diff --git a/cmd/gardener-resource-manager/app/app.go b/cmd/gardener-resource-manager/app/app.go
index 1fa9962dc5b4..52ab939ed8fa 100644
--- a/cmd/gardener-resource-manager/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gardener-resource-manager/app/app.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	eventsv1 "k8s.io/api/events/v1"
 	eventsv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1"
@@ -210,8 +209,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, cfg *config.ResourceManagerConfig
 				return apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(
 					config,
 					httpClient,
-					apiutil.WithLazyDiscovery,
-					apiutil.WithLimiter(rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(1*time.Minute), 1)), // rediscover at maximum every minute
 				)
 			}
 
diff --git a/extensions/pkg/util/shoot_clients.go b/extensions/pkg/util/shoot_clients.go
index 0dbc5de9e5b3..98d713088324 100644
--- a/extensions/pkg/util/shoot_clients.go
+++ b/extensions/pkg/util/shoot_clients.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func NewClientForShoot(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, namespace string, o
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get HTTP client for config: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(shootRESTConfig, httpClient, apiutil.WithLazyDiscovery)
+		mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(shootRESTConfig, httpClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new DynamicRESTMapper: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/client/kubernetes/runtime_client.go b/pkg/client/kubernetes/runtime_client.go
index 7137265f2327..212a80730bc7 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kubernetes/runtime_client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kubernetes/runtime_client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ func setClientOptionsDefaults(config *rest.Config, options *client.Options) erro
 		mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(
 			config,
 			httpClient,
-			apiutil.WithLazyDiscovery,
-			apiutil.WithLimiter(rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(5*time.Second), 1)),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new DynamicRESTMapper: %w", err)