diff --git a/cmd/internal/client.go b/cmd/internal/client.go
index ec5616e1e6..37be7a23bb 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/client.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/client.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func createKyvernoDynamicClient(logger logr.Logger, ctx context.Context, dyn dyn
 	return client
 }
 
-func createEventsClient(logger logr.Logger, kube kubernetes.Interface, metricsManager metrics.MetricsConfigManager) eventsv1.EventsV1Interface {
+func createEventsClient(logger logr.Logger, metricsManager metrics.MetricsConfigManager) eventsv1.EventsV1Interface {
 	logger = logger.WithName("events-client")
 	logger.Info("create the events client...", "kubeconfig", kubeconfig, "qps", clientRateLimitQPS, "burst", clientRateLimitBurst)
 	client := kubeclient.From(createKubernetesClient(logger, eventsRateLimitQPS, eventsRateLimitBurst), kubeclient.WithTracing())
diff --git a/cmd/internal/imageverifycache.go b/cmd/internal/imageverifycache.go
index f3cad27385..60f8499cd0 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/imageverifycache.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/imageverifycache.go
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
-	"context"
-
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/imageverifycache"
 )
 
-func setupImageVerifyCache(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger) imageverifycache.Client {
+func setupImageVerifyCache(logger logr.Logger) imageverifycache.Client {
 	logger = logger.WithName("image-verify-cache").WithValues("enabled", imageVerifyCacheEnabled, "maxsize", imageVerifyCacheMaxSize, "ttl", imageVerifyCacheTTLDuration)
 	logger.Info("setup image verify cache...")
 	opts := []imageverifycache.Option{
diff --git a/cmd/internal/setup.go b/cmd/internal/setup.go
index b30a443ffd..040ad51df3 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/setup.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func Setup(config Configuration, name string, skipResourceFilters bool) (context
 	}
 	var imageVerifyCache imageverifycache.Client
 	if config.UsesImageVerifyCache() {
-		imageVerifyCache = setupImageVerifyCache(ctx, logger)
+		imageVerifyCache = setupImageVerifyCache(logger)
 	}
 	if config.UsesCosign() {
 		setupSigstoreTUF(ctx, logger)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func Setup(config Configuration, name string, skipResourceFilters bool) (context
 	}
 	var eventsClient eventsv1.EventsV1Interface
 	if config.UsesEventsClient() {
-		eventsClient = createEventsClient(logger, client, metricsManager)
+		eventsClient = createEventsClient(logger, metricsManager)
 	}
 	var metadataClient metadataclient.UpstreamInterface
 	if config.UsesMetadataClient() {
diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 03fb81097e..0a3496cf15 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	policycachecontroller "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/controllers/policycache"
 	vapcontroller "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/controllers/validatingadmissionpolicy-generate"
 	webhookcontroller "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/controllers/webhook"
-	engineapi "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/api"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/apicall"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/globalcontext/store"
@@ -79,13 +78,8 @@ func sanityChecks(apiserverClient apiserver.Interface) error {
 }
 
 func createNonLeaderControllers(
-	eng engineapi.Engine,
-	kubeInformer kubeinformers.SharedInformerFactory,
 	kyvernoInformer kyvernoinformer.SharedInformerFactory,
-	kubeClient kubernetes.Interface,
-	kyvernoClient versioned.Interface,
 	dynamicClient dclient.Interface,
-	configuration config.Configuration,
 	policyCache policycache.Cache,
 ) ([]internal.Controller, func(context.Context) error) {
 	policyCacheController := policycachecontroller.NewController(
@@ -426,13 +420,8 @@ func main() {
 	)
 	// create non leader controllers
 	nonLeaderControllers, nonLeaderBootstrap := createNonLeaderControllers(
-		engine,
-		kubeInformer,
 		kyvernoInformer,
-		setup.KubeClient,
-		setup.KyvernoClient,
 		setup.KyvernoDynamicClient,
-		setup.Configuration,
 		policyCache,
 	)
 	// start informers and wait for cache sync