diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d828bf0935..36433599656 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.7
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.7
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.7.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.4.0
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/ldap.v2 v2.5.1
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible
-	honnef.co/go/tools v0.3.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.19
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.18.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.10.0 // indirect
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/obfuscate v0.42.0 // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/remoteconfig/state v0.42.0 // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.2.0 // indirect
@@ -191,7 +188,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.23.0 // indirect
 	go4.org/intern v0.0.0-20220617035311-6925f38cc365 // indirect
 	go4.org/unsafe/assume-no-moving-gc v0.0.0-20220617031537-928513b29760 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd2a817d188..caa6b8b418b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.5.0/go.mod h1:r/s2XiOKccPW3HrqB+W0TQzfbt
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 h1:TYi4+3m5t6K48TGI9AUdb+IzbnSxvnvUMfuitfgcfuo=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0/go.mod h1:+vhtPC754Xsa23ID7GlGsrdKBpUA79WCAKPPZVC2DeU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1 h1:9F2/+DoOYIOksmaJFPw1tGFy1eDnIJXg+UHjuD8lTak=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/obfuscate v0.42.0 h1:p9uCmbyi4gEbJAOLoT/GjIAQMGe3velLmiC3mMgSIy4=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/obfuscate v0.42.0/go.mod h1:7Bsrm5U8/B+B8dffT3t733tDvdCr7upqIPSVuDqJ0Mw=
@@ -859,8 +857,6 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EH
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201 h1:BEABXpNXLEz0WxtA+6CQIz2xkg80e+1zrhWyMcq8VzE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
-golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201 h1:O1QcdQUR9htWjzzsXVFPX+RJ3n1P/u/5bsQR8dbs5BY=
-golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201/go.mod h1:AbB0pIl9nAr9wVwH+Z2ZpaocVmF5I4GyWCDIsVjR0bk=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -874,8 +870,6 @@ golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20191125180803-fdd1cda4f05f/go.mod h1:5qLYkcX4OjUUV8bRu
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200130185559-910be7a94367/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200302205851-738671d3881b/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20201208152925-83fdc39ff7b5/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616 h1:VLliZ0d+/avPrXXH+OakdXhpJuEoBZuwh1m2j7U6Iug=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190312151609-d3739f865fa6/go.mod h1:z+o9i4GpDbdi3rU15maQ/Ox0txvL9dWGYEHz965HBQE=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190719004257-d2bd2a29d028/go.mod h1:E/iHnbuqvinMTCcRqshq8CkpyQDoeVncDDYHnLhea+o=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.0.0-20190513183733-4bf6d317e70e/go.mod h1:mXi4GBBbnImb6dmsKGUJ2LatrhH/nqhxcFungHvyanc=
@@ -1320,8 +1314,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.3.3 h1:oDx7VAwstgpYpb3wv0oxiZlxY+foCpRAwY7Vk6XpAgA=
-honnef.co/go/tools v0.3.3/go.mod h1:jzwdWgg7Jdq75wlfblQxO4neNaFFSvgc1tD5Wv8U0Yw=
 inet.af/netaddr v0.0.0-20220811202034-502d2d690317 h1:U2fwK6P2EqmopP/hFLTOAjWTki0qgd4GMJn5X8wOleU=
 inet.af/netaddr v0.0.0-20220811202034-502d2d690317/go.mod h1:OIezDfdzOgFhuw4HuWapWq2e9l0H9tK4F1j+ETRtF3k=
 k8s.io/api v0.18.19/go.mod h1:lmViaHqL3es8JiaK3pCJMjBKm2CnzIcAXpHKifwbmAg=
diff --git a/tools/statsd.go b/tools/statsd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e823ad6d5c8..00000000000
--- a/tools/statsd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2019 The Vitess Authors.
-
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// statsd is a simple server for hosting test.go remote stats.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-)
-
-var mu sync.Mutex
-
-const statsFileName = "stats.json"
-
-func main() {
-	http.HandleFunc("/travis/stats", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.Method == "POST" {
-			test := r.FormValue("test")
-			result := r.FormValue("result")
-
-			if test == "" || result == "" {
-				return
-			}
-
-			switch result {
-			case "pass":
-				duration := r.FormValue("duration")
-				if duration == "" {
-					return
-				}
-				dur, err := time.ParseDuration(duration)
-				if err != nil {
-					return
-				}
-				testPassed(test, dur)
-			case "fail":
-				testFailed(test)
-			case "flake":
-				try := r.FormValue("try")
-				if try == "" {
-					return
-				}
-				i, err := strconv.ParseInt(try, 10, 64)
-				if err != nil {
-					return
-				}
-				testFlaked(test, int(i))
-			}
-
-			return
-		}
-
-		http.ServeFile(w, r, statsFileName)
-	})
-
-	http.ListenAndServe(":15123", nil)
-}
-
-type Stats struct {
-	TestStats map[string]TestStats
-}
-
-type TestStats struct {
-	Pass, Fail, Flake int
-	PassTime          time.Duration
-}
-
-func testPassed(name string, passTime time.Duration) {
-	updateTestStats(name, func(ts *TestStats) {
-		totalTime := int64(ts.PassTime)*int64(ts.Pass) + int64(passTime)
-		ts.Pass++
-		ts.PassTime = time.Duration(totalTime / int64(ts.Pass))
-	})
-}
-
-func testFailed(name string) {
-	updateTestStats(name, func(ts *TestStats) {
-		ts.Fail++
-	})
-}
-
-func testFlaked(name string, try int) {
-	updateTestStats(name, func(ts *TestStats) {
-		ts.Flake += try - 1
-	})
-}
-
-func updateTestStats(name string, update func(*TestStats)) {
-	var stats Stats
-
-	mu.Lock()
-	defer mu.Unlock()
-
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(statsFileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Can't read stats file, starting new one.")
-	} else {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &stats); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Can't parse stats file: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	if stats.TestStats == nil {
-		stats.TestStats = make(map[string]TestStats)
-	}
-	ts := stats.TestStats[name]
-	update(&ts)
-	stats.TestStats[name] = ts
-
-	data, err = json.MarshalIndent(stats, "", "\t")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Can't encode stats file: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(statsFileName, data, 0644); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Can't write stats file: %v", err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
index 56eaa05c2ed..68a97b603f6 100644
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ b/tools/tools.go
@@ -22,15 +22,9 @@ package tools
 // These imports ensure that "go mod tidy" won't remove deps
 // for build-time dependencies like linters and code generators
 import (
-	_ "github.com/golang/mock/mockgen"
 	_ "github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go-vtproto"
-	_ "golang.org/x/lint"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports"
-	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc"
 	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc"
 	_ "google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go"
-	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen"
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen"