diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a8165143a4..4676a3a10a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0523def36..bc82e8e05b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     "isomorphic-ws": "^4.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
     "jsonpath-plus": "^0.19.0",
-    "net-keepalive": "2.0.4",
     "openid-client": "^4.1.1",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
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diff --git a/src/watch.ts b/src/watch.ts
index 01aacd1df1..15d6f3d713 100644
--- a/src/watch.ts
+++ b/src/watch.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import byline = require('byline');
-import keepalive = require('net-keepalive');
 import request = require('request');
 import { Duplex } from 'stream';
 import { KubeConfig } from './config';
@@ -115,8 +114,7 @@ export class Watch {
         req.on('error', doneCallOnce);
         req.on('socket', (socket) => {
             socket.setTimeout(30000);
-            socket.setKeepAlive(true);
-            keepalive.setKeepAliveInterval(socket, 30000);
+            socket.setKeepAlive(true, 30000);
         });
         stream.on('error', doneCallOnce);
         stream.on('close', () => doneCallOnce(null));