diff --git a/pkg/proxy/proxy.go b/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
index 08ded564..e9425456 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
 	glog "github.com/labstack/gommon/log"
 	errs "github.com/pkg/errors"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/httpstream"
 
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/wsstream"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -65,7 +61,6 @@ func authorizationEndpointTarget() string {
 
 type Proxy struct {
 	app            application.Application
-	cl             client.Client
 	tokenParser    *auth.TokenParser
 	spaceLister    *handlers.SpaceLister
 	metrics        *metrics.ProxyMetrics
@@ -73,14 +68,6 @@ type Proxy struct {
 }
 
 func NewProxy(app application.Application, proxyMetrics *metrics.ProxyMetrics, getMembersFunc commoncluster.GetMemberClustersFunc) (*Proxy, error) {
-	cl, err := newClusterClient()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return newProxyWithClusterClient(app, cl, proxyMetrics, getMembersFunc)
-}
-
-func newProxyWithClusterClient(app application.Application, cln client.Client, proxyMetrics *metrics.ProxyMetrics, getMembersFunc commoncluster.GetMemberClustersFunc) (*Proxy, error) {
 	tokenParser, err := auth.DefaultTokenParser()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -90,7 +77,6 @@ func newProxyWithClusterClient(app application.Application, cln client.Client, p
 	spaceLister := handlers.NewSpaceLister(app, proxyMetrics)
 	return &Proxy{
 		app:            app,
-		cl:             cln,
 		tokenParser:    tokenParser,
 		spaceLister:    spaceLister,
 		metrics:        proxyMetrics,
@@ -780,29 +766,6 @@ func singleJoiningSlash(a, b string) string {
 	return a + b
 }
 
-func newClusterClient() (client.Client, error) {
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	if err := v1.AddToScheme(scheme); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := toolchainv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	k8sConfig, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	cl, err := client.New(k8sConfig, client.Options{
-		Scheme: scheme,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errs.Wrap(err, "cannot create ToolchainCluster client")
-	}
-	return cl, nil
-}
-
 var ph = textproto.CanonicalMIMEHeaderKey("Sec-WebSocket-Protocol")
 
 func extractTokenFromWebsocketRequest(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go b/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 52dcba0a..46d8fe13 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (s *TestProxySuite) TestProxy() {
 				InformerServiceMock: inf,
 			}
 			proxyMetrics := metrics.NewProxyMetrics(prometheus.NewRegistry())
-			p, err := newProxyWithClusterClient(fakeApp, nil, proxyMetrics, proxytest.NewGetMembersFunc(commontest.NewFakeClient(s.T())))
+			p, err := NewProxy(fakeApp, proxyMetrics, proxytest.NewGetMembersFunc(commontest.NewFakeClient(s.T())))
 			require.NoError(s.T(), err)
 
 			server := p.StartProxy(DefaultPort)
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ func (s *TestProxySuite) TestProxy() {
 
 func (s *TestProxySuite) spinUpProxy(fakeApp *fake.ProxyFakeApp, port string) (*Proxy, *http.Server) {
 	proxyMetrics := metrics.NewProxyMetrics(prometheus.NewRegistry())
-	p, err := newProxyWithClusterClient(
-		fakeApp, nil, proxyMetrics, proxytest.NewGetMembersFunc(commontest.NewFakeClient(s.T())))
+	p, err := NewProxy(
+		fakeApp, proxyMetrics, proxytest.NewGetMembersFunc(commontest.NewFakeClient(s.T())))
 	require.NoError(s.T(), err)
 
 	server := p.StartProxy(port)