diff --git a/executor/api/metric/client_test.go b/executor/api/metric/client_test.go
index 9fcb16b6b4..16c3286524 100644
--- a/executor/api/metric/client_test.go
+++ b/executor/api/metric/client_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	v1 "github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/operator/apis/machinelearning.seldon.io/v1"
 	v12 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	v1meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func TestNewFromtMeta(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		ComponentSpecs: []*v1.SeldonPodSpec{
 			&v1.SeldonPodSpec{
-				Metadata: v1meta.ObjectMeta{},
+				Metadata: v1.ObjectMeta{},
 				Spec: v12.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []v12.Container{
 						v12.Container{
diff --git a/executor/api/rest/client_test.go b/executor/api/rest/client_test.go
index 3f3bf8e25b..372a64858f 100644
--- a/executor/api/rest/client_test.go
+++ b/executor/api/rest/client_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/executor/k8s"
 	v1 "github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/operator/apis/machinelearning.seldon.io/v1"
 	v12 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	v1meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ func TestClientMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		Annotations: map[string]string{},
 		ComponentSpecs: []*v1.SeldonPodSpec{
 			&v1.SeldonPodSpec{
-				Metadata: v1meta.ObjectMeta{},
+				Metadata: v1.ObjectMeta{},
 				Spec: v12.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []v12.Container{
 						v12.Container{
diff --git a/executor/go.mod b/executor/go.mod
index fd27e5d70c..d9c061421f 100644
--- a/executor/go.mod
+++ b/executor/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go v1.4.2
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
diff --git a/executor/go.sum b/executor/go.sum
index a6e2f3904e..ea5a727fb7 100644
--- a/executor/go.sum
+++ b/executor/go.sum
@@ -2096,8 +2096,6 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.4/go.mod h1:JZUwSMVbxDupo0lTJSSFP5pimEyxGynR
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.1/go.mod h1:XRYBPdbf5XJu9kpS84VJiZ7h/u1hF3gEORz0efEja7A=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.2 h1:jkAnfdTYBpFwlmBn3pS5HFO06SfxvnTZ1p5PeEF/zAA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.2/go.mod h1:vhcq/rlnENJ09SIRp3EveTaZ0yqH526hjf9iJdbUJ/E=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.3 h1:SBbr+inLPEKhvlJtrvDcwIpm+uhDvp63Bl72xYJtoOE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.3/go.mod h1:WlZNXcM0++oyaQt4B7C2lEE5JYRs8vJUzRP4N4JpdAY=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.4 h1:4013CKsBs5bEqo+LevzDett+LLxag/FjQWG94nVZ/9g=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.4/go.mod h1:WlZNXcM0++oyaQt4B7C2lEE5JYRs8vJUzRP4N4JpdAY=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:MkjgH3RdOWrievjo6c9T245dYlB5QeXV4WCbnt/PEpU=