diff --git a/go/fn/go.mod b/go/fn/go.mod
index 08ec9beb1..10f37c1fc 100644
--- a/go/fn/go.mod
+++ b/go/fn/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
-	// We must not include any core k8s modules (e.g. k8s.io/apimachinery) in
-	// the dependencies, depending on them will likely to cause version skew for
-	// consumers. The dependencies for tests and examples should be isolated.
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.6
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.5 // indirect
diff --git a/go/fn/go.sum b/go/fn/go.sum
index 5ec801cfb..9f36be87b 100644
--- a/go/fn/go.sum
+++ b/go/fn/go.sum
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 h1:QK40JKJyMdUDz+h+xvCsru/bJhvG0UxvePV0ufL/AcE=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 h1:gZr+CIYByUqjcgeLXnQu2gHYQC9o73G2XUeOFYEICuY=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
@@ -643,8 +641,6 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1 h1:VW25q3bZx9uE3vvdL6M8ezOX79vA2Aq1nEWLqNQclHc=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42 h1:Gii5eqf+GmIEwGNKQYQClCayuJCe2/4fZUvF7VG99sU=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42/go.mod h1:Z/45zLw8lUo4wdiUkI+v/ImEGAvu3WatcZl3lPMR4Rk=
diff --git a/go/fn/internal/map.go b/go/fn/internal/map.go
index 3f59fe1e6..75e7833c3 100644
--- a/go/fn/internal/map.go
+++ b/go/fn/internal/map.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"sort"
 
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ func (o *MapVariant) GetMap(field string) *MapVariant {
 			return node
 
 		default:
-			klog.Warningf("getting value of unexpected type, got %T, want map", node)
+			log.Fatalf("getting value of unexpected type, got %T, want map", node)
 		}
 	}