diff --git a/pkg/annotations/controller.go b/pkg/annotations/controller.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e251719492..0000000000
--- a/pkg/annotations/controller.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package annotations
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	client "github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/dclient"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-)
-
-type controller struct {
-	client *client.Client
-	queue  workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
-}
-
-type Interface interface {
-	Add(rkind, rns, rname string, patch []byte)
-}
-
-type Controller interface {
-	Interface
-	Run(stopCh <-chan struct{})
-	Stop()
-}
-
-func NewAnnotationControler(client *client.Client) Controller {
-	return &controller{
-		client: client,
-		queue:  workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), annotationQueueName),
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *controller) Add(rkind, rns, rname string, patch []byte) {
-	c.queue.Add(newInfo(rkind, rns, rname, &patch))
-}
-
-func (c *controller) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
-	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
-	for i := 0; i < workerThreadCount; i++ {
-		go wait.Until(c.runWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
-	}
-	glog.Info("Started annotation controller workers")
-}
-
-func (c *controller) Stop() {
-	c.queue.ShutDown()
-	glog.Info("Shutting down annotation controller workers")
-}
-
-func (c *controller) runWorker() {
-	for c.processNextWorkItem() {
-	}
-}
-
-func (pc *controller) processNextWorkItem() bool {
-	obj, shutdown := pc.queue.Get()
-	if shutdown {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	err := func(obj interface{}) error {
-		defer pc.queue.Done(obj)
-		err := pc.syncHandler(obj)
-		pc.handleErr(err, obj)
-		return nil
-	}(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Error(err)
-		return true
-	}
-	return true
-}
-func (pc *controller) handleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
-	if err == nil {
-		pc.queue.Forget(key)
-		return
-	}
-	// This controller retries if something goes wrong. After that, it stops trying.
-	if pc.queue.NumRequeues(key) < workQueueRetryLimit {
-		glog.Warningf("Error syncing events %v: %v", key, err)
-		// Re-enqueue the key rate limited. Based on the rate limiter on the
-		// queue and the re-enqueue history, the key will be processed later again.
-		pc.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
-		return
-	}
-	pc.queue.Forget(key)
-	glog.Error(err)
-	glog.Warningf("Dropping the key out of the queue: %v", err)
-}
-
-func (c *controller) syncHandler(obj interface{}) error {
-	var key info
-	var ok bool
-	if key, ok = obj.(info); !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected string in workqueue but got %#v", obj)
-	}
-
-	var err error
-	_, err = c.client.PatchResource(key.RKind, key.RNs, key.RName, *key.patch)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Error creating annotation: unable to get resource %s/%s/%s, will retry: %s", key.RKind, key.RNs, key.RName, err)
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}