Or2(c.Resp)
 			s.handler.ServeHTTP(resp, req)
 		}