diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7cec2234d6..7a333cdc05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190404173353-6a84e37a896d
 	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.1-0.20190409021438-1a26190bd76a+incompatible
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20180731170545-e3762e86a74c // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190506122338-8fab8cb257d5 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190506122338-8fab8cb257d5
 	sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go b/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
index a9b7ae347c..8564a2da8d 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/internal/cache_reader.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/objectutil"
 )
 
 // CacheReader is a CacheReader
@@ -125,15 +124,22 @@ func (c *CacheReader) List(_ context.Context, out runtime.Object, opts ...client
 		if !isObj {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cache contained %T, which is not an Object", obj)
 		}
+		meta, err := apimeta.Accessor(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if labelSel != nil {
+			lbls := labels.Set(meta.GetLabels())
+			if !labelSel.Matches(lbls) {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
 		outObj := obj.DeepCopyObject()
 		outObj.GetObjectKind().SetGroupVersionKind(c.groupVersionKind)
 		runtimeObjs = append(runtimeObjs, outObj)
 	}
-	filteredItems, err := objectutil.FilterWithLabels(runtimeObjs, labelSel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return apimeta.SetList(out, filteredItems)
+	return apimeta.SetList(out, runtimeObjs)
 }
 
 // objectKeyToStorageKey converts an object key to store key.