diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa9172ec1..041894837 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/client v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508
 	github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6
 	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.46.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e63b451c2..e2e095c07 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75 h1:6fotK7otjonDflCTK0BCfls4SPy3NcCVb5dqqmbRknE=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75/go.mod h1:KO6IkyS8Y3j8OdNO85qEYBsRPuteD+YciPomcXdrMnk=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508 h1:NBjcpxDcurBzM3uMfX7LpkDE6okU+x7XdDSqVdqXVO8=
-github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/apis v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508/go.mod h1:Q4JzNkNMvjo7pXtlB5/R3oME4Nhah7fAObWgghVmtxk=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/client v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508 h1:oLcoseDTk/8eVXMu74aZQWxaiMTB/ym3CP8NNQ4qRqg=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/nsx-operator/pkg/client v0.0.0-20240827061921-8f0982975508/go.mod h1:Hsn4QLNjQA6wQYGI6IlQJrTqM+29KWCVdyFgS7a2Sck=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator/api v1.8.6 h1:NIndORjcnSmIlQsCMIewpIwg/ocRVDh2lYjOroTVLrU=