diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7b11e1b7..e45aa573 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index acdad1cc..2e562205 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@ 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 v0.19.0 h1:q5f1RH2jigJ1MoAWp2KTp3gm5zAGFUTarQZ5U386+4o=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 h1:gbqbevonBh57eILzModw6mrkbwM0gQBEuevE/AaBsHY=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
diff --git a/net_ip_socket.go b/net_ip_socket.go
index 8ebe3831..9f32ff4f 100644
--- a/net_ip_socket.go
+++ b/net_ip_socket.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 	// In theory, the number of available sockets is 65535 (2^16 - 1) per IP.
 	// With e.g. 150 Byte per line and the maximum number of 65535,
 	// the reader needs to handle 150 Byte * 65535 =~ 10 MB for a single IP.
-	defaultReadLimit = ptr.To(4294967296) // Byte -> 4 GiB
+	defaultReadLimit = ptrTo(4294967296) // Byte -> 4 GiB
 )
 
 // This contains generic data structures for both udp and tcp sockets.
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcd62b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package procfs
+
+// To returns a pointer to the given value.
+func ptrTo[T any](v T) *T {
+	return &v
+}