- Kubeadm: Remove the deprecated hyperkube image support in `v1beta3`. This implies removal of `ClusterConfiguration.UseHyperKubeImage.` ([#101537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101537), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- '`build/dependencies.yaml`: remove the dependency on Docker. With the dockershim removal, core Kubernetes no longer
  has to track the latest validated version of Docker.' ([#107607](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107607), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

## Deprecations and Removals

- kubectl
  - `kubectl convert`, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.17.
  - The `--export` flag for the `kubectl get` command, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.
  - The `--pod`/`-p` flag for `kubectl exec`, deprecated since 1.12, has been removed.

- The kube-apiserver ability to serve on an insecure port, deprecated since v1.10, has been removed. The insecure address flags `--address` and `--insecure-bind-address` have no effect in kube-apiserver and will be removed in v1.24. The insecure port flags `--port` and `--insecure-port` may only be set to 0 and will be removed in v1.24. ([#95856](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95856), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42), [SIG API Machinery,...

- Removed the recently re-introduced schedulability predicate ([#109706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109706)) as to not have unschedulable nodes removed from load balancers back-end pools. ([#111691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111691), [@alexanderConstantinescu](https://github.com/alexanderConstantinescu))

    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Deprecations](#deprecations)
  - [Removed and deprecated metrics](#removed-and-deprecated-metrics)
    - [Removed metrics](#removed-metrics)
    - [Deprecated metrics](#deprecated-metrics)
  - [Notable Features](#notable-features)
  - [API Changes](#api-changes)

- The CSINodeInfo feature gate is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The storage.k8s.io/v1beta1 CSINode object is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ([#83474](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83474), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

- Kubeadm: remove the usage of the --container-runtime=remote flag for the kubelet during kubeadm init/join/upgrade. The flag value "remote" has been the only possible value since dockershim was removed from the kubelet. ([#112...

- Kubernetes API Go types removed runtime use of the `github.com/gogo/protobuf` library, and are no longer registered into the global gogo type registry. Kubernetes API Go types were not suitable for use with the `google.golang.org/protobuf` library, and no longer implement `ProtoMessage()` by default to avoid accidental incompatible use. If removal of these marker methods impacts your use, it can be re-enabled for one more release with...

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