diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f97ecb9501..9a495d36f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.33.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bf05338062..0afd866863 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDf
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0/go.mod h1:0BP7YvVV9gBbVKyeTG0Gyn+gZm94bibOW5BjDEYAOMs=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
diff --git a/internal/k8s/controller.go b/internal/k8s/controller.go
index 8e7ef8c8ef..41a338453b 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/controller.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/controller.go
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"maps"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/internal/telemetry"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-
 	"github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/internal/k8s/appprotect"
 	"github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/internal/k8s/appprotectdos"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/internal/telemetry"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) getEndpointsForPortFromEndpointSlices(endpoin
 				endpointSet[podEndpoint] = struct{}{}
 			}
 		}
-		return maps.Keys(endpointSet)
+		return slices.Collect(maps.Keys(endpointSet))
 	}
 
 	endpoints := makePodEndpoints(targetPort, filterReadyEndpointsFrom(selectEndpointSlicesForPort(targetPort, endpointSlices)))
diff --git a/pkg/apis/externaldns/validation/externaldns.go b/pkg/apis/externaldns/validation/externaldns.go
index fa0e7db0eb..707e0935f5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/externaldns/validation/externaldns.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/externaldns/validation/externaldns.go
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ package validation
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
-
 	v1 "github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pkg/apis/externaldns/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"