diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
index 2cb5e61648..b35c2912fe 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/file"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress"
-	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/annotations/class"
 	ngx_config "k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/controller/config"
 	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/controller/process"
@@ -133,9 +132,6 @@ func NewNGINXController(config *Configuration, mc metric.Collector, fs file.File
 		config.DisableCatchAll)
 
 	n.syncQueue = task.NewTaskQueue(n.syncIngress)
-
-	n.annotations = annotations.NewAnnotationExtractor(n.store)
-
 	if config.UpdateStatus {
 		n.syncStatus = status.NewStatusSyncer(status.Config{
 			Client:                 config.Client,
@@ -221,8 +217,6 @@ Error loading new template: %v
 type NGINXController struct {
 	cfg *Configuration
 
-	annotations annotations.Extractor
-
 	recorder record.EventRecorder
 
 	syncQueue *task.Queue