diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yaml b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
index 799acad06..4d88a233e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: src/k8s
         run: make go.vet
 
-      - name: go deadcode
-        working-directory: src/k8s
-        run: make go.deadcode
-
       - name: go test
         working-directory: src/k8s
         run: make go.unit
diff --git a/src/k8s/Makefile b/src/k8s/Makefile
index 8e6c40f20..42ad1def1 100644
--- a/src/k8s/Makefile
+++ b/src/k8s/Makefile
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ go.vet:
 go.unit:
 	$(DQLITE_BUILD_SCRIPTS_DIR)/static-go-test.sh -v ./pkg/... ./cmd/... ./api/... -coverprofile=coverage.txt --cover
 
-go.deadcode:
-	$(TOOLS_DIR)/deadcode.sh
-
 go.doc: bin/static/k8s
 	bin/static/k8s generate-docs --output-dir ../../docs/src/_parts/commands/
 
diff --git a/src/k8s/tools/deadcode.sh b/src/k8s/tools/deadcode.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 14bc3604d..000000000
--- a/src/k8s/tools/deadcode.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-
-# Build deadcode
-TOOLS_DIR="$(realpath `dirname "${0}"`)"
-(
-  cd "${TOOLS_DIR}"
-  go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/deadcode
-)
-
-# Run deadcode
-DIR="${TOOLS_DIR}/../hack"
-. "${DIR}/static-dqlite.sh"
-(
-  cd "${TOOLS_DIR}/.."
-  x="$($(go env GOPATH)/bin/deadcode -tags dqlite,libsqlite3 -test ./...)"
-  if [ ! -z "$x" ]; then
-    echo "$x"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-)
diff --git a/src/k8s/tools/go.mod b/src/k8s/tools/go.mod
index 9c9a9e5de..02a4e8ebf 100644
--- a/src/k8s/tools/go.mod
+++ b/src/k8s/tools/go.mod
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ module github.com/canonical/k8s/tools
 
 go 1.22
 
-require (
-	github.com/regclient/regclient v0.6.1
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.20.0
-)
+require github.com/regclient/regclient v0.6.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/docker/libtrust v0.0.0-20160708172513-aabc10ec26b7 // indirect
@@ -17,9 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240405141642-5e7a33625e65 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/src/k8s/tools/go.sum b/src/k8s/tools/go.sum
index 1bf76fa9e..42e110ebf 100644
--- a/src/k8s/tools/go.sum
+++ b/src/k8s/tools/go.sum
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 h1:37Nm15o69RwBkXM0J6A5OlE67RZTfzUxTj8fB3dfcsc=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0oWt/14=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 h1:zY54UmvipHiNd+pm+m0x9KhZ9hl1/7QNMyxXbc6ICqA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240405141642-5e7a33625e65 h1:2YD4MqNQYEQlI4t931POAM5w8fe4ZFkHRWTJhRIAjz8=
-golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240405141642-5e7a33625e65/go.mod h1:W6pterlIx28wS98MzYROSpZ8u12XJW5a0ZVeaJ6pfSo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.20.0 h1:hz/CVckiOxybQvFw6h7b/q80NTr9IUQb4s1IIzW7KNY=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.20.0/go.mod h1:WvitBU7JJf6A4jOdg4S1tviW9bhUxkgeCui/0JHctQg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/src/k8s/tools/tools.go b/src/k8s/tools/tools.go
index ad2694534..1c97d3164 100644
--- a/src/k8s/tools/tools.go
+++ b/src/k8s/tools/tools.go
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	_ "github.com/regclient/regclient/cmd/regsync"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/deadcode"
 )