0.19.999

2026-01-26 05:14:13 +01:00 · 2020-07-21 17:24:22 -04:00
4477 changed files with 180490 additions and 732249 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Release Charts

 on:
  push:
-    branches:
-      - release-*
+    tags:
+      - chart-*

 jobs:
  release:
@@ -11,21 +11,20 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Configure Git
        run: |
          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"

-      - name: Install Helm
-        uses: azure/setup-helm@v1
-        with:
-          version: v3.4.0
+      - name: Fetch history
+        run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+
+      - name: Add dependency chart repos
+        run: |
+          helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/

      - name: Run chart-releaser
-        uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@v1.1.0
+        uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@v1.0.0-rc.2
        env:
          CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          CR_RELEASE_NAME_TEMPLATE: "descheduler-helm-chart-{{ .Version }}"
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ _tmp/
 vendordiff.patch
 .idea/
 *.code-workspace
-.vscode/
-kind
--- a/10
+++ b/10
@@ -11,19 +11,15 @@
 # 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.
-FROM golang:1.17.3
+FROM golang:1.14.4

 WORKDIR /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler
 COPY . .
-ARG ARCH
-ARG VERSION
-RUN VERSION=${VERSION} make build.$ARCH
+RUN make

 FROM scratch

-MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com>
-
-USER 1000
+MAINTAINER Avesh Agarwal <avesh.ncsu@gmail.com>

 COPY --from=0 /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/_output/bin/descheduler /bin/descheduler

--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 FROM scratch

-MAINTAINER Kubernetes SIG Scheduling <kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com>
-
-USER 1000
+MAINTAINER Avesh Agarwal <avesh.ncsu@gmail.com>

 COPY _output/bin/descheduler /bin/descheduler

--- a/83
+++ b/83
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@

 .PHONY: test

-# VERSION is based on a date stamp plus the last commit
-VERSION?=v$(shell date +%Y%m%d)-$(shell git describe --tags --match "v*")
-BRANCH?=$(shell git branch --show-current)
-SHA1?=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+# VERSION is currently based on the last commit
+VERSION?=$(shell git describe --tags)
+COMMIT=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 BUILD=$(shell date +%FT%T%z)
-LDFLAG_LOCATION=sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version
-ARCHS = amd64 arm arm64
+LDFLAG_LOCATION=sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app

-LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.version=${VERSION} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.buildDate=${BUILD} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitbranch=${BRANCH} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitsha1=${SHA1}"
+LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.version=${VERSION} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.buildDate=${BUILD} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitCommit=${COMMIT}"

-GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.43.0
-HAS_GOLANGCI := $(shell ls _output/bin/golangci-lint 2> /dev/null)
+GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.15.0
+HAS_GOLANGCI := $(shell ls _output/bin/golangci-lint)

 # REGISTRY is the container registry to push
 # into. The default is to push to the staging
@@ -43,65 +41,30 @@ IMAGE_GCLOUD:=$(REGISTRY)/descheduler:$(VERSION)
 # In the future binaries can be uploaded to
 # GCS bucket gs://k8s-staging-descheduler.

-HAS_HELM := $(shell which helm 2> /dev/null)
+HAS_HELM := $(shell which helm)

 all: build

 build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler

-build.amd64:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler
-
-build.arm:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=7 go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler
-
-build.arm64:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler
-
 dev-image: build
 	docker build -f Dockerfile.dev -t $(IMAGE) .

 image:
-	docker build --build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" --build-arg ARCH="amd64" -t $(IMAGE) .
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE) .

-image.amd64:
-	docker build --build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" --build-arg ARCH="amd64" -t $(IMAGE)-amd64 .
-
-image.arm:
-	docker build --build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" --build-arg ARCH="arm" -t $(IMAGE)-arm .
-
-image.arm64:
-	docker build --build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" --build-arg ARCH="arm64" -t $(IMAGE)-arm64 .
-
-push: image
+push-container-to-gcloud: image
 	gcloud auth configure-docker
 	docker tag $(IMAGE) $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)
 	docker push $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)

-push-all: image.amd64 image.arm image.arm64
-	gcloud auth configure-docker
-	for arch in $(ARCHS); do \
-		docker tag $(IMAGE)-$${arch} $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)-$${arch} ;\
-		docker push $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)-$${arch} ;\
-	done
-	DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker manifest create $(IMAGE_GCLOUD) $(addprefix --amend $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)-, $(ARCHS))
-	for arch in $(ARCHS); do \
-		DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker manifest annotate --arch $${arch} $(IMAGE_GCLOUD) $(IMAGE_GCLOUD)-$${arch} ;\
-	done
-	DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled docker manifest push $(IMAGE_GCLOUD) ;\
+push: push-container-to-gcloud

 clean:
 	rm -rf _output
-	rm -rf _tmp

-verify: verify-govet verify-spelling verify-gofmt verify-vendor lint lint-chart verify-toc verify-gen
-
-verify-govet:
-	./hack/verify-govet.sh
-
-verify-spelling:
-	./hack/verify-spelling.sh
+verify: verify-gofmt verify-vendor lint lint-chart

 verify-gofmt:
 	./hack/verify-gofmt.sh
@@ -109,9 +72,6 @@ verify-gofmt:
 verify-vendor:
 	./hack/verify-vendor.sh

-verify-toc:
-	./hack/verify-toc.sh
-
 test-unit:
 	./test/run-unit-tests.sh

@@ -122,26 +82,15 @@ gen:
 	./hack/update-generated-conversions.sh
 	./hack/update-generated-deep-copies.sh
 	./hack/update-generated-defaulters.sh
-	./hack/update-toc.sh
-
-verify-gen:
-	./hack/verify-conversions.sh
-	./hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
-	./hack/verify-defaulters.sh

 lint:
 ifndef HAS_GOLANGCI
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b ./_output/bin ${GOLANGCI_VERSION}
+	curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | sh -s -- -b ./_output/bin ${GOLANGCI_VERSION}
 endif
 	./_output/bin/golangci-lint run

-lint-chart: ensure-helm-install
-	helm lint ./charts/descheduler
-
-test-helm: ensure-helm-install
-	./test/run-helm-tests.sh
-
-ensure-helm-install:
+lint-chart:
 ifndef HAS_HELM
 	curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 && chmod 700 ./get_helm.sh && ./get_helm.sh
-endif
+endif
+	helm lint ./charts/descheduler
--- a/10
+++ b/10
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 approvers:
+- aveshagarwal
+- k82cn
+- ravisantoshgudimetla
 - damemi
- ingvagabund
- seanmalloy
 reviewers:
 - aveshagarwal
 - k82cn
@@ -9,8 +10,3 @@ reviewers:
 - damemi
 - seanmalloy
 - ingvagabund
- lixiang233
-emeritus_approvers:
- aveshagarwal
- k82cn
- ravisantoshgudimetla
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler)](https://goreportcard.com/report/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler)
-![Release Charts](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/workflows/Release%20Charts/badge.svg)
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler)](https://goreportcard.com/report/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler)

 # Descheduler for Kubernetes

+## Introduction
+
 Scheduling in Kubernetes is the process of binding pending pods to nodes, and is performed by
 a component of Kubernetes called kube-scheduler. The scheduler's decisions, whether or where a
 pod can or can not be scheduled, are guided by its configurable policy which comprises of set of
@@ -22,45 +23,9 @@ Descheduler, based on its policy, finds pods that can be moved and evicts them.
 note, in current implementation, descheduler does not schedule replacement of evicted pods
 but relies on the default scheduler for that.

-Table of Contents
-=================
-<!-- toc -->
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-  - [Run As A Job](#run-as-a-job)
-  - [Run As A CronJob](#run-as-a-cronjob)
-  - [Run As A Deployment](#run-as-a-deployment)
-  - [Install Using Helm](#install-using-helm)
-  - [Install Using Kustomize](#install-using-kustomize)
- [User Guide](#user-guide)
- [Policy and Strategies](#policy-and-strategies)
-  - [RemoveDuplicates](#removeduplicates)
-  - [LowNodeUtilization](#lownodeutilization)
-  - [HighNodeUtilization](#highnodeutilization)
-  - [RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity](#removepodsviolatinginterpodantiaffinity)
-  - [RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity](#removepodsviolatingnodeaffinity)
-  - [RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints](#removepodsviolatingnodetaints)
-  - [RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint](#removepodsviolatingtopologyspreadconstraint)
-  - [RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts](#removepodshavingtoomanyrestarts)
-  - [PodLifeTime](#podlifetime)
-  - [RemoveFailedPods](#removefailedpods)
- [Filter Pods](#filter-pods)
-  - [Namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering)
-  - [Priority filtering](#priority-filtering)
-  - [Label filtering](#label-filtering)
-  - [Node Fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering)
- [Pod Evictions](#pod-evictions)
-  - [Pod Disruption Budget (PDB)](#pod-disruption-budget-pdb)
- [Metrics](#metrics)
- [Compatibility Matrix](#compatibility-matrix)
- [Getting Involved and Contributing](#getting-involved-and-contributing)
-  - [Communicating With Contributors](#communicating-with-contributors)
- [Roadmap](#roadmap)
-  - [Code of conduct](#code-of-conduct)
-<!-- /toc -->
-
 ## Quick Start

-The descheduler can be run as a `Job`, `CronJob`, or `Deployment` inside of a k8s cluster. It has the
+The descheduler can be run as a Job or CronJob inside of a k8s cluster. It has the
 advantage of being able to be run multiple times without needing user intervention.
 The descheduler pod is run as a critical pod in the `kube-system` namespace to avoid
 being evicted by itself or by the kubelet.
@@ -68,52 +33,17 @@ being evicted by itself or by the kubelet.
 ### Run As A Job

 ```
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/job/job.yaml
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/configmap.yaml
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/job.yaml
 ```

 ### Run As A CronJob

 ```
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/cronjob/cronjob.yaml
-```
-
-### Run As A Deployment
-
-```
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
-kubectl create -f kubernetes/deployment/deployment.yaml
-```
-
-### Install Using Helm
-
-Starting with release v0.18.0 there is an official helm chart that can be used to install the
-descheduler. See the [helm chart README](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/blob/master/charts/descheduler/README.md) for detailed instructions.
-
-The descheduler helm chart is also listed on the [artifact hub](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/descheduler/descheduler).
-
-### Install Using Kustomize
-
-You can use kustomize to install descheduler.
-See the [resources | Kustomize](https://kubectl.docs.kubernetes.io/references/kustomize/resource/) for detailed instructions.
-
-Run As A Job
-```
-kustomize build 'github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/kubernetes/job?ref=v0.22.0' | kubectl apply -f -
-```
-
-Run As A CronJob
-```
-kustomize build 'github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/kubernetes/cronjob?ref=v0.22.0' | kubectl apply -f -
-```
-
-Run As A Deployment
-```
-kustomize build 'github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/kubernetes/deployment?ref=v0.22.0' | kubectl apply -f -
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/rbac.yaml
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/configmap.yaml
+kubectl create -f kubernetes/cronjob.yaml
 ```

 ## User Guide
@@ -122,67 +52,25 @@ See the [user guide](docs/user-guide.md) in the `/docs` directory.

 ## Policy and Strategies

-Descheduler's policy is configurable and includes strategies that can be enabled or disabled. By default, all strategies are enabled.
-
-The policy includes a common configuration that applies to all the strategies:
-| Name | Default Value | Description |
-|------|---------------|-------------|
-| `nodeSelector` | `nil` | limiting the nodes which are processed |
-| `evictLocalStoragePods` | `false` | allows eviction of pods with local storage |
-| `evictSystemCriticalPods` | `false` | [Warning: Will evict Kubernetes system pods] allows eviction of pods with any priority, including system pods like kube-dns |
-| `ignorePvcPods` | `false` | set whether PVC pods should be evicted or ignored |
-| `maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode` | `nil` | maximum number of pods evicted from each node (summed through all strategies) |
-| `evictFailedBarePods` | `false` | allow eviction of pods without owner references and in failed phase |
-
-As part of the policy, the parameters associated with each strategy can be configured.
-See each strategy for details on available parameters.
-
-**Policy:**
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-nodeSelector: prod=dev
-evictFailedBarePods: false
-evictLocalStoragePods: true
-evictSystemCriticalPods: true
-maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode: 40
-ignorePvcPods: false
-strategies:
-  ...
-```
-
-The following diagram provides a visualization of most of the strategies to help
-categorize how strategies fit together.
-
-![Strategies diagram](strategies_diagram.png)
+Descheduler's policy is configurable and includes strategies that can be enabled or disabled.
+Seven strategies `RemoveDuplicates`, `LowNodeUtilization`, `RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity`,
+`RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity`, `RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints`, `RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts`, and `PodLifeTime`
+are currently implemented. As part of the policy, the parameters associated with the strategies can be configured too.
+By default, all strategies are enabled.

 ### RemoveDuplicates

-This strategy makes sure that there is only one pod associated with a ReplicaSet (RS),
-ReplicationController (RC), StatefulSet, or Job running on the same node. If there are more,
+This strategy makes sure that there is only one pod associated with a Replica Set (RS),
+Replication Controller (RC), Deployment, or Job running on the same node. If there are more,
 those duplicate pods are evicted for better spreading of pods in a cluster. This issue could happen
 if some nodes went down due to whatever reasons, and pods on them were moved to other nodes leading to
 more than one pod associated with a RS or RC, for example, running on the same node. Once the failed nodes
 are ready again, this strategy could be enabled to evict those duplicate pods.

-It provides one optional parameter, `excludeOwnerKinds`, which is a list of OwnerRef `Kind`s. If a pod
-has any of these `Kind`s listed as an `OwnerRef`, that pod will not be considered for eviction. Note that
-pods created by Deployments are considered for eviction by this strategy. The `excludeOwnerKinds` parameter
-should include `ReplicaSet` to have pods created by Deployments excluded.
+It provides one optional parameter, `ExcludeOwnerKinds`, which is a list of OwnerRef `Kind`s. If a pod
+has any of these `Kind`s listed as an `OwnerRef`, that pod will not be considered for eviction.

-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`excludeOwnerKinds`|list(string)|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-```yaml
+```
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
@@ -201,37 +89,20 @@ in the hope that recreation of evicted pods will be scheduled on these underutil
 parameters of this strategy are configured under `nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds`.

 The under utilization of nodes is determined by a configurable threshold `thresholds`. The threshold
-`thresholds` can be configured for cpu, memory, number of pods, and extended resources in terms of percentage (the percentage is
-calculated as the current resources requested on the node vs [total allocatable](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/#capacity).
-For pods, this means the number of pods on the node as a fraction of the pod capacity set for that node).
-
-If a node's usage is below threshold for all (cpu, memory, number of pods and extended resources), the node is considered underutilized.
+`thresholds` can be configured for cpu, memory, and number of pods in terms of percentage. If a node's
+usage is below threshold for all (cpu, memory, and number of pods), the node is considered underutilized.
 Currently, pods request resource requirements are considered for computing node resource utilization.

 There is another configurable threshold, `targetThresholds`, that is used to compute those potential nodes
-from where pods could be evicted. If a node's usage is above targetThreshold for any (cpu, memory, number of pods, or extended resources),
+from where pods could be evicted. If a node's usage is above targetThreshold for any (cpu, memory, or number of pods),
 the node is considered over utilized. Any node between the thresholds, `thresholds` and `targetThresholds` is
 considered appropriately utilized and is not considered for eviction. The threshold, `targetThresholds`,
 can be configured for cpu, memory, and number of pods too in terms of percentage.

-These thresholds, `thresholds` and `targetThresholds`, could be tuned as per your cluster requirements. Note that this
-strategy evicts pods from `overutilized nodes` (those with usage above `targetThresholds`) to `underutilized nodes`
-(those with usage below `thresholds`), it will abort if any number of `underutilized nodes` or `overutilized nodes` is zero.
+These thresholds, `thresholds` and `targetThresholds`, could be tuned as per your cluster requirements.
+Here is an example of a policy for this strategy:

-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`thresholds`|map(string:int)|
-|`targetThresholds`|map(string:int)|
-|`numberOfNodes`|int|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
+```
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
@@ -250,104 +121,34 @@ strategies:
 ```

 Policy should pass the following validation checks:
-* Three basic native types of resources are supported: `cpu`, `memory` and `pods`.
-If any of these resource types is not specified, all its thresholds default to 100% to avoid nodes going from underutilized to overutilized.
-* Extended resources are supported. For example, resource type `nvidia.com/gpu` is specified for GPU node utilization. Extended resources are optional,
-and will not be used to compute node's usage if it's not specified in `thresholds` and `targetThresholds` explicitly.
+* Only three types of resources are supported: `cpu`, `memory` and `pods`.
 * `thresholds` or `targetThresholds` can not be nil and they must configure exactly the same types of resources.
 * The valid range of the resource's percentage value is \[0, 100\]
 * Percentage value of `thresholds` can not be greater than `targetThresholds` for the same resource.

+If any of the resource types is not specified, all its thresholds default to 100% to avoid nodes going
+from underutilized to overutilized.
+
 There is another parameter associated with the `LowNodeUtilization` strategy, called `numberOfNodes`.
 This parameter can be configured to activate the strategy only when the number of under utilized nodes
 are above the configured value. This could be helpful in large clusters where a few nodes could go
 under utilized frequently or for a short period of time. By default, `numberOfNodes` is set to zero.

-### HighNodeUtilization
-
-This strategy finds nodes that are under utilized and evicts pods from the nodes in the hope that these pods will be 
-scheduled compactly into fewer nodes.  Used in conjunction with node auto-scaling, this strategy is intended to help 
-trigger down scaling of under utilized nodes.
-This strategy **must** be used with the scheduler strategy `MostRequestedPriority`. The parameters of this strategy are 
-configured under `nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds`.
-
-The under utilization of nodes is determined by a configurable threshold `thresholds`. The threshold
-`thresholds` can be configured for cpu, memory, number of pods, and extended resources in terms of percentage. The percentage is
-calculated as the current resources requested on the node vs [total allocatable](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/#capacity).
-For pods, this means the number of pods on the node as a fraction of the pod capacity set for that node.
-
-If a node's usage is below threshold for all (cpu, memory, number of pods and extended resources), the node is considered underutilized.
-Currently, pods request resource requirements are considered for computing node resource utilization.
-Any node above `thresholds` is considered appropriately utilized and is not considered for eviction.
-
-The `thresholds` param could be tuned as per your cluster requirements. Note that this
-strategy evicts pods from `underutilized nodes` (those with usage below `thresholds`)
-so that they can be recreated in appropriately utilized nodes.
-The strategy will abort if any number of `underutilized nodes` or `appropriately utilized nodes` is zero.
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`thresholds`|map(string:int)|
-|`numberOfNodes`|int|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "HighNodeUtilization":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-         thresholds:
-           "cpu" : 20
-           "memory": 20
-           "pods": 20
-```
-
-Policy should pass the following validation checks:
-* Three basic native types of resources are supported: `cpu`, `memory` and `pods`. If any of these resource types is not specified, all its thresholds default to 100%.
-* Extended resources are supported. For example, resource type `nvidia.com/gpu` is specified for GPU node utilization. Extended resources are optional, and will not be used to compute node's usage if it's not specified in `thresholds` explicitly.
-* `thresholds` can not be nil.
-* The valid range of the resource's percentage value is \[0, 100\]
-
-There is another parameter associated with the `HighNodeUtilization` strategy, called `numberOfNodes`.
-This parameter can be configured to activate the strategy only when the number of under utilized nodes
-is above the configured value. This could be helpful in large clusters where a few nodes could go
-under utilized frequently or for a short period of time. By default, `numberOfNodes` is set to zero.
-
 ### RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity

 This strategy makes sure that pods violating interpod anti-affinity are removed from nodes. For example,
 if there is podA on a node and podB and podC (running on the same node) have anti-affinity rules which prohibit
 them to run on the same node, then podA will be evicted from the node so that podB and podC could run. This
 issue could happen, when the anti-affinity rules for podB and podC are created when they are already running on
-node.
+node. Currently, there are no parameters associated with this strategy. To disable this strategy, the
+policy should look like:

-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
+```
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
  "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":
-     enabled: true
+     enabled: false
 ```

 ### RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity
@@ -368,20 +169,9 @@ of scheduling. Over time nodeA stops to satisfy the rule. When the strategy gets
 executed and there is another node available that satisfies the node affinity rule,
 podA gets evicted from nodeA.

-**Parameters:**
+The policy file should look like:

-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`nodeAffinityType`|list(string)|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
+```
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
@@ -397,21 +187,9 @@ strategies:
 This strategy makes sure that pods violating NoSchedule taints on nodes are removed. For example there is a
 pod "podA" with a toleration to tolerate a taint ``key=value:NoSchedule`` scheduled and running on the tainted
 node. If the node's taint is subsequently updated/removed, taint is no longer satisfied by its pods' tolerations
-and will be evicted.
+and will be evicted. The policy file should look like:

-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-````yaml
+````
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
@@ -419,64 +197,11 @@ strategies:
    enabled: true
 ````

-### RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint
-
-This strategy makes sure that pods violating [topology spread constraints](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints/)
-are evicted from nodes. Specifically, it tries to evict the minimum number of pods required to balance topology domains to within each constraint's `maxSkew`.
-This strategy requires k8s version 1.18 at a minimum.
-
-By default, this strategy only deals with hard constraints, setting parameter `includeSoftConstraints` to `true` will
-include soft constraints.
-
-Strategy parameter `labelSelector` is not utilized when balancing topology domains and is only applied during eviction to determine if the pod can be evicted.
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`includeSoftConstraints`|bool|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       includeSoftConstraints: false
-```
-
-
 ### RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts

-This strategy makes sure that pods having too many restarts are removed from nodes. For example a pod with EBS/PD that
-can't get the volume/disk attached to the instance, then the pod should be re-scheduled to other nodes. Its parameters
-include `podRestartThreshold`, which is the number of restarts (summed over all eligible containers) at which a pod
-should be evicted, and `includingInitContainers`, which determines whether init container restarts should be factored
-into that calculation.
+This strategy makes sure that pods having too many restarts are removed from nodes. For example a pod with EBS/PD that can't get the volume/disk attached to the instance, then the pod should be re-scheduled to other nodes.

-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`podRestartThreshold`|int|
-|`includingInitContainers`|bool|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
+```
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
@@ -490,269 +215,33 @@ strategies:

 ### PodLifeTime

-This strategy evicts pods that are older than `maxPodLifeTimeSeconds`.
+This strategy evicts pods that are older than `.strategies.PodLifeTime.params.maxPodLifeTimeSeconds` The policy
+file should look like:

-You can also specify `podStatusPhases` to `only` evict pods with specific `StatusPhases`, currently this parameter is limited
-to `Running` and `Pending`.
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`maxPodLifeTimeSeconds`|int|
-|`podStatusPhases`|list(string)|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
+````
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
  "PodLifeTime":
     enabled: true
     params:
-       podLifeTime:
-         maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-         podStatusPhases:
-         - "Pending"
-```
-
-### RemoveFailedPods
-
-This strategy evicts pods that are in failed status phase.
-You can provide an optional parameter to filter by failed `reasons`.
-`reasons` can be expanded to include reasons of InitContainers as well by setting the optional parameter `includingInitContainers` to `true`.
-You can specify an optional parameter `minPodLifetimeSeconds` to evict pods that are older than specified seconds.
-Lastly, you can specify the optional parameter `excludeOwnerKinds` and if a pod
-has any of these `Kind`s listed as an `OwnerRef`, that pod will not be considered for eviction.
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-|Name|Type|
-|---|---|
-|`minPodLifetimeSeconds`|uint|
-|`excludeOwnerKinds`|list(string)|
-|`reasons`|list(string)|
-|`includingInitContainers`|bool|
-|`thresholdPriority`|int (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`thresholdPriorityClassName`|string (see [priority filtering](#priority-filtering))|
-|`namespaces`|(see [namespace filtering](#namespace-filtering))|
-|`labelSelector`|(see [label filtering](#label-filtering))|
-|`nodeFit`|bool (see [node fit filtering](#node-fit-filtering))|
-
-**Example:**
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "RemoveFailedPods":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       failedPods:
-         reasons:
-         - "NodeAffinity"
-         includingInitContainers: true
-         excludeOwnerKinds:
-         - "Job"
-         minPodLifetimeSeconds: 3600
-```
-
-## Filter Pods
-
-### Namespace filtering
-
-The following strategies accept a `namespaces` parameter which allows to specify a list of including, resp. excluding namespaces:
-* `PodLifeTime`
-* `RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity`
-* `RemoveDuplicates`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint`
-* `RemoveFailedPods`
-
-For example:
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "PodLifeTime":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-        podLifeTime:
-          maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-        namespaces:
-          include:
-          - "namespace1"
-          - "namespace2"
-```
-
-In the examples `PodLifeTime` gets executed only over `namespace1` and `namespace2`.
-The similar holds for `exclude` field:
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "PodLifeTime":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-        podLifeTime:
-          maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-        namespaces:
-          exclude:
-          - "namespace1"
-          - "namespace2"
-```
-
-The strategy gets executed over all namespaces but `namespace1` and `namespace2`.
-
-It's not allowed to compute `include` with `exclude` field.
-
-### Priority filtering
-
-All strategies are able to configure a priority threshold, only pods under the threshold can be evicted. You can
-specify this threshold by setting `thresholdPriorityClassName`(setting the threshold to the value of the given
-priority class) or `thresholdPriority`(directly setting the threshold) parameters. By default, this threshold
-is set to the value of `system-cluster-critical` priority class.
-
-Note: Setting `evictSystemCriticalPods` to true disables priority filtering entirely.
-
-E.g.
-
-Setting `thresholdPriority`
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "PodLifeTime":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-        podLifeTime:
-          maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-        thresholdPriority: 10000
-```
-
-Setting `thresholdPriorityClassName`
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "PodLifeTime":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-        podLifeTime:
-          maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-        thresholdPriorityClassName: "priorityclass1"
-```
-
-Note that you can't configure both `thresholdPriority` and `thresholdPriorityClassName`, if the given priority class
-does not exist, descheduler won't create it and will throw an error.
-
-### Label filtering
-
-The following strategies can configure a [standard kubernetes labelSelector](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.22/#labelselector-v1-meta)
-to filter pods by their labels:
-
-* `PodLifeTime`
-* `RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint`
-* `RemoveFailedPods`
-
-This allows running strategies among pods the descheduler is interested in.
-
-For example:
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "PodLifeTime":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      podLifeTime:
        maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 86400
-      labelSelector:
-        matchLabels:
-          component: redis
-        matchExpressions:
-          - {key: tier, operator: In, values: [cache]}
-          - {key: environment, operator: NotIn, values: [dev]}
-```
-
-
-### Node Fit filtering
-
-The following strategies accept a `nodeFit` boolean parameter which can optimize descheduling:
-* `RemoveDuplicates`
-* `LowNodeUtilization`
-* `HighNodeUtilization`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints`
-* `RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint`
-* `RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts`
-* `RemoveFailedPods`
-
- If set to `true` the descheduler will consider whether or not the pods that meet eviction criteria will fit on other nodes before evicting them. If a pod cannot be rescheduled to another node, it will not be evicted. Currently the following criteria are considered when setting `nodeFit` to `true`:
- A `nodeSelector` on the pod
- Any `Tolerations` on the pod and any `Taints` on the other nodes
- `nodeAffinity` on the pod
- Whether any of the other nodes are marked as `unschedulable`
-
-E.g.
-
-```yaml
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "LowNodeUtilization":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-         thresholds:
-           "cpu" : 20
-           "memory": 20
-           "pods": 20
-         targetThresholds:
-           "cpu" : 50
-           "memory": 50
-           "pods": 50
-        nodeFit: true
-```
-
-Note that node fit filtering references the current pod spec, and not that of it's owner.
-Thus, if the pod is owned by a ReplicationController (and that ReplicationController was modified recently),
-the pod may be running with an outdated spec, which the descheduler will reference when determining node fit.
-This is expected behavior as the descheduler is a "best-effort" mechanism.
-
-Using Deployments instead of ReplicationControllers provides an automated rollout of pod spec changes, therefore ensuring that the descheduler has an up-to-date view of the cluster state.
+````

 ## Pod Evictions

 When the descheduler decides to evict pods from a node, it employs the following general mechanism:

-* [Critical pods](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/) (with priorityClassName set to system-cluster-critical or system-node-critical) are never evicted (unless `evictSystemCriticalPods: true` is set).
-* Pods (static or mirrored pods or standalone pods) not part of an ReplicationController, ReplicaSet(Deployment), StatefulSet, or Job are
-never evicted because these pods won't be recreated. (Standalone pods in failed status phase can be evicted by setting `evictFailedBarePods: true`)
+* [Critical pods](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/) (with priorityClassName set to system-cluster-critical or system-node-critical) are never evicted.
+* Pods (static or mirrored pods or stand alone pods) not part of an RC, RS, Deployment or Job are
+never evicted because these pods won't be recreated.
 * Pods associated with DaemonSets are never evicted.
-* Pods with local storage are never evicted (unless `evictLocalStoragePods: true` is set).
-* Pods with PVCs are evicted (unless `ignorePvcPods: true` is set).
+* Pods with local storage are never evicted.
 * In `LowNodeUtilization` and `RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity`, pods are evicted by their priority from low to high, and if they have same priority,
 best effort pods are evicted before burstable and guaranteed pods.
-* All types of pods with the annotation `descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict` are eligible for eviction. This
+* All types of pods with the annotation descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict are evicted. This
  annotation is used to override checks which prevent eviction and users can select which pod is evicted.
  Users should know how and if the pod will be recreated.
-* Pods with a non-nil DeletionTimestamp are not evicted by default.

 Setting `--v=4` or greater on the Descheduler will log all reasons why any pod is not evictable.

@@ -761,16 +250,6 @@ Setting `--v=4` or greater on the Descheduler will log all reasons why any pod i
 Pods subject to a Pod Disruption Budget(PDB) are not evicted if descheduling violates its PDB. The pods
 are evicted by using the eviction subresource to handle PDB.

-## Metrics
-
-| name	| type	| description |
-|-------|-------|----------------|
-| build_info |	gauge |	constant 1 |
-| pods_evicted | CounterVec | total number of pods evicted |
-
-The metrics are served through https://localhost:10258/metrics by default.
-The address and port can be changed by setting `--binding-address` and `--secure-port` flags.
-
 ## Compatibility Matrix
 The below compatibility matrix shows the k8s client package(client-go, apimachinery, etc) versions that descheduler
 is compiled with. At this time descheduler does not have a hard dependency to a specific k8s release. However a
@@ -782,10 +261,6 @@ packages that it is compiled with.

 Descheduler  | Supported Kubernetes Version
 -------------|-----------------------------
-v0.22        | v1.22
-v0.21        | v1.21
-v0.20        | v1.20
-v0.19        | v1.19
 v0.18        | v1.18
 v0.10        | v1.17
 v0.4-v0.9    | v1.9+
--- a/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: descheduler
-version: 0.23.1
-appVersion: 0.23.0
+version: 0.19.999
+appVersion: 0.18.0
 description: Descheduler for Kubernetes is used to rebalance clusters by evicting pods that can potentially be scheduled on better nodes. In the current implementation, descheduler does not schedule replacement of evicted pods but relies on the default scheduler for that.
 keywords:
 - kubernetes
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ icon: https://kubernetes.io/images/favicon.png
 sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler
 maintainers:
- name: Kubernetes SIG Scheduling
-  email: kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com
+- name: stevehipwell
+  email: steve.hipwell@github.com
--- a/charts/descheduler/README.md
+++ b/charts/descheduler/README.md
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@

 ```shell
 helm repo add descheduler https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/descheduler/
-helm install my-release --namespace kube-system descheduler/descheduler
+$ helm install descheduler/descheduler --name my-release
 ```

 ## Introduction

-This chart bootstraps a [descheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/) cron job on a [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster using the [Helm](https://helm.sh) package manager.
+This chart bootstraps a [desheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/) cron job on a [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster using the [Helm](https://helm.sh) package manager.

 ## Prerequisites

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This chart bootstraps a [descheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/desched
 To install the chart with the release name `my-release`:

 ```shell
-helm install --namespace kube-system my-release descheduler/descheduler
+helm install --name my-release descheduler/descheduler
 ```

 The command deploys _descheduler_ on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The [configuration](#configuration) section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.
@@ -43,30 +43,17 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and

 The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _descheduler_ chart and their default values.

-| Parameter                      | Description                                                                                                           | Default                              |
-| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
-| `kind`                         | Use as CronJob or Deployment                                                                                          | `CronJob`                            |
-| `image.repository`             | Docker repository to use                                                                                              | `k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler` |
-| `image.tag`                    | Docker tag to use                                                                                                     | `v[chart appVersion]`                |
-| `image.pullPolicy`             | Docker image pull policy                                                                                              | `IfNotPresent`                       |
-| `imagePullSecrets`             | Docker repository secrets                                                                                             | `[]`                                 |
-| `nameOverride`                 | String to partially override `descheduler.fullname` template (will prepend the release name)                          | `""`                                 |
-| `fullnameOverride`             | String to fully override `descheduler.fullname` template                                                              | `""`                                 |
-| `cronJobApiVersion`            | CronJob API Group Version                                                                                             | `"batch/v1"`                         |
-| `schedule`                     | The cron schedule to run the _descheduler_ job on                                                                     | `"*/2 * * * *"`                      |
-| `startingDeadlineSeconds`      | If set, configure `startingDeadlineSeconds` for the _descheduler_ job                                                 | `nil`                                |
-| `successfulJobsHistoryLimit`   | If set, configure `successfulJobsHistoryLimit` for the _descheduler_ job                                              | `nil`                                |
-| `failedJobsHistoryLimit`       | If set, configure `failedJobsHistoryLimit` for the _descheduler_ job                                                  | `nil`                                |
-| `deschedulingInterval`         | If using kind:Deployment, sets time between consecutive descheduler executions.                                       | `5m`                                 |
-| `cmdOptions`                   | The options to pass to the _descheduler_ command                                                                      | _see values.yaml_                    |
-| `deschedulerPolicy.strategies` | The _descheduler_ strategies to apply                                                                                 | _see values.yaml_                    |
-| `priorityClassName`            | The name of the priority class to add to pods                                                                         | `system-cluster-critical`            |
-| `rbac.create`                  | If `true`, create & use RBAC resources                                                                                | `true`                               |
-| `podSecurityPolicy.create`     | If `true`, create PodSecurityPolicy                                                                                   | `true`                               |
-| `resources`                    | Descheduler container CPU and memory requests/limits                                                                  | _see values.yaml_                    |
-| `serviceAccount.create`        | If `true`, create a service account for the cron job                                                                  | `true`                               |
-| `serviceAccount.name`          | The name of the service account to use, if not set and create is true a name is generated using the fullname template | `nil`                                |
-| `nodeSelector`                 | Node selectors to run the descheduler cronjob on specific nodes                                                       | `nil`                                |
-| `tolerations`                  | tolerations to run the descheduler cronjob on specific nodes                                                          | `nil`                                |
-| `suspend`                      | Set spec.suspend in descheduler cronjob                                                                               | `false`                              |
-| `commonLabels`                 | Labels to apply to all resources                                                                                      | `{}`                                 |
+| Parameter                      | Description                                                                                                           | Default                                                |
+| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `image.repository`             | Docker repository to use                                                                                              | `us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler` |
+| `image.tag`                    | Docker tag to use                                                                                                     | `v[chart appVersion]`                                              |
+| `image.pullPolicy`             | Docker image pull policy                                                                                              | `IfNotPresent`                                         |
+| `nameOverride`                 | String to partially override `descheduler.fullname` template (will prepend the release name)                          | `""`                                                   |
+| `fullnameOverride`             | String to fully override `descheduler.fullname` template                                                              | `""`                                                   |
+| `schedule`                     | The cron schedule to run the _descheduler_ job on                                                                     | `"*/2 * * * *"`                                        |
+| `cmdOptions`                   | The options to pass to the _descheduler_ command                                                                      | _see values.yaml_                                      |
+| `deschedulerPolicy.strategies` | The _descheduler_ strategies to apply                                                                                 | _see values.yaml_                                      |
+| `priorityClassName`            | The name of the priority class to add to pods                                                                         | `system-cluster-critical`                              |
+| `rbac.create`                  | If `true`, create & use RBAC resources                                                                                | `true`                                                 |
+| `serviceAccount.create`        | If `true`, create a service account for the cron job                                                                  | `true`                                                 |
+| `serviceAccount.name`          | The name of the service account to use, if not set and create is true a name is generated using the fullname template | `nil`                                                  |
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Descheduler installed as a {{ .Values.kind }} .
+Descheduler installed as a cron job.
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
 {{- end }}
 app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-{{- if .Values.commonLabels}}
-{{ toYaml .Values.commonLabels }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{/*
-Selector labels
-*/}}
-{{- define "descheduler.selectorLabels" -}}
-app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "descheduler.name" . }}
-app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 {{- end -}}

 {{/*
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -12,23 +12,10 @@ rules:
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["nodes"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["namespaces"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list", "delete"]
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods/eviction"]
  verbs: ["create"]
- apiGroups: ["scheduling.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["priorityclasses"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
-{{- if .Values.podSecurityPolicy.create }}
- apiGroups: ['policy']
-  resources: ['podsecuritypolicies']
-  verbs:     ['use']
-  resourceNames:
-  - {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-{{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{{- if eq .Values.kind "CronJob" }}
-apiVersion: {{ .Values.cronJobApiVersion | default "batch/v1" }}
+apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
 kind: CronJob
 metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
@@ -7,19 +6,7 @@ metadata:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
  schedule: {{ .Values.schedule | quote }}
-  {{- if .Values.suspend }}
-  suspend: {{ .Values.suspend }}
-  {{- end }}
  concurrencyPolicy: "Forbid"
-  {{- if .Values.startingDeadlineSeconds }}
-  startingDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.startingDeadlineSeconds }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.successfulJobsHistoryLimit }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.failedJobsHistoryLimit }}
-  {{- end }}
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
@@ -31,32 +18,17 @@ spec:
            {{- .Values.podAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
            {{- end }}
          labels:
-            {{- include "descheduler.selectorLabels" . | nindent 12 }}
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "descheduler.name" . }}
+            app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
            {{- if .Values.podLabels }}
            {{- .Values.podLabels | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
            {{- end }}
        spec:
-          {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
-          nodeSelector:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.affinity }}
-          affinity:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
-          tolerations:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
          {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
          priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
          {{- end }}
          serviceAccountName: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
          restartPolicy: "Never"
-          {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
-          imagePullSecrets:
-          {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
-          {{- end }}
          containers:
            - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
              image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
@@ -72,18 +44,6 @@ spec:
                - {{ $value | quote }}
                {{- end }}
                {{- end }}
-              livenessProbe:
-                {{- toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | nindent 16 }}
-              resources:
-                {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 16 }}
-              securityContext:
-                allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-                capabilities:
-                  drop:
-                    - ALL
-                privileged: false
-                readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-                runAsNonRoot: true
              volumeMounts:
                - mountPath: /policy-dir
                  name: policy-volume
@@ -91,4 +51,3 @@ spec:
          - name: policy-volume
            configMap:
              name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-{{- end }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-{{- if eq .Values.kind "Deployment" }}
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      {{- include "descheduler.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        {{- include "descheduler.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- if .Values.podLabels }}
-        {{- .Values.podLabels | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-      annotations:
-        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
-        {{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
-        {{- .Values.podAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-    spec:
-      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
-      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
-      {{- end }}
-      serviceAccountName: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
-      containers:
-        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-          command:
-            - "/bin/descheduler"
-          args:
-            - "--policy-config-file"
-            - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
-            - "--descheduling-interval"
-            - {{ required "deschedulingInterval required for running as Deployment" .Values.deschedulingInterval }}
-            {{- range $key, $value := .Values.cmdOptions }}
-            - {{ printf "--%s" $key | quote }}
-            {{- if $value }}
-            - {{ $value | quote }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 10258
-              protocol: TCP
-          livenessProbe:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-            privileged: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            runAsNonRoot: true
-          volumeMounts:
-            - mountPath: /policy-dir
-              name: policy-volume
-      volumes:
-        - name: policy-volume
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
-      nodeSelector:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
-      affinity:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
-      tolerations:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/podsecuritypolicy.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/podsecuritypolicy.yaml
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.podSecurityPolicy.create -}}
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: {{ template "descheduler.fullname" . }}
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'docker/default,runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'secret'
-  hostNetwork: false
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-{{- end -}}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ metadata:
  name: {{ template "descheduler.serviceAccountName" . }}
  labels:
    {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
-  annotations: {{ toYaml .Values.serviceAccount.annotations | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/tests/test-descheduler-pod.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/tests/test-descheduler-pod.yaml
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-    name: descheduler-test-pod
-    annotations:
-      "helm.sh/hook": test
-spec:
-    restartPolicy: Never
-    serviceAccountName: descheduler-ci
-    containers:
-      - name: descheduler-test-container
-        image: alpine:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - All
-            privileged: false
-            runAsNonRoot: false 
-        command: ["/bin/ash"]
-        args:
-          - -c
-          - >-
-            apk --no-cache add curl &&
-            curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl &&
-            chmod +x ./kubectl &&
-            mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl &&
-            /usr/local/bin/kubectl get pods --namespace kube-system --token "$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | grep "descheduler" | grep "Completed"
--- a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
@@ -2,40 +2,16 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.

-# CronJob or Deployment
-kind: CronJob
-
 image:
-  repository: k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler
+  repository: us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler
  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart version
  tag: ""
  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent

-imagePullSecrets: []
-
-resources:
-  requests:
-    cpu: 500m
-    memory: 256Mi
-  # limits:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
-
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""

-# labels that'll be applied to all resources
-commonLabels: {}
-
-cronJobApiVersion: "batch/v1"  # Use "batch/v1beta1" for k8s version < 1.21.0. TODO(@7i) remove with 1.23 release
 schedule: "*/2 * * * *"
-suspend: false
-#startingDeadlineSeconds: 200
-#successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-#failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-
-# Required when running as a Deployment
-deschedulingInterval: 5m

 cmdOptions:
  v: 3
@@ -52,8 +28,8 @@ deschedulerPolicy:
    RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity:
      enabled: true
      params:
-        nodeAffinityType:
-        - requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+         nodeAffinityType:
+         - requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
    RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity:
      enabled: true
    LowNodeUtilization:
@@ -71,49 +47,13 @@ deschedulerPolicy:

 priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical

-nodeSelector: {}
-#  foo: bar
-
-affinity: {}
-# nodeAffinity:
-#   requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-#     nodeSelectorTerms:
-#     - matchExpressions:
-#       - key: kubernetes.io/e2e-az-name
-#         operator: In
-#         values:
-#         - e2e-az1
-#         - e2e-az2
-
-tolerations: []
-# - key: 'management'
-#   operator: 'Equal'
-#   value: 'tool'
-#   effect: 'NoSchedule'
-
 rbac:
  # Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created
  create: true

-podSecurityPolicy:
-  # Specifies whether PodSecurityPolicy should be created.
-  create: true
-
 serviceAccount:
  # Specifies whether a ServiceAccount should be created
  create: true
  # The name of the ServiceAccount to use.
  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
  name:
-  # Specifies custom annotations for the serviceAccount
-  annotations: {}
-
-livenessProbe:
-  failureThreshold: 3
-  httpGet:
-    path: /healthz
-    port: 10258
-    scheme: HTTPS
-  initialDelaySeconds: 3
-  periodSeconds: 10
-
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ timeout: 1200s
 options:
  substitution_option: ALLOW_LOOSE
 steps:
-  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20211118-2f2d816b90'
+  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-testimages/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20190906-745fed4'
    entrypoint: make
    env:
    - DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
    - VERSION=$_GIT_TAG
    - BASE_REF=$_PULL_BASE_REF
    args:
-    - push-all
+    - push
 substitutions:
  # _GIT_TAG will be filled with a git-based tag for the image, of the form vYYYYMMDD-hash, and
  # can be used as a substitution
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -18,63 +18,44 @@ limitations under the License.
 package options

 import (
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-
-	apiserveroptions "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/options"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"

+	// install the componentconfig api so we get its defaulting and conversion functions
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
 	deschedulerscheme "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/scheme"
-)

-const (
-	DefaultDeschedulerPort = 10258
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )

 // DeschedulerServer configuration
 type DeschedulerServer struct {
 	componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration
-
-	Client         clientset.Interface
-	SecureServing  *apiserveroptions.SecureServingOptionsWithLoopback
-	DisableMetrics bool
+	Client clientset.Interface
 }

 // NewDeschedulerServer creates a new DeschedulerServer with default parameters
-func NewDeschedulerServer() (*DeschedulerServer, error) {
-	cfg, err := newDefaultComponentConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	secureServing := apiserveroptions.NewSecureServingOptions().WithLoopback()
-	secureServing.BindPort = DefaultDeschedulerPort
-
-	return &DeschedulerServer{
-		DeschedulerConfiguration: *cfg,
-		SecureServing:            secureServing,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func newDefaultComponentConfig() (*componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration, error) {
-	versionedCfg := v1alpha1.DeschedulerConfiguration{}
-	deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Default(&versionedCfg)
+func NewDeschedulerServer() *DeschedulerServer {
+	versioned := v1alpha1.DeschedulerConfiguration{}
+	deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Default(&versioned)
 	cfg := componentconfig.DeschedulerConfiguration{}
-	if err := deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Convert(&versionedCfg, &cfg, nil); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	deschedulerscheme.Scheme.Convert(versioned, &cfg, nil)
+	s := DeschedulerServer{
+		DeschedulerConfiguration: cfg,
 	}
-	return &cfg, nil
+	return &s
 }

 // AddFlags adds flags for a specific SchedulerServer to the specified FlagSet
 func (rs *DeschedulerServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	fs.StringVar(&rs.Logging.Format, "logging-format", "text", `Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "text", "json". Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add-dir-header, --alsologtostderr, --log-backtrace-at, --log-dir, --log-file, --log-file-max-size, --logtostderr, --skip-headers, --skip-log-headers, --stderrthreshold, --log-flush-frequency.\nNon-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning.`)
 	fs.DurationVar(&rs.DeschedulingInterval, "descheduling-interval", rs.DeschedulingInterval, "Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.")
 	fs.StringVar(&rs.KubeconfigFile, "kubeconfig", rs.KubeconfigFile, "File with  kube configuration.")
 	fs.StringVar(&rs.PolicyConfigFile, "policy-config-file", rs.PolicyConfigFile, "File with descheduler policy configuration.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DryRun, "dry-run", rs.DryRun, "execute descheduler in dry run mode.")
-	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DisableMetrics, "disable-metrics", rs.DisableMetrics, "Disables metrics. The metrics are by default served through https://localhost:10258/metrics. Secure address, resp. port can be changed through --bind-address, resp. --secure-port flags.")
-
-	rs.SecureServing.AddFlags(fs)
+	// node-selector query causes descheduler to run only on nodes that matches the node labels in the query
+	fs.StringVar(&rs.NodeSelector, "node-selector", rs.NodeSelector, "Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)")
+	// max-no-pods-to-evict limits the maximum number of pods to be evicted per node by descheduler.
+	fs.IntVar(&rs.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, "max-pods-to-evict-per-node", rs.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, "Limits the maximum number of pods to be evicted per node by descheduler")
+	// evict-local-storage-pods allows eviction of pods that are using local storage. This is false by default.
+	fs.BoolVar(&rs.EvictLocalStoragePods, "evict-local-storage-pods", rs.EvictLocalStoragePods, "Enables evicting pods using local storage by descheduler")
 }
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
@@ -18,86 +18,44 @@ limitations under the License.
 package app

 import (
-	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"io"
-	"os/signal"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"

 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	apiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/mux"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/config"
-	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/logs/registry"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
+	aflag "k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )

 // NewDeschedulerCommand creates a *cobra.Command object with default parameters
 func NewDeschedulerCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	s, err := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
-
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to initialize server")
-	}
-
+	s := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "descheduler",
 		Short: "descheduler",
 		Long:  `The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			// s.Logs.Config.Format = s.Logging.Format
-
-			// LoopbackClientConfig is a config for a privileged loopback connection
-			var LoopbackClientConfig *restclient.Config
-			var SecureServing *apiserver.SecureServingInfo
-			if err := s.SecureServing.ApplyTo(&SecureServing, &LoopbackClientConfig); err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to apply secure server configuration")
-				return
-			}
-
-			factory, _ := registry.LogRegistry.Get(s.Logging.Format)
-			if factory == nil {
-				klog.ClearLogger()
-			} else {
-				log, logrFlush := factory.Create(config.FormatOptions{})
-				defer logrFlush()
-				klog.SetLogger(log)
-			}
-
-			ctx, done := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-			defer done()
-			pathRecorderMux := mux.NewPathRecorderMux("descheduler")
-			if !s.DisableMetrics {
-				pathRecorderMux.Handle("/metrics", legacyregistry.HandlerWithReset())
-			}
-
-			healthz.InstallHandler(pathRecorderMux, healthz.NamedCheck("Descheduler", healthz.PingHealthz.Check))
-
-			if _, err := SecureServing.Serve(pathRecorderMux, 0, ctx.Done()); err != nil {
-				klog.Fatalf("failed to start secure server: %v", err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			err := Run(ctx, s)
+			logs.InitLogs()
+			defer logs.FlushLogs()
+			err := Run(s)
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "descheduler server")
+				klog.Errorf("%v", err)
 			}
 		},
 	}
-	cmd.SetOut(out)
+	cmd.SetOutput(out)
+
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(aflag.WordSepNormalizeFunc)
+	flags.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	s.AddFlags(flags)
 	return cmd
 }

-func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
-	return descheduler.Run(ctx, rs)
+func Run(rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
+	return descheduler.Run(rs)
 }
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go
@@ -18,19 +18,70 @@ package app

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version"
 )

+var (
+	// gitCommit is a constant representing the source version that
+	// generated this build. It should be set during build via -ldflags.
+	gitCommit string
+	// version is a constant representing the version tag that
+	// generated this build. It should be set during build via -ldflags.
+	version string
+	// buildDate in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+	//It should be set during build via -ldflags.
+	buildDate string
+)
+
+// Info holds the information related to descheduler app version.
+type Info struct {
+	Major      string `json:"major"`
+	Minor      string `json:"minor"`
+	GitCommit  string `json:"gitCommit"`
+	GitVersion string `json:"gitVersion"`
+	BuildDate  string `json:"buildDate"`
+	GoVersion  string `json:"goVersion"`
+	Compiler   string `json:"compiler"`
+	Platform   string `json:"platform"`
+}
+
+// Get returns the overall codebase version. It's for detecting
+// what code a binary was built from.
+func Get() Info {
+	majorVersion, minorVersion := splitVersion(version)
+	return Info{
+		Major:      majorVersion,
+		Minor:      minorVersion,
+		GitCommit:  gitCommit,
+		GitVersion: version,
+		BuildDate:  buildDate,
+		GoVersion:  runtime.Version(),
+		Compiler:   runtime.Compiler,
+		Platform:   fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH),
+	}
+}
+
 func NewVersionCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
 		Short: "Version of descheduler",
 		Long:  `Prints the version of descheduler.`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("Descheduler version %+v\n", version.Get())
+			fmt.Printf("Descheduler version %+v\n", Get())
 		},
 	}
 	return versionCmd
 }
+
+// splitVersion splits the git version to generate major and minor versions needed.
+func splitVersion(version string) (string, string) {
+	if version == "" {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+	// A sample version would be of form v0.1.0-7-ge884046, so split at first '.' and
+	// then return 0 and 1+(+ appended to follow semver convention) for major and minor versions.
+	return strings.Trim(strings.Split(version, ".")[0], "v"), strings.Split(version, ".")[1] + "+"
+}
--- a/cmd/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -17,23 +17,20 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"

-	"k8s.io/component-base/cli"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app"
 )

-func init() {
-	klog.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
-	klog.InitFlags(nil)
-}
-
 func main() {
 	out := os.Stdout
 	cmd := app.NewDeschedulerCommand(out)
 	cmd.AddCommand(app.NewVersionCommand())
-
-	code := cli.Run(cmd)
-	os.Exit(code)
+	flag.CommandLine.Parse([]string{})
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 }
--- a/docs/contributor-guide.md
+++ b/docs/contributor-guide.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 ## Required Tools

 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
- [Go 1.16+](https://golang.org/dl/)
+- [Go 1.14+](https://golang.org/dl/)
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/)
 - [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl)
- [kind v0.10.0+](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/)
+- [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/)

 ## Build and Run

@@ -34,23 +34,9 @@ GOOS=linux make dev-image
 kind create cluster --config hack/kind_config.yaml
 kind load docker-image <image name>
 kind get kubeconfig > /tmp/admin.conf
-export KUBECONFIG=/tmp/admin.conf
 make test-unit
 make test-e2e
 ```

-## Run Helm Tests
-Run the helm test for a particular descheduler release by setting below variables,
-```
-HELM_IMAGE_REPO="descheduler"
-HELM_IMAGE_TAG="helm-test"
-HELM_CHART_LOCATION="./charts/descheduler"
-```
-The helm tests runs as part of descheduler CI. But, to run it manually from the descheduler root,
-
-```
-make test-helm
-```
-
 ### Miscellaneous
-See the [hack directory](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/tree/master/hack) for additional tools and scripts used for developing the descheduler.
+See the [hack directory](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/tree/master/hack) for additional tools and scripts used for developing the descheduler.
--- a/docs/release-guide.md
+++ b/docs/release-guide.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 1. Make sure your repo is clean by git's standards
 2. Create a release branch `git checkout -b release-1.18` (not required for patch releases)
 3. Push the release branch to the descheuler repo and ensure branch protection is enabled (not required for patch releases)
-4. Tag the repository from the `master` branch (from the `release-1.18` branch for a patch release) and push the tag `VERSION=v0.18.0 git tag -m $VERSION $VERSION; git push origin $VERSION`
+4. Tag the repository and push the tag `VERSION=v0.18.0 git tag -m $VERSION $VERSION; git push origin $VERSION`
 5. Publish a draft release using the tag you just created
-6. Perform the [image promotion process](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/main/k8s.gcr.io#image-promoter)
+6. Perform the [image promotion process](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/master/k8s.gcr.io#image-promoter)
 7. Publish release
 8. Email `kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com` to announce the release

@@ -18,20 +18,15 @@
 1. Make sure your repo is clean by git's standards
 2. Create a release branch `git checkout -b release-1.18` (not required for patch releases)
 3. Push the release branch to the descheuler repo and ensure branch protection is enabled (not required for patch releases)
-4. Tag the repository from the `master` branch (from the `release-1.18` branch for a patch release) and push the tag `VERSION=v0.18.0 git tag -m $VERSION $VERSION; git push origin $VERSION`
+4. Tag the repository and push the tag `VERSION=v0.18.0 git tag -m $VERSION $VERSION; git push origin $VERSION`
 5. Checkout the tag you just created and make sure your repo is clean by git's standards `git checkout $VERSION`
-6. Build and push the container image to the staging registry `VERSION=$VERSION make push-all`
+6. Build and push the container image to the staging registry `VERSION=$VERSION make push`
 7. Publish a draft release using the tag you just created
-8. Perform the [image promotion process](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/main/k8s.gcr.io#image-promoter)
+8. Perform the [image promotion process](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/master/k8s.gcr.io#image-promoter)
 9. Publish release
 10. Email `kubernetes-sig-scheduling@googlegroups.com` to announce the release

 ### Notes
-It's important to create the tag on the master branch after creating the release-* branch so that the [Helm releaser-action](#helm-chart) can work.
-It compares the changes in the action-triggering branch to the latest tag on that branch, so if you tag before creating the new branch there
-will be nothing to compare and it will fail (creating a new release branch usually involves no code changes). For this same reason, you should
-also tag patch releases (on the release-* branch) *after* pushing changes (if those changes involve bumping the Helm chart version).
-
 See [post-descheduler-push-images dashboard](https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-scheduling#post-descheduler-push-images) for staging registry image build job status.

 View the descheduler staging registry using [this URL](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/k8s-staging-descheduler/GLOBAL/descheduler) in a web browser
@@ -58,17 +53,17 @@ docker pull gcr.io/k8s-staging-descheduler/descheduler:v20200206-0.9.0-94-ge2a23
 ```

 ## Helm Chart
-Helm chart releases are managed by a separate set of git tags that are prefixed with `descheduler-helm-chart-*`. Example git tag name is `descheduler-helm-chart-0.18.0`.
-Released versions of the helm charts are stored in the `gh-pages` branch of this repo. The [chart-releaser-action GitHub Action](https://github.com/helm/chart-releaser-action)
-is setup to build and push the helm charts to the `gh-pages` branch when changes are pushed to a `release-*` branch.
+Helm chart releases are managed by a separate set of git tags that are prefixed with `chart-*`. Example git tag name is `chart-0.18.0`. Released versions of the
+helm charts are stored in the `gh-pages` branch of this repo. The [chart-releaser-action GitHub Action](https://github.com/helm/chart-releaser-action) is setup to
+build and push the helm charts to the `gh-pages` branch when a `chart-*` git tag is created.

-The major and minor version of the chart matches the descheduler major and minor versions. For example descheduler helm chart version helm-descheduler-chart-0.18.0 corresponds
+The major and minor version of the chart matches the descheduler major and minor versions. For example descheduler helm chart version chart-0.18.0 corresponds
 to descheduler version v0.18.0. The patch version of the descheduler helm chart and the patcher version of the descheduler will not necessarily match. The patch
 version of the descheduler helm chart is used to version changes specific to the helm chart.

-1. Merge all helm chart changes into the master branch before the release is tagged/cut
+1. Merge all helm chart changes into the appropriate release branch(i.e. release-1.18)
   1. Ensure that `appVersion` in file `charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml` matches the descheduler version(no `v` prefix)
   2. Ensure that `version` in file `charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml` has been incremented. This is the chart version.
 2. Make sure your repo is clean by git's standards
-3. Follow the release-branch or patch release tagging pattern from the above section.
-4. Verify the new helm artifact has been successfully pushed to the `gh-pages` branch
+3. Create the tag and push it `git checkout release-1.18; CHART_VERSION=chart-0.18.0; git tag $CHART_VERSION; git push origin $CHART_VERSION`
+4. Verify the new helm artifact has been successfully pushed to the `gh-pages` branch
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
 # User Guide

-Starting with descheduler release v0.10.0 container images are available in the official k8s container registry.
-
-Descheduler Version | Container Image                            | Architectures           |
------------------- |--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
-v0.23.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.23.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.22.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.22.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.21.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.21.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64<br>ARMv7 |
-v0.20.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.20.0 | AMD64<br>ARM64          |
-v0.19.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.19.0 | AMD64                   |
-v0.18.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.18.0 | AMD64                   |
-v0.10.0             | k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.10.0 | AMD64                   |
-
-Note that multi-arch container images cannot be pulled by [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io) from a registry. Therefore
-starting with descheduler release v0.20.0 use the below process to download the official descheduler
-image into a kind cluster.
-```
-kind create cluster
-docker pull k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.20.0
-kind load docker-image k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.20.0
-```
+Starting with descheduler release v0.10.0 container images are available in these container registries.
+* `asia.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler`
+* `eu.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler`
+* `us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler`

 ## Policy Configuration Examples
 The [examples](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler/tree/master/examples) directory has descheduler policy configuration examples.
@@ -39,11 +23,11 @@ Available Commands:
  version     Version of descheduler

 Flags:
-      --add-dir-header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages
+      --add-dir-header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files
      --descheduling-interval duration   Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.
      --dry-run                          execute descheduler in dry run mode.
-      --evict-local-storage-pods         DEPRECATED: enables evicting pods using local storage by descheduler
+      --evict-local-storage-pods         Enables evicting pods using local storage by descheduler
  -h, --help                             help for descheduler
      --kubeconfig string                File with  kube configuration.
      --log-backtrace-at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
@@ -52,8 +36,8 @@ Flags:
      --log-file-max-size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --log-flush-frequency duration     Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files (default true)
-      --max-pods-to-evict-per-node int   DEPRECATED: limits the maximum number of pods to be evicted per node by descheduler
-      --node-selector string             DEPRECATED: selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
+      --max-pods-to-evict-per-node int   Limits the maximum number of pods to be evicted per node by descheduler
+      --node-selector string             Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
      --policy-config-file string        File with descheduler policy configuration.
      --skip-headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip-log-headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
@@ -87,57 +71,20 @@ This policy configuration file ensures that pods created more than 7 days ago ar
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
+  "LowNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemoveDuplicates":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts":
+    enabled: false
  "PodLifeTime":
    enabled: true
    params:
      maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800 # pods run for a maximum of 7 days
 ```
-
-### Balance Cluster By Node Memory Utilization
-If your cluster has been running for a long period of time, you may find that the resource utilization is not very
-balanced. The following two strategies can be used to rebalance your cluster based on `cpu`, `memory` 
-or `number of pods`.
-
-#### Balance high utilization nodes
-Using `LowNodeUtilization`, descheduler will rebalance the cluster based on memory by evicting pods
-from nodes with memory utilization over 70% to nodes with memory utilization below 20%.
-
-```
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "LowNodeUtilization":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-        thresholds:
-          "memory": 20
-        targetThresholds:
-          "memory": 70
-```
-
-#### Balance low utilization nodes
-Using `HighNodeUtilization`, descheduler will rebalance the cluster based on memory by evicting pods
-from nodes with memory utilization lower than 20%. This should be used along with scheduler strategy `MostRequestedPriority`.
-The evicted pods will be compacted into minimal set of nodes.
-
-```
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "HighNodeUtilization":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-        thresholds:
-          "memory": 20
-```
-
-### Autoheal Node Problems
-Descheduler's `RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints` strategy can be combined with
-[Node Problem Detector](https://github.com/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/) and
-[Cluster Autoscaler](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler) to automatically remove
-Nodes which have problems. Node Problem Detector can detect specific Node problems and taint any Nodes which have those
-problems. The Descheduler will then deschedule workloads from those Nodes. Finally, if the descheduled Node's resource
-allocation falls below the Cluster Autoscaler's scale down threshold, the Node will become a scale down candidate
-and can be removed by Cluster Autoscaler. These three components form an autohealing cycle for Node problems.
--- a/examples/failed-pods.yaml
+++ b/examples/failed-pods.yaml
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "RemoveFailedPods":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      failedPods:
-        reasons:
-        - "OutOfcpu"
-        - "CreateContainerConfigError"
-        includingInitContainers: true
-        excludeOwnerKinds:
-        - "Job"
-        minPodLifetimeSeconds: 3600 # 1 hour
--- a/examples/high-node-utilization.yml
+++ b/examples/high-node-utilization.yml
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "HighNodeUtilization":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-        thresholds:
-          "memory": 20
--- a/examples/low-node-utilization.yml
+++ b/examples/low-node-utilization.yml
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "LowNodeUtilization":
-    enabled: true
-    params:
-      nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds:
-        thresholds:
-          "memory": 20
-        targetThresholds:
-          "memory": 70
--- a/examples/pod-life-time.yml
+++ b/examples/pod-life-time.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
+---
 apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
 kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 strategies:
+  "LowNodeUtilization":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemoveDuplicates":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints":
+    enabled: false
+  "RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts":
+    enabled: false
  "PodLifeTime":
    enabled: true
    params:
-      podLifeTime:
-        maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800 # 7 days
+      maxPodLifeTimeSeconds: 604800 # 7 days
--- a/examples/policy.yaml
+++ b/examples/policy.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,3 @@ strategies:
       podsHavingTooManyRestarts:
         podRestartThreshold: 100
         includingInitContainers: true
-  "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       includeSoftConstraints: true
--- a/examples/topology-spread-constraint.yaml
+++ b/examples/topology-spread-constraint.yaml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
-kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
-strategies:
-  "RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint":
-     enabled: true
-     params:
-       includeSoftConstraints: true # Include 'ScheduleAnyways' constraints
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,117 +1,15 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/descheduler

-go 1.17
+go 1.14

 require (
-	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	k8s.io/api v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.23.0
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.30.0
-	k8s.io/kubectl v0.20.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.0.1
-)
-
-require (
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.81.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.18 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
-	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.3+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200824053859-8c8b3816f167 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
-	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
-	github.com/mmarkdown/mmark v2.0.40+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.28.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210817164053-32db794688a5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210819190943-2bc19b11175f // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210831042530-f4d43177bf5e // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.6-0.20210820212750-d4cc65f0b2ff // indirect
-	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210831024726-fe130286e0e2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.40.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
-	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210930125809-cb0fa318a74b // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.25 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.18.4
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0
 )
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
--- a/hack/.spelling_failures
+++ b/hack/.spelling_failures
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-BUILD
-CHANGELOG
-OWNERS
-go.mod
-go.sum
-vendor/
--- a/hack/e2e-gce/gcloud_create_cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-gce/gcloud_create_cluster.sh
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ E2E_GCE_HOME=$DESCHEDULER_ROOT/hack/e2e-gce

 create_cluster() {
 	echo "#################### Creating instances ##########################"
-	gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$master_uuid --image-family="ubuntu-1804-lts" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
+        gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$master_uuid --image="ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20180306" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
 	# Keeping the --zone here so as to make sure that e2e's can run locally.
 	echo "gcloud compute instances delete descheduler-$master_uuid --zone=us-east1-b --quiet" > $E2E_GCE_HOME/delete_cluster.sh
-
-	gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$node1_uuid --image-family="ubuntu-1804-lts" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
+       
+	gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$node1_uuid --image="ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20180306" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
 	echo "gcloud compute instances delete descheduler-$node1_uuid --zone=us-east1-b --quiet" >> $E2E_GCE_HOME/delete_cluster.sh

-	gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$node2_uuid --image-family="ubuntu-1804-lts" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
-	echo "gcloud compute instances delete descheduler-$node2_uuid --zone=us-east1-c --quiet" >> $E2E_GCE_HOME/delete_cluster.sh
+	gcloud compute instances create descheduler-$node2_uuid --image="ubuntu-1604-xenial-v20180306" --image-project="ubuntu-os-cloud" --zone=us-east1-b
+	echo "gcloud compute instances delete descheduler-$node2_uuid --zone=us-east1-b --quiet" >> $E2E_GCE_HOME/delete_cluster.sh

 	# Delete the firewall port created for master.
 	echo "gcloud compute firewall-rules delete kubeapiserver-$master_uuid --quiet" >> $E2E_GCE_HOME/delete_cluster.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ generate_kubeadm_instance_files() {


 transfer_install_files() {
-	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$master_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
+	gcloud compute scp  $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$master_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
 	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_install.sh descheduler-$master_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
-	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$node1_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
-	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$node2_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-c
+	gcloud compute scp  $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$node1_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
+	gcloud compute scp  $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_preinstall.sh descheduler-$node2_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
 }


@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ install_kube() {
 	# Docker installation.
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$master_uuid --command "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y docker.io" --zone=us-east1-b
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node1_uuid --command "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y docker.io" --zone=us-east1-b
-	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y docker.io" --zone=us-east1-c
+	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y docker.io" --zone=us-east1-b
 	# kubeadm installation.
 	# 1. Transfer files to master, nodes.
 	transfer_install_files
 	# 2. Install kubeadm.
 	#TODO: Add rm /tmp/kubeadm_install.sh
 	# Open port for kube API server	
-	gcloud compute firewall-rules create kubeapiserver-$master_uuid --allow tcp:6443 --source-tags=descheduler-$master_uuid  --source-ranges=0.0.0.0/0 --description="Opening api server port"
+	gcloud compute firewall-rules create kubeapiserver-$master_uuid --allow tcp:6443 --source-tags=descheduler-$master_uuid  --source-ranges=0.0.0.0/0 --description="Opening api server port" 

 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$master_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh" --zone=us-east1-b
 	kubeadm_join_command=$(gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$master_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_install.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_install.sh" --zone=us-east1-b|grep 'kubeadm join')
 	
-	# Copy the kubeconfig file onto /tmp for e2e tests.
+	# Copy the kubeconfig file onto /tmp for e2e tests. 
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$master_uuid --command "sudo cp /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf /tmp; sudo chmod 777 /tmp/admin.conf" --zone=us-east1-b
 	gcloud compute scp descheduler-$master_uuid:/tmp/admin.conf /tmp/admin.conf --zone=us-east1-b

@@ -75,15 +75,16 @@ install_kube() {
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$master_uuid --command "sudo kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-router/master/daemonset/kubeadm-kuberouter.yaml --kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf" --zone=us-east1-b
 	echo $kubeadm_join_command > $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_join.sh

-	# Copy kubeadm_join to every node.
+	# Copy kubeadm_join to every node. 
 	#TODO: Put these in a loop, so that extension becomes possible.	
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node1_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh" --zone=us-east1-b
 	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_join.sh descheduler-$node1_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
 	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node1_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh" --zone=us-east1-b
 	
-	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh" --zone=us-east1-c
-	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_join.sh descheduler-$node2_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-c
-	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh" --zone=us-east1-c
+	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_preinstall.sh" --zone=us-east1-b
+	gcloud compute scp $E2E_GCE_HOME/kubeadm_join.sh descheduler-$node2_uuid:/tmp --zone=us-east1-b
+	gcloud compute ssh descheduler-$node2_uuid --command "sudo chmod 755 /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh; sudo /tmp/kubeadm_join.sh" --zone=us-east1-b
+
 }


--- a/hack/kind_config.yaml
+++ b/hack/kind_config.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 kind: Cluster
-apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+apiVersion: kind.sigs.k8s.io/v1alpha3
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
 - role: worker
-  kubeadmConfigPatches:
-    - |
-      kind: JoinConfiguration
-      nodeRegistration:
-        kubeletExtraArgs:
-          node-labels: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone=local-a"
 - role: worker
-  kubeadmConfigPatches:
-    - |
-      kind: JoinConfiguration
-      nodeRegistration:
-        kubeletExtraArgs:
-          node-labels: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone=local-b"
--- a/hack/tools.go
+++ b/hack/tools.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//go:build tools
 // +build tools

 /*
@@ -20,8 +19,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 // This package imports things required by build scripts, to force `go mod` to see them as dependencies
 package tools

-import (
-	_ "github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell"
-	_ "k8s.io/code-generator"
-	_ "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc"
-)
+import _ "k8s.io/code-generator"
--- a/hack/update-gofmt.sh
+++ b/hack/update-gofmt.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..

 GO_VERSION=($(go version))

-if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.14|go1.15|go1.16|go1.17') ]]; then
+if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.2|go1.3|go1.4|go1.5|go1.6|go1.7|go1.8|go1.9|go1.10|go1.11|go1.12|go1.13|go1.14') ]]; then
  echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', skipping gofmt."
  exit 1
 fi
--- a/hack/update-toc.sh
+++ b/hack/update-toc.sh
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-
-go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc" "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc"
-
-${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc --inplace README.md
--- a/hack/verify-conversions.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-conversions.sh
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-mkdir -p "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp"
-_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-verify.XXXXXX")"
-
-_deschedulertmp="${_tmpdir}"
-mkdir -p "${_deschedulertmp}"
-
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=descheduler/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_deschedulertmp}" && tar xf -)
-_deschedulertmp="${_deschedulertmp}/descheduler"
-
-pushd "${_deschedulertmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/conversion-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen"
-
-${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/conversion-gen \
-		--go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-		--input-dirs "./pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,./pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
-		--output-file-base zz_generated.conversion
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr pkg/ "${_deschedulertmp}/pkg/")"; then
-    echo "Generated output differs:" >&2
-    echo "${_out}" >&2
-    echo "Generated conversions verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-generated-conversions.sh"
-    exit 1
-fi
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-echo "Generated conversions verified."
--- a/hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-mkdir -p "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp"
-_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-verify.XXXXXX")"
-
-_deschedulertmp="${_tmpdir}"
-mkdir -p "${_deschedulertmp}"
-
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=descheduler/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_deschedulertmp}" && tar xf -)
-_deschedulertmp="${_deschedulertmp}/descheduler"
-
-pushd "${_deschedulertmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen"
-
-${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen \
-                --go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-                --input-dirs "./pkg/apis/componentconfig,./pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,./pkg/api,./pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
-                --output-file-base zz_generated.deepcopy
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr pkg/ "${_deschedulertmp}/pkg/")"; then
-    echo "Generated deep-copies output differs:" >&2
-    echo "${_out}" >&2
-    echo "Generated deep-copies verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-generated-deep-copies.sh"
-    exit 1
-fi
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-echo "Generated deep-copies verified."
--- a/hack/verify-defaulters.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-defaulters.sh
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-verify.XXXXXX")"
-
-_deschedulertmp="${_tmpdir}"
-mkdir -p "${_deschedulertmp}"
-
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=descheduler/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_deschedulertmp}" && tar xf -)
-_deschedulertmp="${_deschedulertmp}/descheduler"
-
-pushd "${_deschedulertmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/defaulter-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen"
-
-${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/defaulter-gen \
-            --go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
-            --input-dirs "${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
-            --extra-peer-dirs "${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,${PRJ_PREFIX}/pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
-            --output-file-base zz_generated.defaults
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr pkg/ "${_deschedulertmp}/pkg/")"; then
-    echo "Generated defaulters output differs:" >&2
-    echo "${_out}" >&2
-    echo "Generated defaulters verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-generated-defaulters.sh"
-fi
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-echo "Generated Defaulters verified."
--- a/hack/verify-gofmt.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-gofmt.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..

 GO_VERSION=($(go version))

-if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.14|go1.15|go1.16|go1.17') ]]; then
+if [[ -z $(echo "${GO_VERSION[2]}" | grep -E 'go1.2|go1.3|go1.4|go1.5|go1.6|go1.7|go1.8|go1.9|go1.10|go1.11|go1.12|go1.13|go1.14') ]]; then
  echo "Unknown go version '${GO_VERSION[2]}', skipping gofmt."
  exit 1
 fi
--- a/hack/verify-govet.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-govet.sh
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-
-go vet ${OS_ROOT}/...
--- a/hack/verify-spelling.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This script checks commonly misspelled English words in all files in the
-# working directory by client9/misspell package.
-# Usage: `hack/verify-spelling.sh`.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-export KUBE_ROOT
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-
-# Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
-PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
-
-# Install tools we need
-pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" >/dev/null
-  GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
-popd >/dev/null
-
-# Spell checking
-# All the skipping files are defined in hack/.spelling_failures
-skipping_file="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/.spelling_failures"
-failing_packages=$(sed "s| | -e |g" "${skipping_file}")
-git ls-files | grep -v -e "${failing_packages}" | xargs misspell -i "Creater,creater,ect" -error -o stderr
--- a/hack/verify-toc.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-toc.sh
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
-
-go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc" "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc"
-
-if ! ${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/mdtoc --inplace --dryrun README.md
-then
-  echo "ERROR: Changes detected to table of contents. Run ./hack/update-toc.sh" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
--- a/kubernetes/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - configmap.yaml
-  - rbac.yaml
--- a/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
--- a/kubernetes/cronjob/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cronjob/cronjob.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: batch/v1  # for k8s version < 1.21.0, use batch/v1beta1
+apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
 kind: CronJob
 metadata:
  name: descheduler-cronjob
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
          priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
          containers:
          - name: descheduler
-            image: k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.23.0
+            image: us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler:v0.18.0
            volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: /policy-dir
              name: policy-volume
@@ -27,26 +27,6 @@ spec:
              - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
              - "--v"
              - "3"
-            resources:
-              requests:
-                cpu: "500m"
-                memory: "256Mi"
-            livenessProbe:
-              failureThreshold: 3
-              httpGet:
-                path: /healthz
-                port: 10258
-                scheme: HTTPS
-              initialDelaySeconds: 3
-              periodSeconds: 10
-            securityContext:
-              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-              capabilities:
-                drop:
-                  - ALL
-              privileged: false
-              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-              runAsNonRoot: true
          restartPolicy: "Never"
          serviceAccountName: descheduler-sa
          volumes:
--- a/kubernetes/cronjob/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cronjob/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - ../base
-  - cronjob.yaml
--- a/kubernetes/deployment/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/deployment/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: descheduler
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    app: descheduler
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: descheduler
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: descheduler
-    spec:
-      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
-      serviceAccountName: descheduler-sa
-      containers:
-        - name: descheduler
-          image: k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.23.0
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          command:
-            - "/bin/descheduler"
-          args:
-            - "--policy-config-file"
-            - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
-            - "--descheduling-interval"
-            - "5m"
-            - "--v"
-            - "3"
-          ports:
-          - containerPort: 10258
-            protocol: TCP
-          livenessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: 10258
-              scheme: HTTPS
-            initialDelaySeconds: 3
-            periodSeconds: 10
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 500m
-              memory: 256Mi
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-            privileged: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            runAsNonRoot: true
-          volumeMounts:
-            - mountPath: /policy-dir
-              name: policy-volume
-      volumes:
-      - name: policy-volume
-        configMap:
-          name: descheduler-policy-configmap
--- a/kubernetes/deployment/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/deployment/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - ../base
-  - deployment.yaml
--- a/kubernetes/job/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/job/job.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
      containers:
        - name: descheduler
-          image: k8s.gcr.io/descheduler/descheduler:v0.23.0
+          image: us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler:v0.18.0
          volumeMounts:
          - mountPath: /policy-dir
            name: policy-volume
@@ -25,26 +25,6 @@ spec:
            - "/policy-dir/policy.yaml"
            - "--v"
            - "3"
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: "500m"
-              memory: "256Mi"
-          livenessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: 10258
-              scheme: HTTPS
-            initialDelaySeconds: 3
-            periodSeconds: 10
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop:
-                - ALL
-            privileged: false
-            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-            runAsNonRoot: true
      restartPolicy: "Never"
      serviceAccountName: descheduler-sa
      volumes:
--- a/kubernetes/job/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/job/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - ../base
-  - job.yaml
--- a/kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/base/rbac.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
  name: descheduler-cluster-role
+  namespace: kube-system
 rules:
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["events"]
@@ -10,18 +11,12 @@ rules:
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["nodes"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["namespaces"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods"]
  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list", "delete"]
 - apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods/eviction"]
  verbs: ["create"]
- apiGroups: ["scheduling.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["priorityclasses"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
@@ -33,6 +28,7 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
  name: descheduler-cluster-role-binding
+  namespace: kube-system
 roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package metrics
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
-	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version"
-)
-
-const (
-	// DeschedulerSubsystem - subsystem name used by descheduler
-	DeschedulerSubsystem = "descheduler"
-)
-
-var (
-	PodsEvicted = metrics.NewCounterVec(
-		&metrics.CounterOpts{
-			Subsystem:      DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:           "pods_evicted",
-			Help:           "Number of evicted pods, by the result, by the strategy, by the namespace, by the node name. 'error' result means a pod could not be evicted",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-		}, []string{"result", "strategy", "namespace", "node"})
-
-	buildInfo = metrics.NewGauge(
-		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Subsystem:      DeschedulerSubsystem,
-			Name:           "build_info",
-			Help:           "Build info about descheduler, including Go version, Descheduler version, Git SHA, Git branch",
-			ConstLabels:    map[string]string{"GoVersion": version.Get().GoVersion, "DeschedulerVersion": version.Get().GitVersion, "GitBranch": version.Get().GitBranch, "GitSha1": version.Get().GitSha1},
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-		},
-	)
-
-	metricsList = []metrics.Registerable{
-		PodsEvicted,
-		buildInfo,
-	}
-)
-
-var registerMetrics sync.Once
-
-// Register all metrics.
-func Register() {
-	// Register the metrics.
-	registerMetrics.Do(func() {
-		RegisterMetrics(metricsList...)
-	})
-}
-
-// RegisterMetrics registers a list of metrics.
-func RegisterMetrics(extraMetrics ...metrics.Registerable) {
-	for _, metric := range extraMetrics {
-		legacyregistry.MustRegister(metric)
-	}
-}
--- a/pkg/api/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/register.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package api
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/scheme"
 )

 var (
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ const GroupName = "descheduler"
 // SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}

+func init() {
+	if err := addKnownTypes(scheme.Scheme); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
 func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
 	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -28,27 +28,6 @@ type DeschedulerPolicy struct {

 	// Strategies
 	Strategies StrategyList
-
-	// NodeSelector for a set of nodes to operate over
-	NodeSelector *string
-
-	// EvictFailedBarePods allows pods without ownerReferences and in failed phase to be evicted.
-	EvictFailedBarePods *bool
-
-	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
-	EvictLocalStoragePods *bool
-
-	// EvictSystemCriticalPods allows eviction of pods of any priority (including Kubernetes system pods)
-	EvictSystemCriticalPods *bool
-
-	// IgnorePVCPods prevents pods with PVCs from being evicted.
-	IgnorePVCPods *bool
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per node.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode *uint
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per namespace.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
 }

 type StrategyName string
@@ -65,29 +44,13 @@ type DeschedulerStrategy struct {
 	Params *StrategyParameters
 }

-// Namespaces carries a list of included/excluded namespaces
-// for which a given strategy is applicable
-type Namespaces struct {
-	Include []string
-	Exclude []string
-}
-
-// Besides Namespaces only one of its members may be specified
-// TODO(jchaloup): move Namespaces ThresholdPriority and ThresholdPriorityClassName to individual strategies
-//  once the policy version is bumped to v1alpha2
+// Only one of its members may be specified
 type StrategyParameters struct {
 	NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds
 	NodeAffinityType                  []string
 	PodsHavingTooManyRestarts         *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts
-	PodLifeTime                       *PodLifeTime
+	MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds             *uint
 	RemoveDuplicates                  *RemoveDuplicates
-	FailedPods                        *FailedPods
-	IncludeSoftConstraints            bool
-	Namespaces                        *Namespaces
-	ThresholdPriority                 *int32
-	ThresholdPriorityClassName        string
-	LabelSelector                     *metav1.LabelSelector
-	NodeFit                           bool
 }

 type Percentage float64
@@ -107,15 +70,3 @@ type PodsHavingTooManyRestarts struct {
 type RemoveDuplicates struct {
 	ExcludeOwnerKinds []string
 }
-
-type PodLifeTime struct {
-	MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds *uint
-	PodStatusPhases       []string
-}
-
-type FailedPods struct {
-	ExcludeOwnerKinds       []string
-	MinPodLifetimeSeconds   *uint
-	Reasons                 []string
-	IncludingInitContainers bool
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -28,27 +28,6 @@ type DeschedulerPolicy struct {

 	// Strategies
 	Strategies StrategyList `json:"strategies,omitempty"`
-
-	// NodeSelector for a set of nodes to operate over
-	NodeSelector *string `json:"nodeSelector,omitempty"`
-
-	// EvictFailedBarePods allows pods without ownerReferences and in failed phase to be evicted.
-	EvictFailedBarePods *bool `json:"evictFailedBarePods,omitempty"`
-
-	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
-	EvictLocalStoragePods *bool `json:"evictLocalStoragePods,omitempty"`
-
-	// EvictSystemCriticalPods allows eviction of pods of any priority (including Kubernetes system pods)
-	EvictSystemCriticalPods *bool `json:"evictSystemCriticalPods,omitempty"`
-
-	// IgnorePVCPods prevents pods with PVCs from being evicted.
-	IgnorePVCPods *bool `json:"ignorePvcPods,omitempty"`
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per node.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode *int `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,omitempty"`
-
-	// MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace restricts maximum of pods to be evicted per namespace.
-	MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *int `json:"maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,omitempty"`
 }

 type StrategyName string
@@ -65,27 +44,13 @@ type DeschedulerStrategy struct {
 	Params *StrategyParameters `json:"params,omitempty"`
 }

-// Namespaces carries a list of included/excluded namespaces
-// for which a given strategy is applicable.
-type Namespaces struct {
-	Include []string `json:"include"`
-	Exclude []string `json:"exclude"`
-}
-
-// Besides Namespaces ThresholdPriority and ThresholdPriorityClassName only one of its members may be specified
+// Only one of its members may be specified
 type StrategyParameters struct {
 	NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds `json:"nodeResourceUtilizationThresholds,omitempty"`
 	NodeAffinityType                  []string                           `json:"nodeAffinityType,omitempty"`
 	PodsHavingTooManyRestarts         *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts         `json:"podsHavingTooManyRestarts,omitempty"`
-	PodLifeTime                       *PodLifeTime                       `json:"podLifeTime,omitempty"`
+	MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds             *uint                              `json:"maxPodLifeTimeSeconds,omitempty"`
 	RemoveDuplicates                  *RemoveDuplicates                  `json:"removeDuplicates,omitempty"`
-	FailedPods                        *FailedPods                        `json:"failedPods,omitempty"`
-	IncludeSoftConstraints            bool                               `json:"includeSoftConstraints"`
-	Namespaces                        *Namespaces                        `json:"namespaces"`
-	ThresholdPriority                 *int32                             `json:"thresholdPriority"`
-	ThresholdPriorityClassName        string                             `json:"thresholdPriorityClassName"`
-	LabelSelector                     *metav1.LabelSelector              `json:"labelSelector"`
-	NodeFit                           bool                               `json:"nodeFit"`
 }

 type Percentage float64
@@ -105,15 +70,3 @@ type PodsHavingTooManyRestarts struct {
 type RemoveDuplicates struct {
 	ExcludeOwnerKinds []string `json:"excludeOwnerKinds,omitempty"`
 }
-
-type PodLifeTime struct {
-	MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds *uint    `json:"maxPodLifeTimeSeconds,omitempty"`
-	PodStatusPhases       []string `json:"podStatusPhases,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type FailedPods struct {
-	ExcludeOwnerKinds       []string `json:"excludeOwnerKinds,omitempty"`
-	MinPodLifetimeSeconds   *uint    `json:"minPodLifetimeSeconds,omitempty"`
-	Reasons                 []string `json:"reasons,omitempty"`
-	IncludingInitContainers bool     `json:"includingInitContainers,omitempty"`
-}
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ package v1alpha1
 import (
 	unsafe "unsafe"

-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	conversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	api "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
@@ -57,26 +55,6 @@ func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*FailedPods)(nil), (*api.FailedPods)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha1_FailedPods_To_api_FailedPods(a.(*FailedPods), b.(*api.FailedPods), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.FailedPods)(nil), (*FailedPods)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_FailedPods_To_v1alpha1_FailedPods(a.(*api.FailedPods), b.(*FailedPods), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*Namespaces)(nil), (*api.Namespaces)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha1_Namespaces_To_api_Namespaces(a.(*Namespaces), b.(*api.Namespaces), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.Namespaces)(nil), (*Namespaces)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_Namespaces_To_v1alpha1_Namespaces(a.(*api.Namespaces), b.(*Namespaces), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)(nil), (*api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
 		return Convert_v1alpha1_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds_To_api_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds(a.(*NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds), b.(*api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds), scope)
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -87,16 +65,6 @@ func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*PodLifeTime)(nil), (*api.PodLifeTime)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime_To_api_PodLifeTime(a.(*PodLifeTime), b.(*api.PodLifeTime), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*api.PodLifeTime)(nil), (*PodLifeTime)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_api_PodLifeTime_To_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime(a.(*api.PodLifeTime), b.(*PodLifeTime), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)(nil), (*api.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
 		return Convert_v1alpha1_PodsHavingTooManyRestarts_To_api_PodsHavingTooManyRestarts(a.(*PodsHavingTooManyRestarts), b.(*api.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts), scope)
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -132,25 +100,6 @@ func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {

 func autoConvert_v1alpha1_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(in *DeschedulerPolicy, out *api.DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.Strategies = *(*api.StrategyList)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Strategies))
-	out.NodeSelector = (*string)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeSelector))
-	out.EvictFailedBarePods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictFailedBarePods))
-	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictLocalStoragePods))
-	out.EvictSystemCriticalPods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictSystemCriticalPods))
-	out.IgnorePVCPods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.IgnorePVCPods))
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = uint(**in)
-	} else {
-		out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = nil
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = uint(**in)
-	} else {
-		out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace = nil
-	}
 	return nil
 }

@@ -161,25 +110,6 @@ func Convert_v1alpha1_DeschedulerPolicy_To_api_DeschedulerPolicy(in *Descheduler

 func autoConvert_api_DeschedulerPolicy_To_v1alpha1_DeschedulerPolicy(in *api.DeschedulerPolicy, out *DeschedulerPolicy, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.Strategies = *(*StrategyList)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Strategies))
-	out.NodeSelector = (*string)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeSelector))
-	out.EvictFailedBarePods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictFailedBarePods))
-	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictLocalStoragePods))
-	out.EvictSystemCriticalPods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.EvictSystemCriticalPods))
-	out.IgnorePVCPods = (*bool)(unsafe.Pointer(in.IgnorePVCPods))
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
-		*out = new(int)
-		**out = int(**in)
-	} else {
-		out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = nil
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
-		*out = new(int)
-		**out = int(**in)
-	} else {
-		out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace = nil
-	}
 	return nil
 }

@@ -212,54 +142,6 @@ func Convert_api_DeschedulerStrategy_To_v1alpha1_DeschedulerStrategy(in *api.Des
 	return autoConvert_api_DeschedulerStrategy_To_v1alpha1_DeschedulerStrategy(in, out, s)
 }

-func autoConvert_v1alpha1_FailedPods_To_api_FailedPods(in *FailedPods, out *api.FailedPods, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.ExcludeOwnerKinds = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.ExcludeOwnerKinds))
-	out.MinPodLifetimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds))
-	out.Reasons = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Reasons))
-	out.IncludingInitContainers = in.IncludingInitContainers
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha1_FailedPods_To_api_FailedPods is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha1_FailedPods_To_api_FailedPods(in *FailedPods, out *api.FailedPods, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha1_FailedPods_To_api_FailedPods(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_FailedPods_To_v1alpha1_FailedPods(in *api.FailedPods, out *FailedPods, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.ExcludeOwnerKinds = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.ExcludeOwnerKinds))
-	out.MinPodLifetimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds))
-	out.Reasons = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Reasons))
-	out.IncludingInitContainers = in.IncludingInitContainers
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_FailedPods_To_v1alpha1_FailedPods is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_FailedPods_To_v1alpha1_FailedPods(in *api.FailedPods, out *FailedPods, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_FailedPods_To_v1alpha1_FailedPods(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_v1alpha1_Namespaces_To_api_Namespaces(in *Namespaces, out *api.Namespaces, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Include = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Include))
-	out.Exclude = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Exclude))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha1_Namespaces_To_api_Namespaces is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha1_Namespaces_To_api_Namespaces(in *Namespaces, out *api.Namespaces, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha1_Namespaces_To_api_Namespaces(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_Namespaces_To_v1alpha1_Namespaces(in *api.Namespaces, out *Namespaces, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.Include = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Include))
-	out.Exclude = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Exclude))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_Namespaces_To_v1alpha1_Namespaces is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_Namespaces_To_v1alpha1_Namespaces(in *api.Namespaces, out *Namespaces, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_Namespaces_To_v1alpha1_Namespaces(in, out, s)
-}
-
 func autoConvert_v1alpha1_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds_To_api_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds(in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds, out *api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.Thresholds = *(*api.ResourceThresholds)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.Thresholds))
 	out.TargetThresholds = *(*api.ResourceThresholds)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.TargetThresholds))
@@ -284,28 +166,6 @@ func Convert_api_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds_To_v1alpha1_NodeResourceUtili
 	return autoConvert_api_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds_To_v1alpha1_NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds(in, out, s)
 }

-func autoConvert_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime_To_api_PodLifeTime(in *PodLifeTime, out *api.PodLifeTime, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds))
-	out.PodStatusPhases = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.PodStatusPhases))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime_To_api_PodLifeTime is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime_To_api_PodLifeTime(in *PodLifeTime, out *api.PodLifeTime, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime_To_api_PodLifeTime(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_api_PodLifeTime_To_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime(in *api.PodLifeTime, out *PodLifeTime, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds))
-	out.PodStatusPhases = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.PodStatusPhases))
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_api_PodLifeTime_To_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_api_PodLifeTime_To_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime(in *api.PodLifeTime, out *PodLifeTime, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_api_PodLifeTime_To_v1alpha1_PodLifeTime(in, out, s)
-}
-
 func autoConvert_v1alpha1_PodsHavingTooManyRestarts_To_api_PodsHavingTooManyRestarts(in *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts, out *api.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.PodRestartThreshold = in.PodRestartThreshold
 	out.IncludingInitContainers = in.IncludingInitContainers
@@ -352,15 +212,8 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_StrategyParameters_To_api_StrategyParameters(in *Strat
 	out.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds = (*api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds))
 	out.NodeAffinityType = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.NodeAffinityType))
 	out.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts = (*api.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)(unsafe.Pointer(in.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts))
-	out.PodLifeTime = (*api.PodLifeTime)(unsafe.Pointer(in.PodLifeTime))
+	out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds))
 	out.RemoveDuplicates = (*api.RemoveDuplicates)(unsafe.Pointer(in.RemoveDuplicates))
-	out.FailedPods = (*api.FailedPods)(unsafe.Pointer(in.FailedPods))
-	out.IncludeSoftConstraints = in.IncludeSoftConstraints
-	out.Namespaces = (*api.Namespaces)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Namespaces))
-	out.ThresholdPriority = (*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(in.ThresholdPriority))
-	out.ThresholdPriorityClassName = in.ThresholdPriorityClassName
-	out.LabelSelector = (*v1.LabelSelector)(unsafe.Pointer(in.LabelSelector))
-	out.NodeFit = in.NodeFit
 	return nil
 }

@@ -373,15 +226,8 @@ func autoConvert_api_StrategyParameters_To_v1alpha1_StrategyParameters(in *api.S
 	out.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds = (*NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds)(unsafe.Pointer(in.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds))
 	out.NodeAffinityType = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.NodeAffinityType))
 	out.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts = (*PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)(unsafe.Pointer(in.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts))
-	out.PodLifeTime = (*PodLifeTime)(unsafe.Pointer(in.PodLifeTime))
+	out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds = (*uint)(unsafe.Pointer(in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds))
 	out.RemoveDuplicates = (*RemoveDuplicates)(unsafe.Pointer(in.RemoveDuplicates))
-	out.FailedPods = (*FailedPods)(unsafe.Pointer(in.FailedPods))
-	out.IncludeSoftConstraints = in.IncludeSoftConstraints
-	out.Namespaces = (*Namespaces)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Namespaces))
-	out.ThresholdPriority = (*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(in.ThresholdPriority))
-	out.ThresholdPriorityClassName = in.ThresholdPriorityClassName
-	out.LabelSelector = (*v1.LabelSelector)(unsafe.Pointer(in.LabelSelector))
-	out.NodeFit = in.NodeFit
 	return nil
 }

--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1alpha1

 import (
-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )

@@ -37,41 +35,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
 			(*out)[key] = *val.DeepCopy()
 		}
 	}
-	if in.NodeSelector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.NodeSelector, &out.NodeSelector
-		*out = new(string)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictFailedBarePods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictFailedBarePods, &out.EvictFailedBarePods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictLocalStoragePods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictLocalStoragePods, &out.EvictLocalStoragePods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictSystemCriticalPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictSystemCriticalPods, &out.EvictSystemCriticalPods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.IgnorePVCPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.IgnorePVCPods, &out.IgnorePVCPods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
-		*out = new(int)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
-		*out = new(int)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }

@@ -114,63 +77,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerStrategy) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerStrategy {
 	return out
 }

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopyInto(out *FailedPods) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.ExcludeOwnerKinds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ExcludeOwnerKinds, &out.ExcludeOwnerKinds
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	if in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds, &out.MinPodLifetimeSeconds
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.Reasons != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Reasons, &out.Reasons
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new FailedPods.
-func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopy() *FailedPods {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(FailedPods)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopyInto(out *Namespaces) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Include != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Include, &out.Include
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	if in.Exclude != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Exclude, &out.Exclude
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Namespaces.
-func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopy() *Namespaces {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Namespaces)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopyInto(out *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -201,32 +107,6 @@ func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopy() *NodeResourceUtilization
 	return out
 }

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopyInto(out *PodLifeTime) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, &out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.PodStatusPhases != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PodStatusPhases, &out.PodStatusPhases
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PodLifeTime.
-func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopy() *PodLifeTime {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(PodLifeTime)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) DeepCopyInto(out *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -326,36 +206,16 @@ func (in *StrategyParameters) DeepCopyInto(out *StrategyParameters) {
 		*out = new(PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.PodLifeTime != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PodLifeTime, &out.PodLifeTime
-		*out = new(PodLifeTime)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	if in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, &out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
 	}
 	if in.RemoveDuplicates != nil {
 		in, out := &in.RemoveDuplicates, &out.RemoveDuplicates
 		*out = new(RemoveDuplicates)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
-	if in.FailedPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.FailedPods, &out.FailedPods
-		*out = new(FailedPods)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	if in.Namespaces != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Namespaces, &out.Namespaces
-		*out = new(Namespaces)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	if in.ThresholdPriority != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ThresholdPriority, &out.ThresholdPriority
-		*out = new(int32)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.LabelSelector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector
-		*out = new(v1.LabelSelector)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
 	return
 }

--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
--- a/pkg/api/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package api

 import (
-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )

@@ -37,41 +35,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerPolicy) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerPolicy) {
 			(*out)[key] = *val.DeepCopy()
 		}
 	}
-	if in.NodeSelector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.NodeSelector, &out.NodeSelector
-		*out = new(string)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictFailedBarePods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictFailedBarePods, &out.EvictFailedBarePods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictLocalStoragePods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictLocalStoragePods, &out.EvictLocalStoragePods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.EvictSystemCriticalPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.EvictSystemCriticalPods, &out.EvictSystemCriticalPods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.IgnorePVCPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.IgnorePVCPods, &out.IgnorePVCPods
-		*out = new(bool)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace, &out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }

@@ -114,63 +77,6 @@ func (in *DeschedulerStrategy) DeepCopy() *DeschedulerStrategy {
 	return out
 }

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopyInto(out *FailedPods) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.ExcludeOwnerKinds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ExcludeOwnerKinds, &out.ExcludeOwnerKinds
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	if in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MinPodLifetimeSeconds, &out.MinPodLifetimeSeconds
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.Reasons != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Reasons, &out.Reasons
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new FailedPods.
-func (in *FailedPods) DeepCopy() *FailedPods {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(FailedPods)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopyInto(out *Namespaces) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.Include != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Include, &out.Include
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	if in.Exclude != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Exclude, &out.Exclude
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Namespaces.
-func (in *Namespaces) DeepCopy() *Namespaces {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Namespaces)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopyInto(out *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -201,32 +107,6 @@ func (in *NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds) DeepCopy() *NodeResourceUtilization
 	return out
 }

-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopyInto(out *PodLifeTime) {
-	*out = *in
-	if in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, &out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds
-		*out = new(uint)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.PodStatusPhases != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PodStatusPhases, &out.PodStatusPhases
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PodLifeTime.
-func (in *PodLifeTime) DeepCopy() *PodLifeTime {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(PodLifeTime)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) DeepCopyInto(out *PodsHavingTooManyRestarts) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -326,36 +206,16 @@ func (in *StrategyParameters) DeepCopyInto(out *StrategyParameters) {
 		*out = new(PodsHavingTooManyRestarts)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.PodLifeTime != nil {
-		in, out := &in.PodLifeTime, &out.PodLifeTime
-		*out = new(PodLifeTime)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	if in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds != nil {
+		in, out := &in.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, &out.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds
+		*out = new(uint)
+		**out = **in
 	}
 	if in.RemoveDuplicates != nil {
 		in, out := &in.RemoveDuplicates, &out.RemoveDuplicates
 		*out = new(RemoveDuplicates)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
-	if in.FailedPods != nil {
-		in, out := &in.FailedPods, &out.FailedPods
-		*out = new(FailedPods)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	if in.Namespaces != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Namespaces, &out.Namespaces
-		*out = new(Namespaces)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
-	if in.ThresholdPriority != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ThresholdPriority, &out.ThresholdPriority
-		*out = new(int32)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.LabelSelector != nil {
-		in, out := &in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector
-		*out = new(v1.LabelSelector)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
-	}
 	return
 }

--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/register.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package componentconfig
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/scheme"
 )

 var (
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ const GroupName = "deschedulercomponentconfig"
 // SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}

+func init() {
+	if err := addKnownTypes(scheme.Scheme); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
 func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
 	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
 )

 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
@@ -49,11 +48,4 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {

 	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
 	EvictLocalStoragePods bool
-
-	// IgnorePVCPods sets whether PVC pods should be allowed to be evicted
-	IgnorePVCPods bool
-
-	// Logging specifies the options of logging.
-	// Refer [Logs Options](https://github.com/kubernetes/component-base/blob/master/logs/options.go) for more information.
-	Logging componentbaseconfig.LoggingConfiguration
 }
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package v1alpha1
 import (
 	"time"

-	componentbaseconfig "k8s.io/component-base/config"
-
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )

@@ -50,11 +48,4 @@ type DeschedulerConfiguration struct {

 	// EvictLocalStoragePods allows pods using local storage to be evicted.
 	EvictLocalStoragePods bool `json:"evictLocalStoragePods,omitempty"`
-
-	// IgnorePVCPods sets whether PVC pods should be allowed to be evicted
-	IgnorePVCPods bool `json:"ignorePvcPods,omitempty"`
-
-	// Logging specifies the options of logging.
-	// Refer [Logs Options](https://github.com/kubernetes/component-base/blob/master/logs/options.go) for more information.
-	Logging componentbaseconfig.LoggingConfiguration `json:"logging,omitempty"`
 }
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha1_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_componentconfig_Deschedule
 	out.NodeSelector = in.NodeSelector
 	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
 	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = in.EvictLocalStoragePods
-	out.IgnorePVCPods = in.IgnorePVCPods
-	out.Logging = in.Logging
 	return nil
 }

@@ -75,8 +72,6 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_DeschedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_Deschedule
 	out.NodeSelector = in.NodeSelector
 	out.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode = in.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode
 	out.EvictLocalStoragePods = in.EvictLocalStoragePods
-	out.IgnorePVCPods = in.IgnorePVCPods
-	out.Logging = in.Logging
 	return nil
 }

--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerConfiguration) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	in.Logging.DeepCopyInto(&out.Logging)
 	return
 }

--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated

 /*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 func (in *DeschedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *DeschedulerConfiguration) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	in.Logging.DeepCopyInto(&out.Logging)
 	return
 }

--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -20,36 +20,23 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	fakeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"

-	corev1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
-	schedulingv1informers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/scheduling/v1"
-
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	eutils "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions/utils"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/strategies"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization"
 )

-func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
-	metrics.Register()
-
+func Run(rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	rsclient, err := client.CreateClient(rs.KubeconfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -69,227 +56,58 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	// tie in root ctx with our wait stopChannel
 	stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		<-ctx.Done()
-		close(stopChannel)
-	}()
 	return RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion, stopChannel)
 }

-type strategyFunction func(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc)
-
-func cachedClient(
-	realClient clientset.Interface,
-	podInformer corev1informers.PodInformer,
-	nodeInformer corev1informers.NodeInformer,
-	namespaceInformer corev1informers.NamespaceInformer,
-	priorityClassInformer schedulingv1informers.PriorityClassInformer,
-) (clientset.Interface, error) {
-	fakeClient := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
-	// simulate a pod eviction by deleting a pod
-	fakeClient.PrependReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-		if action.GetSubresource() == "eviction" {
-			createAct, matched := action.(core.CreateActionImpl)
-			if !matched {
-				return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert action to core.CreateActionImpl")
-			}
-			eviction, matched := createAct.Object.(*policy.Eviction)
-			if !matched {
-				return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert action object into *policy.Eviction")
-			}
-			if err := fakeClient.Tracker().Delete(action.GetResource(), eviction.GetNamespace(), eviction.GetName()); err != nil {
-				return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to delete pod %v/%v: %v", eviction.GetNamespace(), eviction.GetName(), err)
-			}
-			return true, nil, nil
-		}
-		// fallback to the default reactor
-		return false, nil, nil
-	})
-
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Pulling resources for the cached client from the cluster")
-	pods, err := podInformer.Lister().List(labels.Everything())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list pods: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, item := range pods {
-		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Pods(item.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy pod: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	nodes, err := nodeInformer.Lister().List(labels.Everything())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list nodes: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, item := range nodes {
-		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy node: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	namespaces, err := namespaceInformer.Lister().List(labels.Everything())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list namespaces: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, item := range namespaces {
-		if _, err := fakeClient.CoreV1().Namespaces().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy node: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	priorityClasses, err := priorityClassInformer.Lister().List(labels.Everything())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list priorityclasses: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, item := range priorityClasses {
-		if _, err := fakeClient.SchedulingV1().PriorityClasses().Create(context.TODO(), item, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to copy priorityclass: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return fakeClient, nil
-}
+type strategyFunction func(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor)

 func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion string, stopChannel chan struct{}) error {
 	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(rs.Client, 0)
 	nodeInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes()
-	podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-	namespaceInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Namespaces()
-	priorityClassInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Scheduling().V1().PriorityClasses()
-
-	// create the informers
-	namespaceInformer.Informer()
-	priorityClassInformer.Informer()
-
-	getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-	}

 	sharedInformerFactory.Start(stopChannel)
 	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(stopChannel)

-	strategyFuncs := map[api.StrategyName]strategyFunction{
-		"RemoveDuplicates":                            strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods,
-		"LowNodeUtilization":                          nodeutilization.LowNodeUtilization,
-		"HighNodeUtilization":                         nodeutilization.HighNodeUtilization,
-		"RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity":     strategies.RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity,
-		"RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity":             strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity,
-		"RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints":               strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints,
-		"RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts":             strategies.RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts,
-		"PodLifeTime":                                 strategies.PodLifeTime,
-		"RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint": strategies.RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint,
-		"RemoveFailedPods":                            strategies.RemoveFailedPods,
+	strategyFuncs := map[string]strategyFunction{
+		"RemoveDuplicates":                        strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods,
+		"LowNodeUtilization":                      strategies.LowNodeUtilization,
+		"RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity": strategies.RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity,
+		"RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity":         strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity,
+		"RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints":           strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints,
+		"RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts":         strategies.RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts,
+		"PodLifeTime":                             strategies.PodLifeTime,
 	}

-	var nodeSelector string
-	if deschedulerPolicy.NodeSelector != nil {
-		nodeSelector = *deschedulerPolicy.NodeSelector
-	}
-
-	var evictLocalStoragePods bool
-	if deschedulerPolicy.EvictLocalStoragePods != nil {
-		evictLocalStoragePods = *deschedulerPolicy.EvictLocalStoragePods
-	}
-
-	evictBarePods := false
-	if deschedulerPolicy.EvictFailedBarePods != nil {
-		evictBarePods = *deschedulerPolicy.EvictFailedBarePods
-		if evictBarePods {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("Warning: EvictFailedBarePods is set to True. This could cause eviction of pods without ownerReferences.")
-		}
-	}
-
-	evictSystemCriticalPods := false
-	if deschedulerPolicy.EvictSystemCriticalPods != nil {
-		evictSystemCriticalPods = *deschedulerPolicy.EvictSystemCriticalPods
-		if evictSystemCriticalPods {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("Warning: EvictSystemCriticalPods is set to True. This could cause eviction of Kubernetes system pods.")
-		}
-	}
-
-	ignorePvcPods := false
-	if deschedulerPolicy.IgnorePVCPods != nil {
-		ignorePvcPods = *deschedulerPolicy.IgnorePVCPods
-	}
-
-	wait.NonSlidingUntil(func() {
-		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(ctx, rs.Client, nodeInformer, nodeSelector)
+	wait.Until(func() {
+		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(ctx, rs.Client, nodeInformer, rs.NodeSelector, stopChannel)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("Unable to get ready nodes", "err", err)
+			klog.V(1).Infof("Unable to get ready nodes: %v", err)
 			close(stopChannel)
 			return
 		}

 		if len(nodes) <= 1 {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("The cluster size is 0 or 1 meaning eviction causes service disruption or degradation. So aborting..")
+			klog.V(1).Infof("The cluster size is 0 or 1 meaning eviction causes service disruption or degradation. So aborting..")
 			close(stopChannel)
 			return
 		}

-		var podEvictorClient clientset.Interface
-		// When the dry mode is enable, collect all the relevant objects (mostly pods) under a fake client.
-		// So when evicting pods while running multiple strategies in a row have the cummulative effect
-		// as is when evicting pods for real.
-		if rs.DryRun {
-			klog.V(3).Infof("Building a cached client from the cluster for the dry run")
-			// Create a new cache so we start from scratch without any leftovers
-			fakeClient, err := cachedClient(rs.Client, podInformer, nodeInformer, namespaceInformer, priorityClassInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				klog.Error(err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			fakeSharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err = podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(fakeSharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods())
-			if err != nil {
-				klog.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			fakeCtx, cncl := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
-			defer cncl()
-			fakeSharedInformerFactory.Start(fakeCtx.Done())
-			fakeSharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(fakeCtx.Done())
-
-			podEvictorClient = fakeClient
-		} else {
-			podEvictorClient = rs.Client
-		}
-
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Building a pod evictor")
 		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-			podEvictorClient,
+			rs.Client,
 			evictionPolicyGroupVersion,
 			rs.DryRun,
-			deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,
-			deschedulerPolicy.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
+			rs.MaxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode,
 			nodes,
-			evictLocalStoragePods,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods,
-			ignorePvcPods,
-			evictBarePods,
-			!rs.DisableMetrics,
+			rs.EvictLocalStoragePods,
 		)

-		for name, strategy := range deschedulerPolicy.Strategies {
-			if f, ok := strategyFuncs[name]; ok {
-				if strategy.Enabled {
-					f(ctx, rs.Client, strategy, nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-				}
-			} else {
-				klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("unknown strategy name"), "skipping strategy", "strategy", name)
+		for name, f := range strategyFuncs {
+			if strategy := deschedulerPolicy.Strategies[api.StrategyName(name)]; strategy.Enabled {
+				f(ctx, rs.Client, strategy, nodes, podEvictor)
 			}
 		}

-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of evicted pods", "totalEvicted", podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
-
 		// If there was no interval specified, send a signal to the stopChannel to end the wait.Until loop after 1 iteration
 		if rs.DeschedulingInterval.Seconds() == 0 {
 			close(stopChannel)
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	fakeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
@@ -38,27 +38,18 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 	stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(stopChannel)

-	rs, err := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
-	}
+	rs := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
 	rs.Client = client
 	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
-	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
-	defer close(errChan)
 	go func() {
 		err := RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, dp, "v1beta1", stopChannel)
-		errChan <- err
-	}()
-	select {
-	case err := <-errChan:
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Unable to run descheduler strategies: %v", err)
 		}
-	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
-		// Wait for few cycles and then verify the only pod still exists
-	}
+	}()

+	// Wait for few cycles and then verify the only pod still exists
+	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
 	pods, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(p1.Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unable to list pods: %v", err)
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
@@ -25,15 +25,12 @@ import (
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	clientcorev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/metrics"
-	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"

@@ -45,70 +42,80 @@ const (
 )

 // nodePodEvictedCount keeps count of pods evicted on node
-type nodePodEvictedCount map[*v1.Node]uint
-type namespacePodEvictCount map[string]uint
+type nodePodEvictedCount map[*v1.Node]int

 type PodEvictor struct {
-	client                     clientset.Interface
-	nodes                      []*v1.Node
-	policyGroupVersion         string
-	dryRun                     bool
-	maxPodsToEvictPerNode      *uint
-	maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
-	nodepodCount               nodePodEvictedCount
-	namespacePodCount          namespacePodEvictCount
-	evictFailedBarePods        bool
-	evictLocalStoragePods      bool
-	evictSystemCriticalPods    bool
-	ignorePvcPods              bool
-	metricsEnabled             bool
+	client                clientset.Interface
+	policyGroupVersion    string
+	dryRun                bool
+	maxPodsToEvictPerNode int
+	nodepodCount          nodePodEvictedCount
+	evictLocalStoragePods bool
 }

 func NewPodEvictor(
 	client clientset.Interface,
 	policyGroupVersion string,
 	dryRun bool,
-	maxPodsToEvictPerNode *uint,
-	maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint,
+	maxPodsToEvictPerNode int,
 	nodes []*v1.Node,
 	evictLocalStoragePods bool,
-	evictSystemCriticalPods bool,
-	ignorePvcPods bool,
-	evictFailedBarePods bool,
-	metricsEnabled bool,
 ) *PodEvictor {
 	var nodePodCount = make(nodePodEvictedCount)
-	var namespacePodCount = make(namespacePodEvictCount)
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		// Initialize podsEvicted till now with 0.
 		nodePodCount[node] = 0
 	}

 	return &PodEvictor{
-		client:                     client,
-		nodes:                      nodes,
-		policyGroupVersion:         policyGroupVersion,
-		dryRun:                     dryRun,
-		maxPodsToEvictPerNode:      maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
-		maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace: maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
-		nodepodCount:               nodePodCount,
-		namespacePodCount:          namespacePodCount,
-		evictLocalStoragePods:      evictLocalStoragePods,
-		evictSystemCriticalPods:    evictSystemCriticalPods,
-		evictFailedBarePods:        evictFailedBarePods,
-		ignorePvcPods:              ignorePvcPods,
-		metricsEnabled:             metricsEnabled,
+		client:                client,
+		policyGroupVersion:    policyGroupVersion,
+		dryRun:                dryRun,
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode: maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+		nodepodCount:          nodePodCount,
+		evictLocalStoragePods: evictLocalStoragePods,
 	}
 }

+// IsEvictable checks if a pod is evictable or not.
+func (pe *PodEvictor) IsEvictable(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	checkErrs := []error{}
+	if IsCriticalPod(pod) {
+		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is critical"))
+	}
+
+	ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
+	if IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) {
+		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is a DaemonSet pod"))
+	}
+
+	if len(ownerRefList) == 0 {
+		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod does not have any ownerrefs"))
+	}
+
+	if !pe.evictLocalStoragePods && IsPodWithLocalStorage(pod) {
+		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod has local storage and descheduler is not configured with --evict-local-storage-pods"))
+	}
+
+	if IsMirrorPod(pod) {
+		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is a mirror pod"))
+	}
+
+	if len(checkErrs) > 0 && !HaveEvictAnnotation(pod) {
+		klog.V(4).Infof("Pod %s in namespace %s is not evictable: Pod lacks an eviction annotation and fails the following checks: %v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, errors.NewAggregate(checkErrs).Error())
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // NodeEvicted gives a number of pods evicted for node
-func (pe *PodEvictor) NodeEvicted(node *v1.Node) uint {
+func (pe *PodEvictor) NodeEvicted(node *v1.Node) int {
 	return pe.nodepodCount[node]
 }

 // TotalEvicted gives a number of pods evicted through all nodes
-func (pe *PodEvictor) TotalEvicted() uint {
-	var total uint
+func (pe *PodEvictor) TotalEvicted() int {
+	var total int
 	for _, count := range pe.nodepodCount {
 		total += count
 	}
@@ -118,48 +125,29 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) TotalEvicted() uint {
 // EvictPod returns non-nil error only when evicting a pod on a node is not
 // possible (due to maxPodsToEvictPerNode constraint). Success is true when the pod
 // is evicted on the server side.
-func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node, strategy string, reasons ...string) (bool, error) {
-	reason := strategy
+func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node, reasons ...string) (bool, error) {
+	var reason string
 	if len(reasons) > 0 {
-		reason += " (" + strings.Join(reasons, ", ") + ")"
+		reason = " (" + strings.Join(reasons, ", ") + ")"
 	}
-	if pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode != nil && pe.nodepodCount[node]+1 > *pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode {
-		if pe.metricsEnabled {
-			metrics.PodsEvicted.With(map[string]string{"result": "maximum number of pods per node reached", "strategy": strategy, "namespace": pod.Namespace, "node": node.Name}).Inc()
-		}
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("Maximum number %v of evicted pods per %q node reached", *pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode, node.Name)
+	if pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode > 0 && pe.nodepodCount[node]+1 > pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("Maximum number %v of evicted pods per %q node reached", pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNode, node.Name)
 	}

-	if pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace != nil && pe.namespacePodCount[pod.Namespace]+1 > *pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace {
-		if pe.metricsEnabled {
-			metrics.PodsEvicted.With(map[string]string{"result": "maximum number of pods per namespace reached", "strategy": strategy, "namespace": pod.Namespace, "node": node.Name}).Inc()
-		}
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("Maximum number %v of evicted pods per %q namespace reached", *pe.maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace, pod.Namespace)
-	}
-
-	err := evictPod(ctx, pe.client, pod, pe.policyGroupVersion)
+	err := evictPod(ctx, pe.client, pod, pe.policyGroupVersion, pe.dryRun)
 	if err != nil {
 		// err is used only for logging purposes
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "reason", reason)
-		if pe.metricsEnabled {
-			metrics.PodsEvicted.With(map[string]string{"result": "error", "strategy": strategy, "namespace": pod.Namespace, "node": node.Name}).Inc()
-		}
+		klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: %#v in namespace %#v%s: %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason, err)
 		return false, nil
 	}

 	pe.nodepodCount[node]++
-	pe.namespacePodCount[pod.Namespace]++
-
-	if pe.metricsEnabled {
-		metrics.PodsEvicted.With(map[string]string{"result": "success", "strategy": strategy, "namespace": pod.Namespace, "node": node.Name}).Inc()
-	}
-
 	if pe.dryRun {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pod in dry run mode", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "reason", reason)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod in dry run mode: %#v in namespace %#v%s", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason)
 	} else {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "reason", reason)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v in namespace %#v%s", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason)
 		eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
-		eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(3)
+		eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(klog.V(3).Infof)
 		eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&clientcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: pe.client.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace)})
 		r := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "sigs.k8s.io.descheduler"})
 		r.Event(pod, v1.EventTypeNormal, "Descheduled", fmt.Sprintf("pod evicted by sigs.k8s.io/descheduler%s", reason))
@@ -167,7 +155,10 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node,
 	return true, nil
 }

-func evictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string) error {
+func evictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, policyGroupVersion string, dryRun bool) error {
+	if dryRun {
+		return nil
+	}
 	deleteOptions := &metav1.DeleteOptions{}
 	// GracePeriodSeconds ?
 	eviction := &policy.Eviction{
@@ -192,161 +183,22 @@ func evictPod(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, pod *v1.Pod, poli
 	return err
 }

-type Options struct {
-	priority      *int32
-	nodeFit       bool
-	labelSelector labels.Selector
+func IsCriticalPod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	return utils.IsCriticalPod(pod)
 }

-// WithPriorityThreshold sets a threshold for pod's priority class.
-// Any pod whose priority class is lower is evictable.
-func WithPriorityThreshold(priority int32) func(opts *Options) {
-	return func(opts *Options) {
-		var p int32 = priority
-		opts.priority = &p
-	}
-}
-
-// WithNodeFit sets whether or not to consider taints, node selectors,
-// and pod affinity when evicting. A pod whose tolerations, node selectors,
-// and affinity match a node other than the one it is currently running on
-// is evictable.
-func WithNodeFit(nodeFit bool) func(opts *Options) {
-	return func(opts *Options) {
-		opts.nodeFit = nodeFit
-	}
-}
-
-// WithLabelSelector sets whether or not to apply label filtering when evicting.
-// Any pod matching the label selector is considered evictable.
-func WithLabelSelector(labelSelector labels.Selector) func(opts *Options) {
-	return func(opts *Options) {
-		opts.labelSelector = labelSelector
-	}
-}
-
-type constraint func(pod *v1.Pod) error
-
-type evictable struct {
-	constraints []constraint
-}
-
-// Evictable provides an implementation of IsEvictable(IsEvictable(pod *v1.Pod) bool).
-// The method accepts a list of options which allow to extend constraints
-// which decides when a pod is considered evictable.
-func (pe *PodEvictor) Evictable(opts ...func(opts *Options)) *evictable {
-	options := &Options{}
-	for _, opt := range opts {
-		opt(options)
-	}
-
-	ev := &evictable{}
-	if pe.evictFailedBarePods {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-			// Enable evictFailedBarePods to evict bare pods in failed phase
-			if len(ownerRefList) == 0 && pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodFailed {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod does not have any ownerRefs and is not in failed phase")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	} else {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-			// Moved from IsEvictable function for backward compatibility
-			if len(ownerRefList) == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod does not have any ownerRefs")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
-	if !pe.evictSystemCriticalPods {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			// Moved from IsEvictable function to allow for disabling
-			if utils.IsCriticalPriorityPod(pod) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod has system critical priority")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-
-		if options.priority != nil {
-			ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-				if IsPodEvictableBasedOnPriority(pod, *options.priority) {
-					return nil
-				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod has higher priority than specified priority class threshold")
-			})
+func IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList []metav1.OwnerReference) bool {
+	for _, ownerRef := range ownerRefList {
+		if ownerRef.Kind == "DaemonSet" {
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-	if !pe.evictLocalStoragePods {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			if utils.IsPodWithLocalStorage(pod) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod has local storage and descheduler is not configured with evictLocalStoragePods")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
-	if pe.ignorePvcPods {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			if utils.IsPodWithPVC(pod) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod has a PVC and descheduler is configured to ignore PVC pods")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
-	if options.nodeFit {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			if !nodeutil.PodFitsAnyOtherNode(pod, pe.nodes) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod does not fit on any other node because of nodeSelector(s), Taint(s), or nodes marked as unschedulable")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
-	if options.labelSelector != nil && !options.labelSelector.Empty() {
-		ev.constraints = append(ev.constraints, func(pod *v1.Pod) error {
-			if !options.labelSelector.Matches(labels.Set(pod.Labels)) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("pod labels do not match the labelSelector filter in the policy parameter")
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-	}
-
-	return ev
+	return false
 }

-// IsEvictable decides when a pod is evictable
-func (ev *evictable) IsEvictable(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-	checkErrs := []error{}
-
-	ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-	if utils.IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) {
-		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is a DaemonSet pod"))
-	}
-
-	if utils.IsMirrorPod(pod) {
-		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is a mirror pod"))
-	}
-
-	if utils.IsStaticPod(pod) {
-		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is a static pod"))
-	}
-
-	if utils.IsPodTerminating(pod) {
-		checkErrs = append(checkErrs, fmt.Errorf("pod is terminating"))
-	}
-
-	for _, c := range ev.constraints {
-		if err := c(pod); err != nil {
-			checkErrs = append(checkErrs, err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(checkErrs) > 0 && !HaveEvictAnnotation(pod) {
-		klog.V(4).InfoS("Pod lacks an eviction annotation and fails the following checks", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "checks", errors.NewAggregate(checkErrs).Error())
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+// IsMirrorPod checks whether the pod is a mirror pod.
+func IsMirrorPod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	return utils.IsMirrorPod(pod)
 }

 // HaveEvictAnnotation checks if the pod have evict annotation
@@ -355,7 +207,12 @@ func HaveEvictAnnotation(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
 	return found
 }

-// IsPodEvictableBasedOnPriority checks if the given pod is evictable based on priority resolved from pod Spec.
-func IsPodEvictableBasedOnPriority(pod *v1.Pod, priority int32) bool {
-	return pod.Spec.Priority == nil || *pod.Spec.Priority < priority
+func IsPodWithLocalStorage(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	for _, volume := range pod.Spec.Volumes {
+		if volume.HostPath != nil || volume.EmptyDir != nil {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
 }
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestEvictPod(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
 			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: test.pods}, nil
 		})
-		got := evictPod(ctx, fakeClient, test.pod, "v1")
+		got := evictPod(ctx, fakeClient, test.pod, "v1", false)
 		if got != test.want {
 			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Expected %v pod eviction to be %v, got %v", test.description, test.pod.Name, test.want, got)
 		}
@@ -71,101 +71,47 @@ func TestEvictPod(t *testing.T) {

 func TestIsEvictable(t *testing.T) {
 	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("node1", 1000, 2000, 13, nil)
-	lowPriority := int32(800)
-	highPriority := int32(900)
-
-	nodeTaintKey := "hardware"
-	nodeTaintValue := "gpu"
-
-	nodeLabelKey := "datacenter"
-	nodeLabelValue := "east"
 	type testCase struct {
-		pod                     *v1.Pod
-		nodes                   []*v1.Node
-		runBefore               func(*v1.Pod, []*v1.Node)
-		evictFailedBarePods     bool
-		evictLocalStoragePods   bool
-		evictSystemCriticalPods bool
-		priorityThreshold       *int32
-		nodeFit                 bool
-		result                  bool
+		pod                   *v1.Pod
+		runBefore             func(*v1.Pod)
+		evictLocalStoragePods bool
+		result                bool
 	}

 	testCases := []testCase{
-		{ // Failed pod eviction with no ownerRefs.
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("bare_pod_failed", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.Status.Phase = v1.PodFailed
-			},
-			evictFailedBarePods: false,
-			result:              false,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with no ownerRefs and evictFailedBarePods enabled
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("bare_pod", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-			},
-			evictFailedBarePods: true,
-			result:              false,
-		}, { // Failed pod eviction with no ownerRefs
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("bare_pod_failed_but_can_be_evicted", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.Status.Phase = v1.PodFailed
-			},
-			evictFailedBarePods: true,
-			result:              true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with normal ownerRefs
+		{
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with normal ownerRefs and descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with replicaSet ownerRefs
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetReplicaSetOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with replicaSet ownerRefs and descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetReplicaSetOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with statefulSet ownerRefs
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p18", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetStatefulSetOwnerRefList()
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Normal pod eviction with statefulSet ownerRefs and descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p19", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetStatefulSetOwnerRefList()
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod not evicted because it is bound to a PV and evictLocalStoragePods = false
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 				pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
 					{
@@ -178,12 +124,11 @@ func TestIsEvictable(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted because it is bound to a PV and evictLocalStoragePods = true
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                false,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 				pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
 					{
@@ -196,12 +141,11 @@ func TestIsEvictable(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   true,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted because it is bound to a PV and evictLocalStoragePods = false, but it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: true,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 				pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
@@ -215,244 +159,66 @@ func TestIsEvictable(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod not evicted becasuse it is part of a daemonSet
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetDaemonSetOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it is part of a daemonSet, but it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                false,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
 				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetDaemonSetOwnerRefList()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod not evicted becasuse it is a mirror pod
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p10", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it is a mirror pod, but it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                false,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p11", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
 				pod.Annotations["descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict"] = "true"
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod not evicted becasuse it has system critical priority
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p12", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
 				pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has system critical priority, but it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                false,
+		}, {
 			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p13", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
+			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
 				pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{
 					"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true",
 				}
 			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod not evicted becasuse it has a priority higher than the configured priority threshold
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p14", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			priorityThreshold:       &lowPriority,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has a priority higher than the configured priority threshold, but it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p15", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			priorityThreshold:       &lowPriority,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has system critical priority, but evictSystemCriticalPods = true
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p16", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has system critical priority, but evictSystemCriticalPods = true and it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p16", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
-				priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has a priority higher than the configured priority threshold, but evictSystemCriticalPods = true
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p17", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
-			priorityThreshold:       &lowPriority,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod is evicted becasuse it has a priority higher than the configured priority threshold, but evictSystemCriticalPods = true and it has scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict annotation
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p17", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{"descheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/evict": "true"}
-				pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
-			priorityThreshold:       &lowPriority,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod with no tolerations running on normal node, all other nodes tainted
-			pod:   test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node2", 1000, 2000, 13, nil), test.BuildTestNode("node3", 1000, 2000, 13, nil)},
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-
-				for _, node := range nodes {
-					node.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
-						{
-							Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-							Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-							Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-						},
-					}
-				}
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod with correct tolerations running on normal node, all other nodes tainted
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-				pod.Spec.Tolerations = []v1.Toleration{
-					{
-						Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-						Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-						Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-					},
-				}
-			}),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node2", 1000, 2000, 13, nil), test.BuildTestNode("node3", 1000, 2000, 13, nil)},
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-
-				for _, node := range nodes {
-					node.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
-						{
-							Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-							Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-							Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-						},
-					}
-				}
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-			result:                  true,
-		}, { // Pod with incorrect node selector
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-				pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-					nodeLabelKey: "fail",
-				}
-			}),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node2", 1000, 2000, 13, nil), test.BuildTestNode("node3", 1000, 2000, 13, nil)},
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-
-				for _, node := range nodes {
-					node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-						nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-					}
-				}
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-			result:                  false,
-		}, { // Pod with correct node selector
-			pod: test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-				pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-					nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-				}
-			}),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node2", 1000, 2000, 13, nil), test.BuildTestNode("node3", 1000, 2000, 13, nil)},
-			runBefore: func(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) {
-				pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-
-				for _, node := range nodes {
-					node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-						nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-					}
-				}
-			},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-			result:                  true,
+			evictLocalStoragePods: false,
+			result:                true,
 		},
 	}

 	for _, test := range testCases {
-		test.runBefore(test.pod, test.nodes)
-		nodes := append(test.nodes, n1)
-
+		test.runBefore(test.pod)
 		podEvictor := &PodEvictor{
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   test.evictLocalStoragePods,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: test.evictSystemCriticalPods,
-			evictFailedBarePods:     test.evictFailedBarePods,
-			nodes:                   nodes,
+			evictLocalStoragePods: test.evictLocalStoragePods,
 		}
-
-		evictable := podEvictor.Evictable()
-		var opts []func(opts *Options)
-		if test.priorityThreshold != nil {
-			opts = append(opts, WithPriorityThreshold(*test.priorityThreshold))
-		}
-		if test.nodeFit {
-			opts = append(opts, WithNodeFit(true))
-		}
-		evictable = podEvictor.Evictable(opts...)
-
-		result := evictable.IsEvictable(test.pod)
+		result := podEvictor.IsEvictable(test.pod)
 		if result != test.result {
 			t.Errorf("IsEvictable should return for pod %s %t, but it returns %t", test.pod.Name, test.result, result)
 		}
@@ -467,6 +233,10 @@ func TestPodTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil)
 	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil)
 	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil)
+	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil)
+	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1.Name, nil)
+
+	p6.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()

 	p1.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetReplicaSetOwnerRefList()
 	// The following 4 pods won't get evicted.
@@ -487,18 +257,27 @@ func TestPodTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// A Mirror Pod.
 	p4.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
-	if !utils.IsMirrorPod(p4) {
+	// A Critical Pod.
+	p5.Namespace = "kube-system"
+	priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+	p5.Spec.Priority = &priority
+	systemCriticalPriority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+	p5.Spec.Priority = &systemCriticalPriority
+	if !IsMirrorPod(p4) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected p4 to be a mirror pod.")
 	}
-	if !utils.IsPodWithLocalStorage(p3) {
+	if !IsCriticalPod(p5) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected p5 to be a critical pod.")
+	}
+	if !IsPodWithLocalStorage(p3) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected p3 to be a pod with local storage.")
 	}
 	ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(p2)
-	if !utils.IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) {
+	if !IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected p2 to be a daemonset pod.")
 	}
 	ownerRefList = podutil.OwnerRef(p1)
-	if utils.IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) || utils.IsPodWithLocalStorage(p1) || utils.IsCriticalPriorityPod(p1) || utils.IsMirrorPod(p1) || utils.IsStaticPod(p1) {
+	if IsDaemonsetPod(ownerRefList) || IsPodWithLocalStorage(p1) || IsCriticalPod(p1) || IsMirrorPod(p1) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected p1 to be a normal pod.")
 	}

--- a/pkg/descheduler/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/node/node.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ package node

 import (
 	"context"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ import (

 // ReadyNodes returns ready nodes irrespective of whether they are
 // schedulable or not.
-func ReadyNodes(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, nodeInformer coreinformers.NodeInformer, nodeSelector string) ([]*v1.Node, error) {
+func ReadyNodes(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, nodeInformer coreinformers.NodeInformer, nodeSelector string, stopChannel <-chan struct{}) ([]*v1.Node, error) {
 	ns, err := labels.Parse(nodeSelector)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []*v1.Node{}, err
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func ReadyNodes(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, nodeInformer co
 	}

 	if len(nodes) == 0 {
-		klog.V(2).InfoS("Node lister returned empty list, now fetch directly")
+		klog.V(2).Infof("node lister returned empty list, now fetch directly")

 		nItems, err := client.CoreV1().Nodes().List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: nodeSelector})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -78,56 +77,25 @@ func IsReady(node *v1.Node) bool {
 		// - NodeOutOfDisk condition status is ConditionFalse,
 		// - NodeNetworkUnavailable condition status is ConditionFalse.
 		if cond.Type == v1.NodeReady && cond.Status != v1.ConditionTrue {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("Ignoring node", "node", klog.KObj(node), "condition", cond.Type, "status", cond.Status)
+			klog.V(1).Infof("Ignoring node %v with %v condition status %v", node.Name, cond.Type, cond.Status)
 			return false
 		} /*else if cond.Type == v1.NodeOutOfDisk && cond.Status != v1.ConditionFalse {
-			klog.V(4).InfoS("Ignoring node with condition status", "node", klog.KObj(node.Name), "condition", cond.Type, "status", cond.Status)
+			klog.V(4).Infof("Ignoring node %v with %v condition status %v", node.Name, cond.Type, cond.Status)
 			return false
 		} else if cond.Type == v1.NodeNetworkUnavailable && cond.Status != v1.ConditionFalse {
-			klog.V(4).InfoS("Ignoring node with condition status", "node", klog.KObj(node.Name), "condition", cond.Type, "status", cond.Status)
+			klog.V(4).Infof("Ignoring node %v with %v condition status %v", node.Name, cond.Type, cond.Status)
 			return false
 		}*/
 	}
 	// Ignore nodes that are marked unschedulable
 	/*if node.Spec.Unschedulable {
-		klog.V(4).InfoS("Ignoring node since it is unschedulable", "node", klog.KObj(node.Name))
+		klog.V(4).Infof("Ignoring node %v since it is unschedulable", node.Name)
 		return false
 	}*/
 	return true
 }

-// PodFitsAnyOtherNode checks if the given pod fits any of the given nodes, besides the node
-// the pod is already running on. The node fit is based on multiple criteria, like, pod node selector
-// matching the node label (including affinity), the taints on the node, and the node being schedulable or not.
-func PodFitsAnyOtherNode(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) bool {
-
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		// Skip node pod is already on
-		if node.Name == pod.Spec.NodeName {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Check node selector and required affinity
-		ok, err := utils.PodMatchNodeSelector(pod, node)
-		if err != nil || !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Check taints (we only care about NoSchedule and NoExecute taints)
-		ok = utils.TolerationsTolerateTaintsWithFilter(pod.Spec.Tolerations, node.Spec.Taints, func(taint *v1.Taint) bool {
-			return taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule || taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoExecute
-		})
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Check if node is schedulable
-		if !IsNodeUnschedulable(node) {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Pod can possibly be scheduled on a different node", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node))
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// IsNodeUnschedulable checks if the node is unschedulable. This is a helper function to check only in case of
+// IsNodeUnschedulable checks if the node is unschedulable. This is helper function to check only in case of
 // underutilized node so that they won't be accounted for.
 func IsNodeUnschedulable(node *v1.Node) bool {
 	return node.Spec.Unschedulable
@@ -144,7 +112,7 @@ func PodFitsAnyNode(pod *v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) bool {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !IsNodeUnschedulable(node) {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Pod can possibly be scheduled on a different node", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node))
+			klog.V(2).Infof("Pod %v can possibly be scheduled on %v", pod.Name, node.Name)
 			return true
 		}
 	}
@@ -157,15 +125,15 @@ func PodFitsCurrentNode(pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) bool {
 	ok, err := utils.PodMatchNodeSelector(pod, node)

 	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to match node selector")
+		klog.Error(err)
 		return false
 	}

 	if !ok {
-		klog.V(2).InfoS("Pod does not fit on node", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node))
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Pod %v does not fit on node %v", pod.Name, node.Name)
 		return false
 	}

-	klog.V(2).InfoS("Pod fits on node", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "node", klog.KObj(node))
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Pod %v fits on node %v", pod.Name, node.Name)
 	return true
 }
--- a/pkg/descheduler/node/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/node/node_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ func TestReadyNodesWithNodeSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
 	nodeInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes()

-	stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
+	stopChannel := make(chan struct{}, 0)
 	sharedInformerFactory.Start(stopChannel)
 	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(stopChannel)
 	defer close(stopChannel)

-	nodes, _ := ReadyNodes(ctx, fakeClient, nodeInformer, nodeSelector)
+	nodes, _ := ReadyNodes(ctx, fakeClient, nodeInformer, nodeSelector, nil)

 	if nodes[0].Name != "node1" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected node1, got %s", nodes[0].Name)
@@ -200,15 +200,10 @@ func TestPodFitsCurrentNode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPodFitsAnyNode(t *testing.T) {

 	nodeLabelKey := "kubernetes.io/desiredNode"
 	nodeLabelValue := "yes"
-	nodeTaintKey := "hardware"
-	nodeTaintValue := "gpu"
-
-	// Staging node has no scheduling restrictions, but the pod always starts here and PodFitsAnyOtherNode() doesn't take into account the node the pod is running on.
-	nodeNames := []string{"node1", "node2", "stagingNode"}

 	tests := []struct {
 		description string
@@ -217,12 +212,33 @@ func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
 		success     bool
 	}{
 		{
-			description: "Pod fits another node matching node affinity",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
+			description: "Pod expected to fit one of the nodes",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
+							RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
+								NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+									{
+										MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+											{
+												Key:      nodeLabelKey,
+												Operator: "In",
+												Values: []string{
+													nodeLabelValue,
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			nodes: []*v1.Node{
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
 						},
@@ -230,27 +246,42 @@ func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: "no",
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
 			},
 			success: true,
 		},
 		{
-			description: "Pod expected to fit one of the nodes",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
+			description: "Pod expected to fit one of the nodes (error node first)",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
+							RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
+								NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+									{
+										MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+											{
+												Key:      nodeLabelKey,
+												Operator: "In",
+												Values: []string{
+													nodeLabelValue,
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			nodes: []*v1.Node{
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: "no",
 						},
@@ -258,27 +289,42 @@ func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
 			},
 			success: true,
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Pod expected to fit none of the nodes",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
+							RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
+								NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+									{
+										MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+											{
+												Key:      nodeLabelKey,
+												Operator: "In",
+												Values: []string{
+													nodeLabelValue,
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			nodes: []*v1.Node{
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: "unfit1",
 						},
@@ -286,27 +332,42 @@ func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: "unfit2",
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
 			},
 			success: false,
 		},
 		{
 			description: "Nodes are unschedulable but labels match, should fail",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
+							RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
+								NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
+									{
+										MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
+											{
+												Key:      nodeLabelKey,
+												Operator: "In",
+												Values: []string{
+													nodeLabelValue,
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			nodes: []*v1.Node{
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
 						},
@@ -317,136 +378,20 @@ func TestPodFitsAnyOtherNode(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							nodeLabelKey: "no",
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			success: false,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Two nodes matches node selector, one of them is tained, should pass",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
-						Labels: map[string]string{
-							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-						},
-					},
-					Spec: v1.NodeSpec{
-						Taints: []v1.Taint{
-							{
-								Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-								Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-								Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
-						Labels: map[string]string{
-							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			success: true,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Both nodes are tained, should fail",
-			pod:         createPodManifest(nodeNames[2], nodeLabelKey, nodeLabelValue),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[0],
-						Labels: map[string]string{
-							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-						},
-					},
-					Spec: v1.NodeSpec{
-						Taints: []v1.Taint{
-							{
-								Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-								Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-								Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[1],
-						Labels: map[string]string{
-							nodeLabelKey: nodeLabelValue,
-						},
-					},
-					Spec: v1.NodeSpec{
-						Taints: []v1.Taint{
-							{
-								Key:    nodeTaintKey,
-								Value:  nodeTaintValue,
-								Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoExecute,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: nodeNames[2],
-					},
-				},
 			},
 			success: false,
 		},
 	}

 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		actual := PodFitsAnyOtherNode(tc.pod, tc.nodes)
+		actual := PodFitsAnyNode(tc.pod, tc.nodes)
 		if actual != tc.success {
 			t.Errorf("Test %#v failed", tc.description)
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func createPodManifest(nodeName string, nodeSelectorKey string, nodeSelectorValue string) *v1.Pod {
-	return (&v1.Pod{
-		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-			NodeName: nodeName,
-			Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
-				NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
-					RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
-						NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
-							{
-								MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
-									{
-										Key:      nodeSelectorKey,
-										Operator: "In",
-										Values: []string{
-											nodeSelectorValue,
-										},
-									},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	})
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods.go
@@ -17,174 +17,39 @@ limitations under the License.
 package pod

 import (
-	"sort"
-
+	"context"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
-
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
+	"sort"
 )

-const (
-	nodeNameKeyIndex = "spec.nodeName"
-)
-
-// FilterFunc is a filter for a pod.
-type FilterFunc func(*v1.Pod) bool
-
-// GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc is a function which accept a node name and a pod filter function
-// as input and returns the pods that assigned to the node.
-type GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc func(string, FilterFunc) ([]*v1.Pod, error)
-
-// WrapFilterFuncs wraps a set of FilterFunc in one.
-func WrapFilterFuncs(filters ...FilterFunc) FilterFunc {
-	return func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-		for _, filter := range filters {
-			if filter != nil && !filter(pod) {
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-		return true
-	}
-}
-
-type Options struct {
-	filter             FilterFunc
-	includedNamespaces sets.String
-	excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	labelSelector      *metav1.LabelSelector
-}
-
-// NewOptions returns an empty Options.
-func NewOptions() *Options {
-	return &Options{}
-}
-
-// WithFilter sets a pod filter.
+// ListPodsOnANode lists all of the pods on a node
+// It also accepts an optional "filter" function which can be used to further limit the pods that are returned.
+// (Usually this is podEvictor.IsEvictable, in order to only list the evictable pods on a node, but can
+// be used by strategies to extend IsEvictable if there are further restrictions, such as with NodeAffinity).
 // The filter function should return true if the pod should be returned from ListPodsOnANode
-func (o *Options) WithFilter(filter FilterFunc) *Options {
-	o.filter = filter
-	return o
-}
-
-// WithNamespaces sets included namespaces
-func (o *Options) WithNamespaces(namespaces sets.String) *Options {
-	o.includedNamespaces = namespaces
-	return o
-}
-
-// WithoutNamespaces sets excluded namespaces
-func (o *Options) WithoutNamespaces(namespaces sets.String) *Options {
-	o.excludedNamespaces = namespaces
-	return o
-}
-
-// WithLabelSelector sets a pod label selector
-func (o *Options) WithLabelSelector(labelSelector *metav1.LabelSelector) *Options {
-	o.labelSelector = labelSelector
-	return o
-}
-
-// BuildFilterFunc builds a final FilterFunc based on Options.
-func (o *Options) BuildFilterFunc() (FilterFunc, error) {
-	var s labels.Selector
-	var err error
-	if o.labelSelector != nil {
-		s, err = metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(o.labelSelector)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	return func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-		if o.filter != nil && !o.filter(pod) {
-			return false
-		}
-		if len(o.includedNamespaces) > 0 && !o.includedNamespaces.Has(pod.Namespace) {
-			return false
-		}
-		if len(o.excludedNamespaces) > 0 && o.excludedNamespaces.Has(pod.Namespace) {
-			return false
-		}
-		if s != nil && !s.Matches(labels.Set(pod.GetLabels())) {
-			return false
-		}
-		return true
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc establishes an indexer to map the pods and their assigned nodes.
-// It returns a function to help us get all the pods that assigned to a node based on the indexer.
-func BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer) (GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc, error) {
-	// Establish an indexer to map the pods and their assigned nodes.
-	err := podInformer.Informer().AddIndexers(cache.Indexers{
-		nodeNameKeyIndex: func(obj interface{}) ([]string, error) {
-			pod, ok := obj.(*v1.Pod)
-			if !ok {
-				return []string{}, nil
-			}
-			if len(pod.Spec.NodeName) == 0 {
-				return []string{}, nil
-			}
-			return []string{pod.Spec.NodeName}, nil
-		},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// The indexer helps us get all the pods that assigned to a node.
-	podIndexer := podInformer.Informer().GetIndexer()
-	getPodsAssignedToNode := func(nodeName string, filter FilterFunc) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
-		objs, err := podIndexer.ByIndex(nodeNameKeyIndex, nodeName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		pods := make([]*v1.Pod, 0, len(objs))
-		for _, obj := range objs {
-			pod, ok := obj.(*v1.Pod)
-			if !ok {
-				continue
-			}
-			if filter(pod) {
-				pods = append(pods, pod)
-			}
-		}
-		return pods, nil
-	}
-	return getPodsAssignedToNode, nil
-}
-
-// ListPodsOnANode lists all pods on a node.
-// It also accepts a "filter" function which can be used to further limit the pods that are returned.
-// (Usually this is podEvictor.Evictable().IsEvictable, in order to only list the evictable pods on a node, but can
-// be used by strategies to extend it if there are further restrictions, such as with NodeAffinity).
-func ListPodsOnANode(
-	nodeName string,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-	filter FilterFunc,
-) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
-	// Succeeded and failed pods are not considered because they don't occupy any resource.
-	f := func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-		return pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodSucceeded && pod.Status.Phase != v1.PodFailed
-	}
-	return ListAllPodsOnANode(nodeName, getPodsAssignedToNode, WrapFilterFuncs(f, filter))
-}
-
-// ListAllPodsOnANode lists all the pods on a node no matter what the phase of the pod is.
-func ListAllPodsOnANode(
-	nodeName string,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-	filter FilterFunc,
-) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
-	pods, err := getPodsAssignedToNode(nodeName, filter)
+func ListPodsOnANode(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, node *v1.Node, filter func(pod *v1.Pod) bool) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
+	fieldSelector, err := fields.ParseSelector("spec.nodeName=" + node.Name + ",status.phase!=" + string(v1.PodSucceeded) + ",status.phase!=" + string(v1.PodFailed))
 	if err != nil {
 		return []*v1.Pod{}, err
 	}

+	podList, err := client.CoreV1().Pods(v1.NamespaceAll).List(ctx,
+		metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: fieldSelector.String()})
+	if err != nil {
+		return []*v1.Pod{}, err
+	}
+
+	pods := make([]*v1.Pod, 0)
+	for i := range podList.Items {
+		if filter != nil && !filter(&podList.Items[i]) {
+			continue
+		}
+		pods = append(pods, &podList.Items[i])
+	}
 	return pods, nil
 }

--- a/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/pod/pods_test.go
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ package pod

 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

@@ -38,80 +38,39 @@ var (
 func TestListPodsOnANode(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name             string
-		pods             []*v1.Pod
+		pods             map[string][]v1.Pod
 		node             *v1.Node
-		labelSelector    *metav1.LabelSelector
 		expectedPodCount int
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "test listing pods on a node",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod1", 100, 0, "n1", nil),
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod2", 100, 0, "n1", nil),
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod3", 100, 0, "n2", nil),
+			pods: map[string][]v1.Pod{
+				"n1": {
+					*test.BuildTestPod("pod1", 100, 0, "n1", nil),
+					*test.BuildTestPod("pod2", 100, 0, "n1", nil),
+				},
+				"n2": {*test.BuildTestPod("pod3", 100, 0, "n2", nil)},
 			},
 			node:             test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			labelSelector:    nil,
-			expectedPodCount: 2,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "test listing pods with label selector",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod1", 100, 0, "n1", nil),
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod2", 100, 0, "n1", func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					pod.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod3", 100, 0, "n1", func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					pod.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar1"}
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("pod4", 100, 0, "n2", nil),
-			},
-			node: test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			labelSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
-				MatchExpressions: []metav1.LabelSelectorRequirement{
-					{
-						Key:      "foo",
-						Operator: metav1.LabelSelectorOpIn,
-						Values:   []string{"bar", "bar1"},
-					},
-				},
-			},
 			expectedPodCount: 2,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			objs = append(objs, testCase.node)
-			for _, pod := range testCase.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			filter, err := NewOptions().WithLabelSelector(testCase.labelSelector).BuildFilterFunc()
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build filter function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			pods, _ := ListPodsOnANode(testCase.node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, filter)
-			if len(pods) != testCase.expectedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Expected %v pods on node %v, got %+v", testCase.expectedPodCount, testCase.node.Name, len(pods))
+		fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			list := action.(core.ListAction)
+			fieldString := list.GetListRestrictions().Fields.String()
+			if strings.Contains(fieldString, "n1") {
+				return true, &v1.PodList{Items: testCase.pods["n1"]}, nil
+			} else if strings.Contains(fieldString, "n2") {
+				return true, &v1.PodList{Items: testCase.pods["n2"]}, nil
 			}
+			return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to list: %v", list)
 		})
+		pods, _ := ListPodsOnANode(context.TODO(), fakeClient, testCase.node, nil)
+		if len(pods) != testCase.expectedPodCount {
+			t.Errorf("expected %v pods on node %v, got %+v", testCase.expectedPodCount, testCase.node.Name, len(pods))
+		}
 	}
 }

--- a/pkg/descheduler/policyconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/policyconfig.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (

 func LoadPolicyConfig(policyConfigFile string) (*api.DeschedulerPolicy, error) {
 	if policyConfigFile == "" {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Policy config file not specified")
+		klog.V(1).Infof("policy config file not specified")
 		return nil, nil
 	}

--- a/pkg/descheduler/scheme/scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/scheme/scheme.go
@@ -19,22 +19,9 @@ package scheme
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
-	componentconfigv1alpha1 "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
 )

 var (
 	Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
 	Codecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(Scheme)
 )
-
-func init() {
-	utilruntime.Must(api.AddToScheme(Scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(v1alpha1.AddToScheme(Scheme))
-
-	utilruntime.Must(componentconfig.AddToScheme(Scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(componentconfigv1alpha1.AddToScheme(Scheme))
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package strategies

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -33,29 +31,8 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 )

-func validateRemoveDuplicatePodsParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-type podOwner struct {
-	namespace, kind, name string
-	imagesHash            string
-}
-
 // RemoveDuplicatePods removes the duplicate pods on node. This strategy evicts all duplicate pods on node.
 // A pod is said to be a duplicate of other if both of them are from same creator, kind and are within the same
 // namespace, and have at least one container with the same image.
@@ -66,55 +43,16 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 	strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy,
 	nodes []*v1.Node,
 	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
 ) {
-	if err := validateRemoveDuplicatePodsParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemoveDuplicatePods parameters")
-		return
-	}
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	if strategy.Params != nil && strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-		includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-		excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	duplicatePods := make(map[podOwner]map[string][]*v1.Pod)
-	ownerKeyOccurence := make(map[podOwner]int32)
-	nodeCount := 0
-	nodeMap := make(map[string]*v1.Node)
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(evictable.IsEvictable).
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v", node.Name)
+		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, podEvictor.IsEvictable)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.ErrorS(err, "Error listing evictable pods on node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
+			klog.Errorf("error listing evictable pods on node %s: %+v", node.Name, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		nodeMap[node.Name] = node
-		nodeCount++
+
+		duplicatePods := make([]*v1.Pod, 0, len(pods))
 		// Each pod has a list of owners and a list of containers, and each container has 1 image spec.
 		// For each pod, we go through all the OwnerRef/Image mappings and represent them as a "key" string.
 		// All of those mappings together makes a list of "key" strings that essentially represent that pod's uniqueness.
@@ -131,29 +69,16 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 		duplicateKeysMap := map[string][][]string{}
 		for _, pod := range pods {
 			ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-			if hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefList, strategy) || len(ownerRefList) == 0 {
+			if hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefList, strategy) {
 				continue
 			}
 			podContainerKeys := make([]string, 0, len(ownerRefList)*len(pod.Spec.Containers))
-			imageList := []string{}
-			for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-				imageList = append(imageList, container.Image)
-			}
-			sort.Strings(imageList)
-			imagesHash := strings.Join(imageList, "#")
 			for _, ownerRef := range ownerRefList {
-				ownerKey := podOwner{
-					namespace:  pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
-					kind:       ownerRef.Kind,
-					name:       ownerRef.Name,
-					imagesHash: imagesHash,
-				}
-				ownerKeyOccurence[ownerKey] = ownerKeyOccurence[ownerKey] + 1
-				for _, image := range imageList {
+				for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 					// Namespace/Kind/Name should be unique for the cluster.
 					// We also consider the image, as 2 pods could have the same owner but serve different purposes
 					// So any non-unique Namespace/Kind/Name/Image pattern is a duplicate pod.
-					s := strings.Join([]string{pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace, ownerRef.Kind, ownerRef.Name, image}, "/")
+					s := strings.Join([]string{pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace, ownerRef.Kind, ownerRef.Name, container.Image}, "/")
 					podContainerKeys = append(podContainerKeys, s)
 				}
 			}
@@ -165,19 +90,7 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 				for _, keys := range existing {
 					if reflect.DeepEqual(keys, podContainerKeys) {
 						matched = true
-						klog.V(3).InfoS("Duplicate found", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-						for _, ownerRef := range ownerRefList {
-							ownerKey := podOwner{
-								namespace:  pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
-								kind:       ownerRef.Kind,
-								name:       ownerRef.Name,
-								imagesHash: imagesHash,
-							}
-							if _, ok := duplicatePods[ownerKey]; !ok {
-								duplicatePods[ownerKey] = make(map[string][]*v1.Pod)
-							}
-							duplicatePods[ownerKey][node.Name] = append(duplicatePods[ownerKey][node.Name], pod)
-						}
+						duplicatePods = append(duplicatePods, pod)
 						break
 					}
 				}
@@ -190,103 +103,16 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 				duplicateKeysMap[podContainerKeys[0]] = [][]string{podContainerKeys}
 			}
 		}
-	}

-	// 1. how many pods can be evicted to respect uniform placement of pods among viable nodes?
-	for ownerKey, podNodes := range duplicatePods {
-		targetNodes := getTargetNodes(podNodes, nodes)
-
-		klog.V(2).InfoS("Adjusting feasible nodes", "owner", ownerKey, "from", nodeCount, "to", len(targetNodes))
-		if len(targetNodes) < 2 {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("Less than two feasible nodes for duplicates to land, skipping eviction", "owner", ownerKey)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		upperAvg := int(math.Ceil(float64(ownerKeyOccurence[ownerKey]) / float64(len(targetNodes))))
-		for nodeName, pods := range podNodes {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Average occurrence per node", "node", klog.KObj(nodeMap[nodeName]), "ownerKey", ownerKey, "avg", upperAvg)
-			// list of duplicated pods does not contain the original referential pod
-			if len(pods)+1 > upperAvg {
-				// It's assumed all duplicated pods are in the same priority class
-				// TODO(jchaloup): check if the pod has a different node to lend to
-				for _, pod := range pods[upperAvg-1:] {
-					if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, nodeMap[nodeName], "RemoveDuplicatePods"); err != nil {
-						klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-						break
-					}
-				}
+		for _, pod := range duplicatePods {
+			if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "RemoveDuplicatePods"); err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }

-func getNodeAffinityNodeSelector(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.NodeSelector {
-	if pod.Spec.Affinity == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
-}
-
-func getTargetNodes(podNodes map[string][]*v1.Pod, nodes []*v1.Node) []*v1.Node {
-	// In order to reduce the number of pods processed, identify pods which have
-	// equal (tolerations, nodeselectors, node affinity) terms and considered them
-	// as identical. Identical pods wrt. (tolerations, nodeselectors, node affinity) terms
-	// will produce the same result when checking if a pod is feasible for a node.
-	// Thus, improving efficiency of processing pods marked for eviction.
-
-	// Collect all distinct pods which differ in at least taints, node affinity or node selector terms
-	distinctPods := map[*v1.Pod]struct{}{}
-	for _, pods := range podNodes {
-		for _, pod := range pods {
-			duplicated := false
-			for dp := range distinctPods {
-				if utils.TolerationsEqual(pod.Spec.Tolerations, dp.Spec.Tolerations) &&
-					utils.NodeSelectorsEqual(getNodeAffinityNodeSelector(pod), getNodeAffinityNodeSelector(dp)) &&
-					reflect.DeepEqual(pod.Spec.NodeSelector, dp.Spec.NodeSelector) {
-					duplicated = true
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-			if duplicated {
-				continue
-			}
-			distinctPods[pod] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// For each distinct pod get a list of nodes where it can land
-	targetNodesMap := map[string]*v1.Node{}
-	for pod := range distinctPods {
-		matchingNodes := map[string]*v1.Node{}
-		for _, node := range nodes {
-			if !utils.TolerationsTolerateTaintsWithFilter(pod.Spec.Tolerations, node.Spec.Taints, func(taint *v1.Taint) bool {
-				return taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule || taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoExecute
-			}) {
-				continue
-			}
-			if match, err := utils.PodMatchNodeSelector(pod, node); err == nil && !match {
-				continue
-			}
-			matchingNodes[node.Name] = node
-		}
-		if len(matchingNodes) > 1 {
-			for nodeName := range matchingNodes {
-				targetNodesMap[nodeName] = matchingNodes[nodeName]
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	targetNodes := []*v1.Node{}
-	for _, node := range targetNodesMap {
-		targetNodes = append(targetNodes, node)
-	}
-
-	return targetNodes
-}
-
 func hasExcludedOwnerRefKind(ownerRefs []metav1.OwnerReference, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy) bool {
 	if strategy.Params == nil || strategy.Params.RemoveDuplicates == nil {
 		return false
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates_test.go
@@ -20,87 +20,46 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

-func buildTestPodWithImage(podName, node, image string) *v1.Pod {
-	pod := test.BuildTestPod(podName, 100, 0, node, test.SetRSOwnerRef)
-	pod.Spec.Containers = append(pod.Spec.Containers, v1.Container{
-		Name:  image,
-		Image: image,
-	})
-	return pod
-}
-
 func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	// first setup pods
-	node1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	node2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	node3 := test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
-			{
-				Key:    "hardware",
-				Value:  "gpu",
-				Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-			},
-		}
-	})
-	node4 := test.BuildTestNode("n4", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-			"datacenter": "east",
-		}
-	})
-	node5 := test.BuildTestNode("n5", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.Spec = v1.NodeSpec{
-			Unschedulable: true,
-		}
-	})
-
-	p1 := test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	node := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	p1 := test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p1.Namespace = "dev"
-	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p2.Namespace = "dev"
-	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p3.Namespace = "dev"
-	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p7 := test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p7 := test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p7.Namespace = "kube-system"
-	p8 := test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p8 := test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p8.Namespace = "test"
-	p9 := test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p9 := test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p9.Namespace = "test"
-	p10 := test.BuildTestPod("p10", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p10 := test.BuildTestPod("p10", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p10.Namespace = "test"
-	p11 := test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p11 := test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p11.Namespace = "different-images"
-	p12 := test.BuildTestPod("p12", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p12 := test.BuildTestPod("p12", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p12.Namespace = "different-images"
-	p13 := test.BuildTestPod("p13", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p13 := test.BuildTestPod("p13", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p13.Namespace = "different-images"
-	p14 := test.BuildTestPod("p14", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
+	p14 := test.BuildTestPod("p14", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p14.Namespace = "different-images"
-	p15 := test.BuildTestPod("p15", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p15.Namespace = "node-fit"
-	p16 := test.BuildTestPod("NOT1", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p16.Namespace = "node-fit"
-	p17 := test.BuildTestPod("NOT2", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p17.Namespace = "node-fit"
-	p18 := test.BuildTestPod("TARGET", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p18.Namespace = "node-fit"

 	// ### Evictable Pods ###

@@ -154,588 +113,100 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 		Image: "foo",
 	})

-	// ### Pods Evictable Based On Node Fit ###
-
-	ownerRef3 := test.GetReplicaSetOwnerRefList()
-	p15.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = ownerRef3
-	p16.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = ownerRef3
-	p17.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = ownerRef3
-	p18.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = ownerRef3
-
-	p15.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-		"datacenter": "west",
-	}
-	p16.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-		"datacenter": "west",
-	}
-	p17.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-		"datacenter": "west",
-	}
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		description             string
-		pods                    []*v1.Pod
-		nodes                   []*v1.Node
-		expectedEvictedPodCount uint
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode   int
+		pods                    []v1.Pod
+		expectedEvictedPodCount int
 		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
 	}{
 		{
-			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 1 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, but ReplicaSet kind is excluded. 0 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{RemoveDuplicates: &api.RemoveDuplicates{ExcludeOwnerKinds: []string{"ReplicaSet"}}}},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three Pods in the `test` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 1 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p8, p9, p10},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three Pods in the `dev` Namespace, three Pods in the `test` Namespace. Bound to ReplicaSet with same name. 4 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p8, p9, p10},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
+			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 2 should be evicted.",
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
+		{
+			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, but ReplicaSet kind is excluded. 0 should be evicted.",
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3},
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
+			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{RemoveDuplicates: &api.RemoveDuplicates{ExcludeOwnerKinds: []string{"ReplicaSet"}}}},
+		},
+		{
+			description:             "Three Pods in the `test` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 2 should be evicted.",
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p8, *p9, *p10},
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
+			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
+		},
+		{
+			description:             "Three Pods in the `dev` Namespace, three Pods in the `test` Namespace. Bound to ReplicaSet with same name. 4 should be evicted.",
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3, *p8, *p9, *p10},
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 4,
+			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
+		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods are: part of DaemonSet, with local storage, mirror pod annotation, critical pod annotation - none should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p4, p5, p6, p7},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   2,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p4, *p5, *p6, *p7},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Test all Pods: 4 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3, *p4, *p5, *p6, *p7, *p8, *p9, *p10},
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 4,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with the same owner but different images should not be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p11, p12},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p11, *p12},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with multiple containers should not match themselves",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p13},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p13},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with matching ownerrefs and at not all matching image should not trigger an eviction",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p11, p13},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   5,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p11, *p13},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
 			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
 		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available has a taint, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node3},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, all with a nodeSelector. Only node available has an incorrect node label, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p15, p16, p17},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node4},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available is not schedulable, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node5},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{Params: &api.StrategyParameters{NodeFit: true}},
-		},
 	}

 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range testCase.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range testCase.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				"v1",
-				false,
-				nil,
-				nil,
-				testCase.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			RemoveDuplicatePods(ctx, fakeClient, testCase.strategy, testCase.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if podsEvicted != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected evicted pods count %v, got %v", testCase.description, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount, podsEvicted)
-			}
+		fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: testCase.pods}, nil
 		})
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("get", "nodes", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, node, nil
+		})
+		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+			fakeClient,
+			"v1",
+			false,
+			testCase.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+			[]*v1.Node{node},
+			false,
+		)
+
+		RemoveDuplicatePods(ctx, fakeClient, testCase.strategy, []*v1.Node{node}, podEvictor)
+		podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+		if podsEvicted != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+			t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected evicted pods count %v, got %v", testCase.description, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount, podsEvicted)
+		}
 	}

 }
-
-func TestRemoveDuplicatesUniformly(t *testing.T) {
-	setRSOwnerRef2 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
-			{Kind: "ReplicaSet", APIVersion: "v1", Name: "replicaset-2"},
-		}
-	}
-	setTwoRSOwnerRef := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = []metav1.OwnerReference{
-			{Kind: "ReplicaSet", APIVersion: "v1", Name: "replicaset-1"},
-			{Kind: "ReplicaSet", APIVersion: "v1", Name: "replicaset-2"},
-		}
-	}
-
-	setTolerationsK1 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		pod.Spec.Tolerations = []v1.Toleration{
-			{
-				Key:      "k1",
-				Value:    "v1",
-				Operator: v1.TolerationOpEqual,
-				Effect:   v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-			},
-		}
-	}
-	setTolerationsK2 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		pod.Spec.Tolerations = []v1.Toleration{
-			{
-				Key:      "k2",
-				Value:    "v2",
-				Operator: v1.TolerationOpEqual,
-				Effect:   v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
-	setMasterNoScheduleTaint := func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
-			{
-				Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-				Key:    "node-role.kubernetes.io/master",
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
-	setMasterNoScheduleLabel := func(node *v1.Node) {
-		if node.ObjectMeta.Labels == nil {
-			node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{}
-		}
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels["node-role.kubernetes.io/master"] = ""
-	}
-
-	setWorkerLabel := func(node *v1.Node) {
-		if node.ObjectMeta.Labels == nil {
-			node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{}
-		}
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels["node-role.kubernetes.io/worker"] = "k1"
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels["node-role.kubernetes.io/worker"] = "k2"
-	}
-
-	setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		pod.Spec.Affinity = &v1.Affinity{
-			NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
-				RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
-					NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
-						{
-							MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
-								{
-									Key:      "node-role.kubernetes.io/master",
-									Operator: v1.NodeSelectorOpDoesNotExist,
-								},
-								{
-									Key:      "k1",
-									Operator: v1.NodeSelectorOpDoesNotExist,
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
-	setNotMasterNodeSelectorK2 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		pod.Spec.Affinity = &v1.Affinity{
-			NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
-				RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: &v1.NodeSelector{
-					NodeSelectorTerms: []v1.NodeSelectorTerm{
-						{
-							MatchExpressions: []v1.NodeSelectorRequirement{
-								{
-									Key:      "node-role.kubernetes.io/master",
-									Operator: v1.NodeSelectorOpDoesNotExist,
-								},
-								{
-									Key:      "k2",
-									Operator: v1.NodeSelectorOpDoesNotExist,
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
-	setWorkerLabelSelectorK1 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		if pod.Spec.NodeSelector == nil {
-			pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{}
-		}
-		pod.Spec.NodeSelector["node-role.kubernetes.io/worker"] = "k1"
-	}
-
-	setWorkerLabelSelectorK2 := func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-		if pod.Spec.NodeSelector == nil {
-			pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{}
-		}
-		pod.Spec.NodeSelector["node-role.kubernetes.io/worker"] = "k2"
-	}
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		description             string
-		pods                    []*v1.Pod
-		nodes                   []*v1.Node
-		expectedEvictedPodCount uint
-		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
-	}{
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1) -> (3,3,3) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "n3", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly with one node left out",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1) -> (4,4,1) -> 1 eviction
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "n3", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly with two replica sets",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1) -> (3,3,3) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, "n1", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p12", 100, 0, "n1", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p13", 100, 0, "n1", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p14", 100, 0, "n1", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p15", 100, 0, "n1", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p16", 100, 0, "n2", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p17", 100, 0, "n2", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p18", 100, 0, "n2", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p19", 100, 0, "n3", setTwoRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 4,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly with two owner references",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1) -> (3,3,3) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p12", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p13", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p14", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p15", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p16", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p17", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p18", 100, 0, "n2", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p19", 100, 0, "n3", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// (1,3,5) -> (3,3,3) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p21", 100, 0, "n1", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p22", 100, 0, "n2", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p23", 100, 0, "n2", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p24", 100, 0, "n2", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p25", 100, 0, "n3", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p26", 100, 0, "n3", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p27", 100, 0, "n3", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p28", 100, 0, "n3", setRSOwnerRef2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p29", 100, 0, "n3", setRSOwnerRef2),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 4,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods with number of pods less than nodes",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (2,0,0) -> (1,1,0) -> 1 eviction
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods with number of pods less than nodes, but ignore different pods with the same ownerref",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (1, 0, 0) for "bar","baz" images -> no eviction, even with a matching ownerKey
-				// (2, 0, 0) for "foo" image -> (1,1,0) - 1 eviction
-				// In this case the only "real" duplicates are p1 and p4, so one of those should be evicted
-				buildTestPodWithImage("p1", "n1", "foo"),
-				buildTestPodWithImage("p2", "n1", "bar"),
-				buildTestPodWithImage("p3", "n1", "baz"),
-				buildTestPodWithImage("p4", "n1", "foo"),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods with a single pod with three nodes",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (2,0,0) -> (1,1,0) -> 1 eviction
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "n1", test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting taints",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1,0,0,0) -> (3,3,3,0,0,0) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "worker1", setTolerationsK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "worker1", setTolerationsK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "worker1", setTolerationsK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "worker1", setTolerationsK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "worker1", setTolerationsK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "worker2", setTolerationsK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "worker2", setTolerationsK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "worker2", setTolerationsK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "worker3", setTolerationsK1),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master1", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleTaint),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleTaint),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleTaint),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution node affinity",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1,0,0,0) -> (3,3,3,0,0,0) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "worker1", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "worker1", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "worker1", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "worker1", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "worker1", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "worker2", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "worker2", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "worker2", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "worker3", setNotMasterNodeSelectorK1),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master1", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleLabel),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleLabel),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, setMasterNoScheduleLabel),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting node selector",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1,0,0,0) -> (3,3,3,0,0,0) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "worker3", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker1", 2000, 3000, 10, setWorkerLabel),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker2", 2000, 3000, 10, setWorkerLabel),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker3", 2000, 3000, 10, setWorkerLabel),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "Evict pods uniformly respecting node selector with zero target nodes",
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// (5,3,1,0,0,0) -> (3,3,3,0,0,0) -> 2 evictions
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, "worker1", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, "worker2", setWorkerLabelSelectorK2),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, "worker3", setWorkerLabelSelectorK1),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("worker3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("master3", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			strategy: api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range testCase.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range testCase.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-				false,
-				nil,
-				nil,
-				testCase.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			RemoveDuplicatePods(ctx, fakeClient, testCase.strategy, testCase.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if podsEvicted != testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test error for description: %s. Expected evicted pods count %v, got %v", testCase.description, testCase.expectedEvictedPodCount, podsEvicted)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/failedpods.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/failedpods.go
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-package strategies
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/strategies/validation"
-)
-
-// validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams contains validated strategy parameters
-type validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams struct {
-	validation.ValidatedStrategyParams
-	includingInitContainers bool
-	reasons                 sets.String
-	excludeOwnerKinds       sets.String
-	minPodLifetimeSeconds   *uint
-}
-
-// RemoveFailedPods removes Pods that are in failed status phase.
-func RemoveFailedPods(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	client clientset.Interface,
-	strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy,
-	nodes []*v1.Node,
-	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-) {
-	strategyParams, err := validateAndParseRemoveFailedPodsParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemoveFailedPods parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(
-		evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(strategyParams.ThresholdPriority),
-		evictions.WithNodeFit(strategyParams.NodeFit),
-		evictions.WithLabelSelector(strategyParams.LabelSelector),
-	)
-
-	var labelSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		labelSelector = strategy.Params.LabelSelector
-	}
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(evictable.IsEvictable).
-		WithNamespaces(strategyParams.IncludedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(strategyParams.ExcludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(labelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-	// Only list failed pods
-	phaseFilter := func(pod *v1.Pod) bool { return pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed }
-	podFilter = podutil.WrapFilterFuncs(phaseFilter, podFilter)
-
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListAllPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.ErrorS(err, "Error listing a nodes failed pods", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for i, pod := range pods {
-			if err = validateFailedPodShouldEvict(pod, *strategyParams); err != nil {
-				klog.V(4).InfoS(fmt.Sprintf("ignoring pod for eviction due to: %s", err.Error()), "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if _, err = podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "FailedPod"); err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func validateAndParseRemoveFailedPodsParams(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	client clientset.Interface,
-	params *api.StrategyParameters,
-) (*validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams, error) {
-	if params == nil {
-		return &validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams{
-			ValidatedStrategyParams: validation.DefaultValidatedStrategyParams(),
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	strategyParams, err := validation.ValidateAndParseStrategyParams(ctx, client, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var reasons, excludeOwnerKinds sets.String
-	var includingInitContainers bool
-	var minPodLifetimeSeconds *uint
-	if params.FailedPods != nil {
-		reasons = sets.NewString(params.FailedPods.Reasons...)
-		includingInitContainers = params.FailedPods.IncludingInitContainers
-		excludeOwnerKinds = sets.NewString(params.FailedPods.ExcludeOwnerKinds...)
-		minPodLifetimeSeconds = params.FailedPods.MinPodLifetimeSeconds
-	}
-
-	return &validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams{
-		ValidatedStrategyParams: *strategyParams,
-		includingInitContainers: includingInitContainers,
-		reasons:                 reasons,
-		excludeOwnerKinds:       excludeOwnerKinds,
-		minPodLifetimeSeconds:   minPodLifetimeSeconds,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-// validateFailedPodShouldEvict looks at strategy params settings to see if the Pod
-// should be evicted given the params in the PodFailed policy.
-func validateFailedPodShouldEvict(pod *v1.Pod, strategyParams validatedFailedPodsStrategyParams) error {
-	var errs []error
-
-	if strategyParams.minPodLifetimeSeconds != nil {
-		podAgeSeconds := uint(metav1.Now().Sub(pod.GetCreationTimestamp().Local()).Seconds())
-		if podAgeSeconds < *strategyParams.minPodLifetimeSeconds {
-			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("pod does not exceed the min age seconds of %d", *strategyParams.minPodLifetimeSeconds))
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(strategyParams.excludeOwnerKinds) > 0 {
-		ownerRefList := podutil.OwnerRef(pod)
-		for _, owner := range ownerRefList {
-			if strategyParams.excludeOwnerKinds.Has(owner.Kind) {
-				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("pod's owner kind of %s is excluded", owner.Kind))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(strategyParams.reasons) > 0 {
-		reasons := getFailedContainerStatusReasons(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses)
-
-		if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed && pod.Status.Reason != "" {
-			reasons = append(reasons, pod.Status.Reason)
-		}
-
-		if strategyParams.includingInitContainers {
-			reasons = append(reasons, getFailedContainerStatusReasons(pod.Status.InitContainerStatuses)...)
-		}
-
-		if !strategyParams.reasons.HasAny(reasons...) {
-			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("pod does not match any of the reasons"))
-		}
-	}
-
-	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
-}
-
-func getFailedContainerStatusReasons(containerStatuses []v1.ContainerStatus) []string {
-	reasons := make([]string, 0)
-
-	for _, containerStatus := range containerStatuses {
-		if containerStatus.State.Waiting != nil && containerStatus.State.Waiting.Reason != "" {
-			reasons = append(reasons, containerStatus.State.Waiting.Reason)
-		}
-		if containerStatus.State.Terminated != nil && containerStatus.State.Terminated.Reason != "" {
-			reasons = append(reasons, containerStatus.State.Terminated.Reason)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return reasons
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/failedpods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/failedpods_test.go
@@ -1,343 +0,0 @@
-package strategies
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
-)
-
-var (
-	OneHourInSeconds uint = 3600
-)
-
-func TestRemoveFailedPods(t *testing.T) {
-	createStrategy := func(enabled, includingInitContainers bool, reasons, excludeKinds []string, minAgeSeconds *uint, nodeFit bool) api.DeschedulerStrategy {
-		return api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-			Enabled: enabled,
-			Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-				FailedPods: &api.FailedPods{
-					Reasons:                 reasons,
-					IncludingInitContainers: includingInitContainers,
-					ExcludeOwnerKinds:       excludeKinds,
-					MinPodLifetimeSeconds:   minAgeSeconds,
-				},
-				NodeFit: nodeFit,
-			},
-		}
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		description             string
-		nodes                   []*v1.Node
-		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
-		expectedEvictedPodCount uint
-		pods                    []*v1.Pod
-	}{
-		{
-			description:             "default empty strategy, 0 failures, 0 evictions",
-			strategy:                api.DeschedulerStrategy{},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{}, // no pods come back with field selector phase=Failed
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "0 failures, 0 evictions",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, nil, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{}, // no pods come back with field selector phase=Failed
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "1 container terminated with reason NodeAffinity, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, nil, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "1 init container terminated with reason NodeAffinity, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, true, nil, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "1 init container waiting with reason CreateContainerConfigError, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, true, nil, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Waiting: &v1.ContainerStateWaiting{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "2 init container waiting with reason CreateContainerConfigError, 2 nodes, 2 evictions",
-			strategy:    createStrategy(true, true, nil, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode("node2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-				buildTestPod("p2", "node2", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "include reason=CreateContainerConfigError, 1 container terminated with reason CreateContainerConfigError, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, []string{"CreateContainerConfigError"}, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "include reason=CreateContainerConfigError+NodeAffinity, 1 container terminated with reason CreateContainerConfigError, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, []string{"CreateContainerConfigError", "NodeAffinity"}, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "include reason=CreateContainerConfigError, 1 container terminated with reason NodeAffinity, 0 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, []string{"CreateContainerConfigError"}, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "include init container=false, 1 init container waiting with reason CreateContainerConfigError, 0 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, []string{"CreateContainerConfigError"}, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Waiting: &v1.ContainerStateWaiting{Reason: "CreateContainerConfigError"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "lifetime 1 hour, 1 container terminated with reason NodeAffinity, 0 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, nil, nil, &OneHourInSeconds, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description: "nodeFit=true, 1 unschedulable node, 1 container terminated with reason NodeAffinity, 0 eviction",
-			strategy:    createStrategy(true, false, nil, nil, nil, true),
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-				node.Spec.Unschedulable = true
-			})},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", nil, &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "excluded owner kind=ReplicaSet, 1 init container terminated with owner kind=ReplicaSet, 0 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, true, nil, []string{"ReplicaSet"}, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "excluded owner kind=DaemonSet, 1 init container terminated with owner kind=ReplicaSet, 1 eviction",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, true, nil, []string{"DaemonSet"}, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "excluded owner kind=DaemonSet, 1 init container terminated with owner kind=ReplicaSet, 1 pod in termination; nothing should be moved",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, true, nil, []string{"DaemonSet"}, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("", "", &v1.ContainerState{
-					Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "NodeAffinity"},
-				}, nil), &metav1.Time{}),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "1 container terminated with reason ShutDown, 0 evictions",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, nil, nil, nil, true),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("Shutdown", v1.PodFailed, nil, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "include reason=Shutdown, 2 containers terminated with reason ShutDown, 2 evictions",
-			strategy:                createStrategy(true, false, []string{"Shutdown"}, nil, nil, false),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{test.BuildTestNode("node1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				buildTestPod("p1", "node1", newPodStatus("Shutdown", v1.PodFailed, nil, nil), nil),
-				buildTestPod("p2", "node1", newPodStatus("Shutdown", v1.PodFailed, nil, nil), nil),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range tc.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range tc.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-				false,
-				nil,
-				nil,
-				tc.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			RemoveFailedPods(ctx, fakeClient, tc.strategy, tc.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if actualEvictedPodCount != tc.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, expected %v pod evictions, but got %v pod evictions\n", tc.description, tc.expectedEvictedPodCount, actualEvictedPodCount)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestValidRemoveFailedPodsParams(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name   string
-		params *api.StrategyParameters
-	}{
-		{name: "validate nil params", params: nil},
-		{name: "validate empty params", params: &api.StrategyParameters{}},
-		{name: "validate reasons params", params: &api.StrategyParameters{FailedPods: &api.FailedPods{
-			Reasons: []string{"CreateContainerConfigError"},
-		}}},
-		{name: "validate includingInitContainers params", params: &api.StrategyParameters{FailedPods: &api.FailedPods{
-			IncludingInitContainers: true,
-		}}},
-		{name: "validate excludeOwnerKinds params", params: &api.StrategyParameters{FailedPods: &api.FailedPods{
-			ExcludeOwnerKinds: []string{"Job"},
-		}}},
-		{name: "validate excludeOwnerKinds params", params: &api.StrategyParameters{FailedPods: &api.FailedPods{
-			MinPodLifetimeSeconds: &OneHourInSeconds,
-		}}},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-			params, err := validateAndParseRemoveFailedPodsParams(ctx, fakeClient, tc.params)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("strategy params should be valid but got err: %v", err.Error())
-			}
-			if params == nil {
-				t.Errorf("strategy params should return a ValidatedFailedPodsStrategyParams but got nil")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func newPodStatus(reason string, phase v1.PodPhase, initContainerState, containerState *v1.ContainerState) v1.PodStatus {
-	ps := v1.PodStatus{
-		Reason: reason,
-		Phase:  phase,
-	}
-
-	if initContainerState != nil {
-		ps.InitContainerStatuses = []v1.ContainerStatus{{State: *initContainerState}}
-		ps.Phase = v1.PodFailed
-	}
-
-	if containerState != nil {
-		ps.ContainerStatuses = []v1.ContainerStatus{{State: *containerState}}
-		ps.Phase = v1.PodFailed
-	}
-
-	return ps
-}
-
-func buildTestPod(podName, nodeName string, podStatus v1.PodStatus, deletionTimestamp *metav1.Time) *v1.Pod {
-	pod := test.BuildTestPod(podName, 1, 1, nodeName, func(p *v1.Pod) {
-		p.Status = podStatus
-	})
-	pod.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetReplicaSetOwnerRefList()
-	pod.ObjectMeta.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Now())
-	pod.DeletionTimestamp = deletionTimestamp
-	return pod
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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.
+*/
+
+package strategies
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
+	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
+	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+// NodeUsageMap stores a node's info, pods on it and its resource usage
+type NodeUsageMap struct {
+	node    *v1.Node
+	usage   api.ResourceThresholds
+	allPods []*v1.Pod
+}
+
+// NodePodsMap is a set of (node, pods) pairs
+type NodePodsMap map[*v1.Node][]*v1.Pod
+
+const (
+	// MinResourcePercentage is the minimum value of a resource's percentage
+	MinResourcePercentage = 0
+	// MaxResourcePercentage is the maximum value of a resource's percentage
+	MaxResourcePercentage = 100
+)
+
+// LowNodeUtilization evicts pods from overutilized nodes to underutilized nodes. Note that CPU/Memory requests are used
+// to calculate nodes' utilization and not the actual resource usage.
+func LowNodeUtilization(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor) {
+	// todo: move to config validation?
+	// TODO: May be create a struct for the strategy as well, so that we don't have to pass along the all the params?
+	if strategy.Params == nil || strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds == nil {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds not set")
+		return
+	}
+
+	thresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.Thresholds
+	targetThresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.TargetThresholds
+	if err := validateStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds); err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("LowNodeUtilization config is not valid: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	// check if Pods/CPU/Mem are set, if not, set them to 100
+	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourcePods]; !ok {
+		thresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
+		targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
+	}
+	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU]; !ok {
+		thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
+		targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
+	}
+	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory]; !ok {
+		thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
+		targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
+	}
+
+	npm := createNodePodsMap(ctx, client, nodes)
+	lowNodes, targetNodes := classifyNodes(npm, thresholds, targetThresholds)
+
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Criteria for a node under utilization: CPU: %v, Mem: %v, Pods: %v",
+		thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU], thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory], thresholds[v1.ResourcePods])
+
+	if len(lowNodes) == 0 {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("No node is underutilized, nothing to do here, you might tune your thresholds further")
+		return
+	}
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Total number of underutilized nodes: %v", len(lowNodes))
+
+	if len(lowNodes) < strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("number of nodes underutilized (%v) is less than NumberOfNodes (%v), nothing to do here", len(lowNodes), strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(lowNodes) == len(nodes) {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("all nodes are underutilized, nothing to do here")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(targetNodes) == 0 {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("all nodes are under target utilization, nothing to do here")
+		return
+	}
+
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Criteria for a node above target utilization: CPU: %v, Mem: %v, Pods: %v",
+		targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU], targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory], targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods])
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Total number of nodes above target utilization: %v", len(targetNodes))
+
+	evictPodsFromTargetNodes(
+		ctx,
+		targetNodes,
+		lowNodes,
+		targetThresholds,
+		podEvictor)
+
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Total number of pods evicted: %v", podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
+}
+
+// validateStrategyConfig checks if the strategy's config is valid
+func validateStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds) error {
+	// validate thresholds and targetThresholds config
+	if err := validateThresholds(thresholds); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := validateThresholds(targetThresholds); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("targetThresholds config is not valid: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// validate if thresholds and targetThresholds have same resources configured
+	if len(thresholds) != len(targetThresholds) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources")
+	}
+	for resourceName, value := range thresholds {
+		if targetValue, ok := targetThresholds[resourceName]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources")
+		} else if value > targetValue {
+			return fmt.Errorf("thresholds' %v percentage is greater than targetThresholds'", resourceName)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validateThresholds checks if thresholds have valid resource name and resource percentage configured
+func validateThresholds(thresholds api.ResourceThresholds) error {
+	if thresholds == nil || len(thresholds) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured")
+	}
+	for name, percent := range thresholds {
+		switch name {
+		case v1.ResourceCPU, v1.ResourceMemory, v1.ResourcePods:
+			if percent < MinResourcePercentage || percent > MaxResourcePercentage {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", name, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage)
+			}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("only cpu, memory, or pods thresholds can be specified")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// classifyNodes classifies the nodes into low-utilization or high-utilization nodes. If a node lies between
+// low and high thresholds, it is simply ignored.
+func classifyNodes(npm NodePodsMap, thresholds api.ResourceThresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds) ([]NodeUsageMap, []NodeUsageMap) {
+	lowNodes, targetNodes := []NodeUsageMap{}, []NodeUsageMap{}
+	for node, pods := range npm {
+		usage := nodeUtilization(node, pods)
+		nuMap := NodeUsageMap{
+			node:    node,
+			usage:   usage,
+			allPods: pods,
+		}
+		// Check if node is underutilized and if we can schedule pods on it.
+		if !nodeutil.IsNodeUnschedulable(node) && isNodeWithLowUtilization(usage, thresholds) {
+			klog.V(2).Infof("Node %#v is under utilized with usage: %#v", node.Name, usage)
+			lowNodes = append(lowNodes, nuMap)
+		} else if isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(usage, targetThresholds) {
+			klog.V(2).Infof("Node %#v is over utilized with usage: %#v", node.Name, usage)
+			targetNodes = append(targetNodes, nuMap)
+		} else {
+			klog.V(2).Infof("Node %#v is appropriately utilized with usage: %#v", node.Name, usage)
+		}
+	}
+	return lowNodes, targetNodes
+}
+
+// evictPodsFromTargetNodes evicts pods based on priority, if all the pods on the node have priority, if not
+// evicts them based on QoS as fallback option.
+// TODO: @ravig Break this function into smaller functions.
+func evictPodsFromTargetNodes(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	targetNodes, lowNodes []NodeUsageMap,
+	targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds,
+	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
+) {
+
+	sortNodesByUsage(targetNodes)
+
+	// upper bound on total number of pods/cpu/memory to be moved
+	var totalPods, totalCPU, totalMem float64
+	var taintsOfLowNodes = make(map[string][]v1.Taint, len(lowNodes))
+	for _, node := range lowNodes {
+		taintsOfLowNodes[node.node.Name] = node.node.Spec.Taints
+		nodeCapacity := node.node.Status.Capacity
+		if len(node.node.Status.Allocatable) > 0 {
+			nodeCapacity = node.node.Status.Allocatable
+		}
+		// totalPods to be moved
+		podsPercentage := targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods] - node.usage[v1.ResourcePods]
+		totalPods += ((float64(podsPercentage) * float64(nodeCapacity.Pods().Value())) / 100)
+
+		// totalCPU capacity to be moved
+		cpuPercentage := targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] - node.usage[v1.ResourceCPU]
+		totalCPU += ((float64(cpuPercentage) * float64(nodeCapacity.Cpu().MilliValue())) / 100)
+
+		// totalMem capacity to be moved
+		memPercentage := targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] - node.usage[v1.ResourceMemory]
+		totalMem += ((float64(memPercentage) * float64(nodeCapacity.Memory().Value())) / 100)
+	}
+
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Total capacity to be moved: CPU:%v, Mem:%v, Pods:%v", totalCPU, totalMem, totalPods)
+	klog.V(1).Infof("********Number of pods evicted from each node:***********")
+
+	for _, node := range targetNodes {
+		nodeCapacity := node.node.Status.Capacity
+		if len(node.node.Status.Allocatable) > 0 {
+			nodeCapacity = node.node.Status.Allocatable
+		}
+		klog.V(3).Infof("evicting pods from node %#v with usage: %#v", node.node.Name, node.usage)
+
+		nonRemovablePods, removablePods := classifyPods(node.allPods, podEvictor)
+		klog.V(2).Infof("allPods:%v, nonRemovablePods:%v, removablePods:%v", len(node.allPods), len(nonRemovablePods), len(removablePods))
+
+		if len(removablePods) == 0 {
+			klog.V(1).Infof("no removable pods on node %#v, try next node", node.node.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		klog.V(1).Infof("evicting pods based on priority, if they have same priority, they'll be evicted based on QoS tiers")
+		// sort the evictable Pods based on priority. This also sorts them based on QoS. If there are multiple pods with same priority, they are sorted based on QoS tiers.
+		podutil.SortPodsBasedOnPriorityLowToHigh(removablePods)
+		evictPods(ctx, removablePods, targetThresholds, nodeCapacity, node.usage, &totalPods, &totalCPU, &totalMem, taintsOfLowNodes, podEvictor, node.node)
+
+		klog.V(1).Infof("%v pods evicted from node %#v with usage %v", podEvictor.NodeEvicted(node.node), node.node.Name, node.usage)
+	}
+}
+
+func evictPods(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	inputPods []*v1.Pod,
+	targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds,
+	nodeCapacity v1.ResourceList,
+	nodeUsage api.ResourceThresholds,
+	totalPods *float64,
+	totalCPU *float64,
+	totalMem *float64,
+	taintsOfLowNodes map[string][]v1.Taint,
+	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
+	node *v1.Node) {
+	// stop if node utilization drops below target threshold or any of required capacity (cpu, memory, pods) is moved
+	if isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(nodeUsage, targetThresholds) && *totalPods > 0 && *totalCPU > 0 && *totalMem > 0 {
+		onePodPercentage := api.Percentage((float64(1) * 100) / float64(nodeCapacity.Pods().Value()))
+		for _, pod := range inputPods {
+			if !utils.PodToleratesTaints(pod, taintsOfLowNodes) {
+				klog.V(3).Infof("Skipping eviction for Pod: %#v, doesn't tolerate node taint", pod.Name)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			cUsage := utils.GetResourceRequest(pod, v1.ResourceCPU)
+			mUsage := utils.GetResourceRequest(pod, v1.ResourceMemory)
+
+			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "LowNodeUtilization")
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
+				break
+			}
+
+			if success {
+				klog.V(3).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v", pod.Name)
+				// update remaining pods
+				nodeUsage[v1.ResourcePods] -= onePodPercentage
+				*totalPods--
+
+				// update remaining cpu
+				*totalCPU -= float64(cUsage)
+				nodeUsage[v1.ResourceCPU] -= api.Percentage((float64(cUsage) * 100) / float64(nodeCapacity.Cpu().MilliValue()))
+
+				// update remaining memory
+				*totalMem -= float64(mUsage)
+				nodeUsage[v1.ResourceMemory] -= api.Percentage(float64(mUsage) / float64(nodeCapacity.Memory().Value()) * 100)
+
+				klog.V(3).Infof("updated node usage: %#v", nodeUsage)
+				// check if node utilization drops below target threshold or any required capacity (cpu, memory, pods) is moved
+				if !isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(nodeUsage, targetThresholds) || *totalPods <= 0 || *totalCPU <= 0 || *totalMem <= 0 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// sortNodesByUsage sorts nodes based on usage in descending order
+func sortNodesByUsage(nodes []NodeUsageMap) {
+	sort.Slice(nodes, func(i, j int) bool {
+		var ti, tj api.Percentage
+		for name, value := range nodes[i].usage {
+			if name == v1.ResourceCPU || name == v1.ResourceMemory || name == v1.ResourcePods {
+				ti += value
+			}
+		}
+		for name, value := range nodes[j].usage {
+			if name == v1.ResourceCPU || name == v1.ResourceMemory || name == v1.ResourcePods {
+				tj += value
+			}
+		}
+		// To return sorted in descending order
+		return ti > tj
+	})
+}
+
+// createNodePodsMap returns nodepodsmap with evictable pods on node.
+func createNodePodsMap(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, nodes []*v1.Node) NodePodsMap {
+	npm := NodePodsMap{}
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("node %s will not be processed, error in accessing its pods (%#v)", node.Name, err)
+		} else {
+			npm[node] = pods
+		}
+	}
+	return npm
+}
+
+// isNodeAboveTargetUtilization checks if a node is overutilized
+func isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(nodeThresholds api.ResourceThresholds, thresholds api.ResourceThresholds) bool {
+	for name, nodeValue := range nodeThresholds {
+		if name == v1.ResourceCPU || name == v1.ResourceMemory || name == v1.ResourcePods {
+			if value, ok := thresholds[name]; !ok {
+				continue
+			} else if nodeValue > value {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// isNodeWithLowUtilization checks if a node is underutilized
+func isNodeWithLowUtilization(nodeThresholds api.ResourceThresholds, thresholds api.ResourceThresholds) bool {
+	for name, nodeValue := range nodeThresholds {
+		if name == v1.ResourceCPU || name == v1.ResourceMemory || name == v1.ResourcePods {
+			if value, ok := thresholds[name]; !ok {
+				continue
+			} else if nodeValue > value {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func nodeUtilization(node *v1.Node, pods []*v1.Pod) api.ResourceThresholds {
+	totalReqs := map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
+		v1.ResourceCPU:    {},
+		v1.ResourceMemory: {},
+	}
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		req, _ := utils.PodRequestsAndLimits(pod)
+		for name, quantity := range req {
+			if name == v1.ResourceCPU || name == v1.ResourceMemory {
+				// As Quantity.Add says: Add adds the provided y quantity to the current value. If the current value is zero,
+				// the format of the quantity will be updated to the format of y.
+				totalReqs[name].Add(quantity)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	nodeCapacity := node.Status.Capacity
+	if len(node.Status.Allocatable) > 0 {
+		nodeCapacity = node.Status.Allocatable
+	}
+
+	totalPods := len(pods)
+	return api.ResourceThresholds{
+		v1.ResourceCPU:    api.Percentage((float64(totalReqs[v1.ResourceCPU].MilliValue()) * 100) / float64(nodeCapacity.Cpu().MilliValue())),
+		v1.ResourceMemory: api.Percentage(float64(totalReqs[v1.ResourceMemory].Value()) / float64(nodeCapacity.Memory().Value()) * 100),
+		v1.ResourcePods:   api.Percentage((float64(totalPods) * 100) / float64(nodeCapacity.Pods().Value())),
+	}
+}
+
+func classifyPods(pods []*v1.Pod, evictor *evictions.PodEvictor) ([]*v1.Pod, []*v1.Pod) {
+	var nonRemovablePods, removablePods []*v1.Pod
+
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		if !evictor.IsEvictable(pod) {
+			nonRemovablePods = append(nonRemovablePods, pod)
+		} else {
+			removablePods = append(removablePods, pod)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nonRemovablePods, removablePods
+}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,832 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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.
+*/
+
+package strategies
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
+)
+
+var (
+	lowPriority  = int32(0)
+	highPriority = int32(10000)
+)
+
+func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n1NodeName := "n1"
+	n2NodeName := "n2"
+	n3NodeName := "n3"
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                         string
+		thresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds
+		nodes                        map[string]*v1.Node
+		pods                         map[string]*v1.PodList
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode        int
+		expectedPodsEvicted          int
+		evictedPods                  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no evictable pods",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  50,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 50,
+			},
+			nodes: map[string]*v1.Node{
+				n1NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
+				n2NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
+				n3NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
+			},
+			pods: map[string]*v1.PodList{
+				n1NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						// These won't be evicted.
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A pod with local storage.
+							test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
+							pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
+								{
+									Name: "sample",
+									VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+										HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
+										EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+											SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
+									},
+								},
+							}
+							// A Mirror Pod.
+							pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A Critical Pod.
+							pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
+							priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+							pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+						}),
+					},
+				},
+				n2NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+					},
+				},
+				n3NodeName: {},
+			},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode: 0,
+			expectedPodsEvicted:   0,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "without priorities",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  50,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 50,
+			},
+			nodes: map[string]*v1.Node{
+				n1NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
+				n2NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
+				n3NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
+			},
+			pods: map[string]*v1.PodList{
+				n1NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						// These won't be evicted.
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A pod with local storage.
+							test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
+							pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
+								{
+									Name: "sample",
+									VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+										HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
+										EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+											SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
+									},
+								},
+							}
+							// A Mirror Pod.
+							pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A Critical Pod.
+							pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
+							priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+							pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+						}),
+					},
+				},
+				n2NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+					},
+				},
+				n3NodeName: {},
+			},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode: 0,
+			expectedPodsEvicted:   4,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "without priorities stop when cpu capacity is depleted",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  50,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 50,
+			},
+			nodes: map[string]*v1.Node{
+				n1NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
+				n2NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
+				n3NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
+			},
+			pods: map[string]*v1.PodList{
+				n1NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+						// These won't be evicted.
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 300, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 300, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A pod with local storage.
+							test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
+							pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
+								{
+									Name: "sample",
+									VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+										HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
+										EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+											SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
+									},
+								},
+							}
+							// A Mirror Pod.
+							pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 300, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A Critical Pod.
+							pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
+							priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+							pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+						}),
+					},
+				},
+				n2NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 2100, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+					},
+				},
+				n3NodeName: {},
+			},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode: 0,
+			// 4 pods available for eviction based on v1.ResourcePods, only 3 pods can be evicted before cpu is depleted
+			expectedPodsEvicted: 3,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with priorities",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  50,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 50,
+			},
+			nodes: map[string]*v1.Node{
+				n1NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
+				n2NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
+				n3NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
+			},
+			pods: map[string]*v1.PodList{
+				n1NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, lowPriority)
+						}),
+						// These won't be evicted.
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetDSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A pod with local storage.
+							test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.SetPodPriority(pod, lowPriority)
+							pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
+								{
+									Name: "sample",
+									VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+										HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
+										EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+											SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
+									},
+								},
+							}
+							// A Mirror Pod.
+							pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A Critical Pod.
+							pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
+							priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+							pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+						}),
+					},
+				},
+				n2NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+					},
+				},
+				n3NodeName: {},
+			},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode: 0,
+			expectedPodsEvicted:   4,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "without priorities evicting best-effort pods only",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  50,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 50,
+			},
+			nodes: map[string]*v1.Node{
+				n1NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
+				n2NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
+				n3NodeName: test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
+			},
+			// All pods are assumed to be burstable (test.BuildTestNode always sets both cpu/memory resource requests to some value)
+			pods: map[string]*v1.PodList{
+				n1NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.MakeBestEffortPod(pod)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.MakeBestEffortPod(pod)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.MakeBestEffortPod(pod)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
+							test.MakeBestEffortPod(pod)
+						}),
+						// These won't be evicted.
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							test.SetDSOwnerRef(pod)
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A pod with local storage.
+							test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
+							pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
+								{
+									Name: "sample",
+									VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+										HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
+										EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
+											SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
+									},
+								},
+							}
+							// A Mirror Pod.
+							pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
+						}),
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+							// A Critical Pod.
+							pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
+							priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
+							pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+						}),
+					},
+				},
+				n2NodeName: {
+					Items: []v1.Pod{
+						*test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+					},
+				},
+				n3NodeName: {},
+			},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode: 0,
+			expectedPodsEvicted:   4,
+			evictedPods:           []string{"p1", "p2", "p4", "p5"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+			fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+				list := action.(core.ListAction)
+				fieldString := list.GetListRestrictions().Fields.String()
+				if strings.Contains(fieldString, n1NodeName) {
+					return true, test.pods[n1NodeName], nil
+				}
+				if strings.Contains(fieldString, n2NodeName) {
+					return true, test.pods[n2NodeName], nil
+				}
+				if strings.Contains(fieldString, n3NodeName) {
+					return true, test.pods[n3NodeName], nil
+				}
+				return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to list: %v", list)
+			})
+			fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("get", "nodes", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+				getAction := action.(core.GetAction)
+				if node, exists := test.nodes[getAction.GetName()]; exists {
+					return true, node, nil
+				}
+				return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Wrong node: %v", getAction.GetName())
+			})
+			podsForEviction := make(map[string]struct{})
+			for _, pod := range test.evictedPods {
+				podsForEviction[pod] = struct{}{}
+			}
+
+			evictionFailed := false
+			if len(test.evictedPods) > 0 {
+				fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+					getAction := action.(core.CreateAction)
+					obj := getAction.GetObject()
+					if eviction, ok := obj.(*v1beta1.Eviction); ok {
+						if _, exists := podsForEviction[eviction.Name]; exists {
+							return true, obj, nil
+						}
+						evictionFailed = true
+						return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("pod %q was unexpectedly evicted", eviction.Name)
+					}
+					return true, obj, nil
+				})
+			}
+
+			var nodes []*v1.Node
+			for _, node := range test.nodes {
+				nodes = append(nodes, node)
+			}
+
+			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+				fakeClient,
+				"v1",
+				false,
+				test.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+				nodes,
+				false,
+			)
+
+			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
+				Enabled: true,
+				Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
+					NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds: &api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds{
+						Thresholds:       test.thresholds,
+						TargetThresholds: test.targetThresholds,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			LowNodeUtilization(ctx, fakeClient, strategy, nodes, podEvictor)
+
+			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+			if test.expectedPodsEvicted != podsEvicted {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %#v pods to be evicted but %#v got evicted", test.expectedPodsEvicted, podsEvicted)
+			}
+			if evictionFailed {
+				t.Errorf("Pod evictions failed unexpectedly")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateStrategyConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		thresholds       api.ResourceThresholds
+		targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds
+		errInfo          error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "passing invalid thresholds",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 120,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: %v", fmt.Errorf(
+				"%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", v1.ResourceMemory, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage)),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing invalid targetThresholds",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
+				"resourceInvalid": 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("targetThresholds config is not valid: %v",
+				fmt.Errorf("only cpu, memory, or pods thresholds can be specified")),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "thresholds and targetThresholds configured different num of resources",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
+				v1.ResourcePods:   80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:  80,
+				v1.ResourcePods: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "thresholds' CPU config value is greater than targetThresholds'",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    90,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("thresholds' %v percentage is greater than targetThresholds'", v1.ResourceCPU),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing valid strategy config",
+			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
+			},
+			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range tests {
+		validateErr := validateStrategyConfig(testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds)
+
+		if validateErr == nil || testCase.errInfo == nil {
+			if validateErr != testCase.errInfo {
+				t.Errorf("expected validity of strategy config: thresholds %#v targetThresholds %#v\nto be %v but got %v instead",
+					testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds, testCase.errInfo, validateErr)
+			}
+		} else if validateErr.Error() != testCase.errInfo.Error() {
+			t.Errorf("expected validity of strategy config: thresholds %#v targetThresholds %#v\nto be %v but got %v instead",
+				testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds, testCase.errInfo, validateErr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateThresholds(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		input   api.ResourceThresholds
+		errInfo error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "passing nil map for threshold",
+			input:   nil,
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "passing no threshold",
+			input:   api.ResourceThresholds{},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing unsupported resource name",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:     40,
+				v1.ResourceStorage: 25.5,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("only cpu, memory, or pods thresholds can be specified"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing invalid resource name",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU: 40,
+				"coolResource": 42.0,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("only cpu, memory, or pods thresholds can be specified"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing invalid resource value",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    110,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", v1.ResourceCPU, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing a valid threshold with max and min resource value",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    100,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 0,
+			},
+			errInfo: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing a valid threshold with only cpu",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU: 80,
+			},
+			errInfo: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "passing a valid threshold with cpu, memory and pods",
+			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
+				v1.ResourceMemory: 30,
+				v1.ResourcePods:   40,
+			},
+			errInfo: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		validateErr := validateThresholds(test.input)
+
+		if validateErr == nil || test.errInfo == nil {
+			if validateErr != test.errInfo {
+				t.Errorf("expected validity of threshold: %#v\nto be %v but got %v instead", test.input, test.errInfo, validateErr)
+			}
+		} else if validateErr.Error() != test.errInfo.Error() {
+			t.Errorf("expected validity of threshold: %#v\nto be %v but got %v instead", test.input, test.errInfo, validateErr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func newFake(objects ...runtime.Object) *core.Fake {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	codecs := serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
+	fake.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	o := core.NewObjectTracker(scheme, codecs.UniversalDecoder())
+	for _, obj := range objects {
+		if err := o.Add(obj); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fakePtr := core.Fake{}
+	fakePtr.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+		objs, err := o.List(
+			schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "", Version: "v1", Resource: "pods"},
+			schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "Pod"},
+			action.GetNamespace(),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return true, nil, err
+		}
+
+		obj := &v1.PodList{
+			Items: []v1.Pod{},
+		}
+		for _, pod := range objs.(*v1.PodList).Items {
+			podFieldSet := fields.Set(map[string]string{
+				"spec.nodeName": pod.Spec.NodeName,
+				"status.phase":  string(pod.Status.Phase),
+			})
+			match := action.(core.ListAction).GetListRestrictions().Fields.Matches(podFieldSet)
+			if !match {
+				continue
+			}
+			obj.Items = append(obj.Items, *pod.DeepCopy())
+		}
+		return true, obj, nil
+	})
+	fakePtr.AddReactor("*", "*", core.ObjectReaction(o))
+	fakePtr.AddWatchReactor("*", core.DefaultWatchReactor(watch.NewFake(), nil))
+
+	return &fakePtr
+}
+
+func TestWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
+		Enabled: true,
+		Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
+			NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds: &api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds{
+				Thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+					v1.ResourcePods: 20,
+				},
+				TargetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
+					v1.ResourcePods: 70,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 1000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	n3 := test.BuildTestNode("n3", 1000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	n3withTaints := n3.DeepCopy()
+	n3withTaints.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
+		{
+			Key:    "key",
+			Value:  "value",
+			Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
+		},
+	}
+
+	podThatToleratesTaint := test.BuildTestPod("tolerate_pod", 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef)
+	podThatToleratesTaint.Spec.Tolerations = []v1.Toleration{
+		{
+			Key:   "key",
+			Value: "value",
+		},
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		nodes             []*v1.Node
+		pods              []*v1.Pod
+		evictionsExpected int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "No taints",
+			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n2, n3},
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				//Node 1 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_2_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_3_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_4_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_5_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_6_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_7_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_8_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				// Node 2 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_9_%s", n2.Name), 200, 0, n2.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+			},
+			evictionsExpected: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "No pod tolerates node taint",
+			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n3withTaints},
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				//Node 1 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_2_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_3_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_4_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_5_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_6_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_7_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_8_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				// Node 3 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_9_%s", n3withTaints.Name), 200, 0, n3withTaints.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+			},
+			evictionsExpected: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "Pod which tolerates node taint",
+			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n3withTaints},
+			pods: []*v1.Pod{
+				//Node 1 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_2_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_3_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_4_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_5_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_6_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_7_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+				podThatToleratesTaint,
+				// Node 3 pods
+				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_9_%s", n3withTaints.Name), 200, 0, n3withTaints.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
+			},
+			evictionsExpected: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range tests {
+		t.Run(item.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var objs []runtime.Object
+			for _, node := range item.nodes {
+				objs = append(objs, node)
+			}
+
+			for _, pod := range item.pods {
+				objs = append(objs, pod)
+			}
+
+			fakePtr := newFake(objs...)
+			var evictionCounter int
+			fakePtr.PrependReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+				if action.GetSubresource() != "eviction" || action.GetResource().Resource != "pods" {
+					return false, nil, nil
+				}
+				evictionCounter++
+				return true, nil, nil
+			})
+
+			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+				&fake.Clientset{Fake: *fakePtr},
+				"policy/v1",
+				false,
+				item.evictionsExpected,
+				item.nodes,
+				false,
+			)
+
+			LowNodeUtilization(ctx, &fake.Clientset{Fake: *fakePtr}, strategy, item.nodes, podEvictor)
+
+			if item.evictionsExpected != evictionCounter {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %v evictions, got %v", item.evictionsExpected, evictionCounter)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ package strategies

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"

@@ -29,92 +27,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 )

-func validatePodsViolatingNodeAffinityParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil || len(params.NodeAffinityType) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("NodeAffinityType is empty")
-	}
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity evicts pods on nodes which violate node affinity
-func RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validatePodsViolatingNodeAffinityParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity parameters")
+func RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor) {
+	if strategy.Params == nil {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("NodeAffinityType not set")
 		return
 	}
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	if strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-		includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-		excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(strategy.Params.LabelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
 	for _, nodeAffinity := range strategy.Params.NodeAffinityType {
-		klog.V(2).InfoS("Executing for nodeAffinityType", "nodeAffinity", nodeAffinity)
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Executing for nodeAffinityType: %v", nodeAffinity)

 		switch nodeAffinity {
 		case "requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":
 			for _, node := range nodes {
-				klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
+				klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v\n", node.Name)

-				pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(
-					node.Name,
-					getPodsAssignedToNode,
-					podutil.WrapFilterFuncs(podFilter, func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-						return evictable.IsEvictable(pod) &&
-							!nodeutil.PodFitsCurrentNode(pod, node) &&
-							nodeutil.PodFitsAnyNode(pod, nodes)
-					}),
-				)
+				pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+					return podEvictor.IsEvictable(pod) &&
+						!nodeutil.PodFitsCurrentNode(pod, node) &&
+						nodeutil.PodFitsAnyNode(pod, nodes)
+				})
 				if err != nil {
-					klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get pods", "node", klog.KObj(node))
+					klog.Errorf("failed to get pods from %v: %v", node.Name, err)
 				}

 				for _, pod := range pods {
 					if pod.Spec.Affinity != nil && pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity != nil && pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution != nil {
-						klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
+						klog.V(1).Infof("Evicting pod: %v", pod.Name)
 						if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "NodeAffinity"); err != nil {
-							klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod")
+							klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 							break
 						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		default:
-			klog.ErrorS(nil, "Invalid nodeAffinityType", "nodeAffinity", nodeAffinity)
+			klog.Errorf("invalid nodeAffinityType: %v", nodeAffinity)
 		}
 	}
+	klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted %v pods", podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
 }
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity_test.go
@@ -20,20 +20,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

 func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
 		Enabled: true,
 		Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
@@ -43,16 +40,6 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}

-	requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionWithNodeFitStrategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-		Enabled: true,
-		Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-			NodeAffinityType: []string{
-				"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution",
-			},
-			NodeFit: true,
-		},
-	}
-
 	nodeLabelKey := "kubernetes.io/desiredNode"
 	nodeLabelValue := "yes"
 	nodeWithLabels := test.BuildTestNode("nodeWithLabels", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
@@ -61,10 +48,10 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeWithoutLabels := test.BuildTestNode("nodeWithoutLabels", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)

 	unschedulableNodeWithLabels := test.BuildTestNode("unschedulableNodeWithLabels", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	unschedulableNodeWithLabels.Labels[nodeLabelKey] = nodeLabelValue
+	nodeWithLabels.Labels[nodeLabelKey] = nodeLabelValue
 	unschedulableNodeWithLabels.Spec.Unschedulable = true

-	addPodsToNode := func(node *v1.Node, deletionTimestamp *metav1.Time) []*v1.Pod {
+	addPodsToNode := func(node *v1.Node) []v1.Pod {
 		podWithNodeAffinity := test.BuildTestPod("podWithNodeAffinity", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 		podWithNodeAffinity.Spec.Affinity = &v1.Affinity{
 			NodeAffinity: &v1.NodeAffinity{
@@ -93,25 +80,20 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 		pod1.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
 		pod2.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()

-		pod1.DeletionTimestamp = deletionTimestamp
-		pod2.DeletionTimestamp = deletionTimestamp
-
-		return []*v1.Pod{
-			podWithNodeAffinity,
-			pod1,
-			pod2,
+		return []v1.Pod{
+			*podWithNodeAffinity,
+			*pod1,
+			*pod2,
 		}
 	}

-	var uint1 uint = 1
 	tests := []struct {
-		description                    string
-		nodes                          []*v1.Node
-		pods                           []*v1.Pod
-		strategy                       api.DeschedulerStrategy
-		expectedEvictedPodCount        uint
-		maxPodsToEvictPerNode          *uint
-		maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
+		description             string
+		nodes                   []*v1.Node
+		pods                    []v1.Pod
+		strategy                api.DeschedulerStrategy
+		expectedEvictedPodCount int
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode   int
 	}{
 		{
 			description: "Invalid strategy type, should not evict any pods",
@@ -124,116 +106,64 @@ func TestRemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
+			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels),
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pod is correctly scheduled on node, no eviction expected",
 			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithLabels, nil),
+			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithLabels),
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithLabels},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, another schedulable node available, should be evicted",
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
 			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
+			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels),
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, another schedulable node available, maxPodsToEvictPerNode set to 1, should not be evicted",
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
 			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
+			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels),
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, another schedulable node available, maxPodsToEvictPerNode set to 1, no pod evicted since pod terminting",
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, &metav1.Time{}),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-		},
-		{
-			description:                    "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, another schedulable node available, maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace set to 1, should not be evicted",
-			expectedEvictedPodCount:        1,
-			strategy:                       requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
-			pods:                           addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
-			nodes:                          []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
-			maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: &uint1,
-		},
-		{
-			description:                    "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, another schedulable node available, maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace set to 1, no pod evicted since pod terminting",
-			expectedEvictedPodCount:        1,
-			strategy:                       requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
-			pods:                           addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, &metav1.Time{}),
-			nodes:                          []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, nodeWithLabels},
-			maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: &uint1,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   1,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, but no node where pod fits is available, should not evict",
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionWithNodeFitStrategy,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
+			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionStrategy,
+			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels),
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithoutLabels, unschedulableNodeWithLabels},
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Pod is scheduled on node without matching labels, and node where pod fits is available, should evict",
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			strategy:                requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionWithNodeFitStrategy,
-			pods:                    addPodsToNode(nodeWithoutLabels, nil),
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{nodeWithLabels, unschedulableNodeWithLabels},
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 		},
 	}

 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()

-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range tc.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range tc.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-				false,
-				tc.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
-				tc.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
-				tc.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(ctx, fakeClient, tc.strategy, tc.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if actualEvictedPodCount != tc.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, expected %v pod evictions, but got %v pod evictions\n", tc.description, tc.expectedEvictedPodCount, actualEvictedPodCount)
-			}
+		fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: tc.pods}, nil
 		})
+
+		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+			fakeClient,
+			"v1",
+			false,
+			tc.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+			tc.nodes,
+			false,
+		)
+
+		RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(ctx, fakeClient, tc.strategy, tc.nodes, podEvictor)
+		actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+		if actualEvictedPodCount != tc.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+			t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, expected %v pod evictions, but got %v pod evictions\n", tc.description, tc.expectedEvictedPodCount, actualEvictedPodCount)
+		}
 	}
 }
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
@@ -18,80 +18,22 @@ package strategies

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"

-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )

-func validateRemovePodsViolatingNodeTaintsParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints evicts pods on the node which violate NoSchedule Taints on nodes
-func RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validateRemovePodsViolatingNodeTaintsParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	var labelSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		if strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-			includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-			excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-		}
-		labelSelector = strategy.Params.LabelSelector
-	}
-
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(evictable.IsEvictable).
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(labelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
+func RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor) {
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListAllPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v\n", node.Name)
+		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, podEvictor.IsEvictable)
 		if err != nil {
 			//no pods evicted as error encountered retrieving evictable Pods
 			return
@@ -103,9 +45,9 @@ func RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interfa
 				node.Spec.Taints,
 				func(taint *v1.Taint) bool { return taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule },
 			) {
-				klog.V(2).InfoS("Not all taints with NoSchedule effect are tolerated after update for pod on node", "pod", klog.KObj(pods[i]), "node", klog.KObj(node))
+				klog.V(2).Infof("Not all taints with NoSchedule effect are tolerated after update for pod %v on node %v", pods[i].Name, node.Name)
 				if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "NodeTaint"); err != nil {
-					klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod")
+					klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 					break
 				}
 			}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint_test.go
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )
@@ -47,21 +44,11 @@ func addTolerationToPod(pod *v1.Pod, key, value string, index int) *v1.Pod {
 }

 func TestDeletePodsViolatingNodeTaints(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	node1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
 	node1 = addTaintsToNode(node1, "testTaint", "test", []int{1})
 	node2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	node2 = addTaintsToNode(node2, "testingTaint", "testing", []int{1})
-
-	node3 := test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-			"datacenter": "east",
-		}
-	})
-	node4 := test.BuildTestNode("n4", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.Spec = v1.NodeSpec{
-			Unschedulable: true,
-		}
-	})
+	node1 = addTaintsToNode(node2, "testingTaint", "testing", []int{1})

 	p1 := test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
 	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
@@ -82,15 +69,12 @@ func TestDeletePodsViolatingNodeTaints(t *testing.T) {
 	p10 := test.BuildTestPod("p10", 100, 0, node2.Name, nil)
 	p11 := test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, node2.Name, nil)
 	p11.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()
-	p12 := test.BuildTestPod("p11", 100, 0, node2.Name, nil)
-	p12.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()

 	// The following 4 pods won't get evicted.
 	// A Critical Pod.
 	p7.Namespace = "kube-system"
 	priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
 	p7.Spec.Priority = &priority
-	p7.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetNormalPodOwnerRefList()

 	// A daemonset.
 	p8.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = test.GetDaemonSetOwnerRefList()
@@ -113,172 +97,89 @@ func TestDeletePodsViolatingNodeTaints(t *testing.T) {
 	p3 = addTolerationToPod(p3, "testTaint", "test", 1)
 	p4 = addTolerationToPod(p4, "testTaintX", "testX", 1)

-	p12.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-		"datacenter": "west",
-	}
-
-	var uint1 uint = 1
-
 	tests := []struct {
-		description                    string
-		nodes                          []*v1.Node
-		pods                           []*v1.Pod
-		evictLocalStoragePods          bool
-		evictSystemCriticalPods        bool
-		maxPodsToEvictPerNode          *uint
-		maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
-		expectedEvictedPodCount        uint
-		nodeFit                        bool
+		description             string
+		nodes                   []*v1.Node
+		pods                    []v1.Pod
+		evictLocalStoragePods   bool
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode   int
+		expectedEvictedPodCount int
 	}{

 		{
 			description:             "Pods not tolerating node taint should be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1, //p2 gets evicted
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Pods with tolerations but not tolerating node taint should be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p3, p4},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p3, *p4},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1, //p4 gets evicted
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Only <maxPodsToEvictPerNode> number of Pods not tolerating node taint should be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p5, p6},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p5, *p6},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   1,
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1, //p5 or p6 gets evicted
 		},
-		{
-			description:                    "Only <maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace> number of Pods not tolerating node taint should be evicted",
-			pods:                           []*v1.Pod{p1, p5, p6},
-			nodes:                          []*v1.Node{node1},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:          false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods:        false,
-			maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: &uint1,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount:        1, //p5 or p6 gets evicted
-		},
 		{
 			description:             "Critical pods not tolerating node taint should not be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p7, p8, p9, p10},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p7, *p8, *p9, *p10},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node2},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0, //nothing is evicted
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Critical pods except storage pods not tolerating node taint should not be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p7, p8, p9, p10},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p7, *p8, *p9, *p10},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node2},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   true,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1, //p9 gets evicted
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Critical and non critical pods, only non critical pods not tolerating node taint should be evicted",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p7, p8, p10, p11},
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p7, *p8, *p10, *p11},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node2},
 			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1, //p11 gets evicted
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Critical and non critical pods, pods not tolerating node taint should be evicted even if they are critical",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p2, p7, p9, p10},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2, //p2 and p7 are evicted
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Pod p2 doesn't tolerate taint on it's node, but also doesn't tolerate taints on other nodes",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0, //p2 gets evicted
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Pod p12 doesn't tolerate taint on it's node, but other nodes don't match it's selector",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p3, p12},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node3},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0, //p2 gets evicted
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Pod p2 doesn't tolerate taint on it's node, but other nodes are unschedulable",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node4},
-			evictLocalStoragePods:   false,
-			evictSystemCriticalPods: false,
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0, //p2 gets evicted
-			nodeFit:                 true,
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
+			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
 		},
 	}

 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {

-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range tc.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range tc.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-				false,
-				tc.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
-				tc.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
-				tc.nodes,
-				tc.evictLocalStoragePods,
-				tc.evictSystemCriticalPods,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-				Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-					NodeFit: tc.nodeFit,
-				},
-			}
-
-			RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx, fakeClient, strategy, tc.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if actualEvictedPodCount != tc.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", tc.description, actualEvictedPodCount, tc.expectedEvictedPodCount)
-			}
+		// create fake client
+		fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: tc.pods}, nil
 		})
+
+		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+			fakeClient,
+			"v1",
+			false,
+			tc.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+			tc.nodes,
+			tc.evictLocalStoragePods,
+		)
+
+		RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx, fakeClient, api.DeschedulerStrategy{}, tc.nodes, podEvictor)
+		actualEvictedPodCount := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+		if actualEvictedPodCount != tc.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+			t.Errorf("Test %#v failed, Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", tc.description, actualEvictedPodCount, tc.expectedEvictedPodCount)
+		}
 	}
+
 }

 func TestToleratesTaint(t *testing.T) {
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization.go
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package nodeutilization
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-)
-
-// HighNodeUtilization evicts pods from under utilized nodes so that scheduler can schedule according to its strategy.
-// Note that CPU/Memory requests are used to calculate nodes' utilization and not the actual resource usage.
-func HighNodeUtilization(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validateNodeUtilizationParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid HighNodeUtilization parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	thresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.Thresholds
-	targetThresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.TargetThresholds
-	if err := validateHighUtilizationStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "HighNodeUtilization config is not valid")
-		return
-	}
-	targetThresholds = make(api.ResourceThresholds)
-
-	setDefaultForThresholds(thresholds, targetThresholds)
-	resourceNames := getResourceNames(targetThresholds)
-
-	sourceNodes, highNodes := classifyNodes(
-		getNodeUsage(nodes, thresholds, targetThresholds, resourceNames, getPodsAssignedToNode),
-		func(node *v1.Node, usage NodeUsage) bool {
-			return isNodeWithLowUtilization(usage)
-		},
-		func(node *v1.Node, usage NodeUsage) bool {
-			if nodeutil.IsNodeUnschedulable(node) {
-				klog.V(2).InfoS("Node is unschedulable", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-				return false
-			}
-			return !isNodeWithLowUtilization(usage)
-		})
-
-	// log message in one line
-	keysAndValues := []interface{}{
-		"CPU", thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU],
-		"Mem", thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory],
-		"Pods", thresholds[v1.ResourcePods],
-	}
-	for name := range thresholds {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			keysAndValues = append(keysAndValues, string(name), int64(thresholds[name]))
-		}
-	}
-
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Criteria for a node below target utilization", keysAndValues...)
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of underutilized nodes", "totalNumber", len(sourceNodes))
-
-	if len(sourceNodes) == 0 {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("No node is underutilized, nothing to do here, you might tune your thresholds further")
-		return
-	}
-	if len(sourceNodes) <= strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of nodes underutilized is less or equal than NumberOfNodes, nothing to do here", "underutilizedNodes", len(sourceNodes), "numberOfNodes", strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes)
-		return
-	}
-	if len(sourceNodes) == len(nodes) {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("All nodes are underutilized, nothing to do here")
-		return
-	}
-	if len(highNodes) == 0 {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("No node is available to schedule the pods, nothing to do here")
-		return
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	// stop if the total available usage has dropped to zero - no more pods can be scheduled
-	continueEvictionCond := func(nodeUsage NodeUsage, totalAvailableUsage map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity) bool {
-		for name := range totalAvailableUsage {
-			if totalAvailableUsage[name].CmpInt64(0) < 1 {
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true
-	}
-	evictPodsFromSourceNodes(
-		ctx,
-		sourceNodes,
-		highNodes,
-		podEvictor,
-		evictable.IsEvictable,
-		resourceNames,
-		"HighNodeUtilization",
-		continueEvictionCond)
-
-}
-
-func validateHighUtilizationStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds) error {
-	if targetThresholds != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("targetThresholds is not applicable for HighNodeUtilization")
-	}
-	if err := validateThresholds(thresholds); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: %v", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func setDefaultForThresholds(thresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds) {
-	// check if Pods/CPU/Mem are set, if not, set them to 100
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourcePods]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-
-	// Default targetThreshold resource values to 100
-	targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
-
-	for name := range thresholds {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			targetThresholds[name] = MaxResourcePercentage
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go
@@ -1,685 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package nodeutilization
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
-)
-
-func TestHighNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
-	n1NodeName := "n1"
-	n2NodeName := "n2"
-	n3NodeName := "n3"
-
-	nodeSelectorKey := "datacenter"
-	nodeSelectorValue := "west"
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name                string
-		thresholds          api.ResourceThresholds
-		nodes               []*v1.Node
-		pods                []*v1.Pod
-		expectedPodsEvicted uint
-		evictedPods         []string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "no node below threshold usage",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  20,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 20,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "no evictable pods",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  40,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 40,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					// A pod with local storage.
-					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
-					pod.Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{
-						{
-							Name: "sample",
-							VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
-								HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "somePath"},
-								EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
-									SizeLimit: resource.NewQuantity(int64(10), resource.BinarySI)},
-							},
-						},
-					}
-					// A Mirror Pod.
-					pod.Annotations = test.GetMirrorPodAnnotation()
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					// A Critical Pod.
-					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
-				}),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "no node to schedule evicted pods",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  20,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 20,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				// These can't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These can't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "without priorities",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					// A Critical Pod.
-					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
-				}),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 2,
-			evictedPods:         []string{"p1", "p7"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "without priorities stop when resource capacity is depleted",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 2000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "with priorities",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 2000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 2000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodPriority(pod, lowPriority)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
-				}),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p7", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n3NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 1,
-			evictedPods:         []string{"p1"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "without priorities evicting best-effort pods only",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 3000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 3000, 3000, 5, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 3000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			// All pods are assumed to be burstable (test.BuildTestNode always sets both cpu/memory resource requests to some value)
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.MakeBestEffortPod(pod)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-				}),
-				// These won't be evicted.
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 1,
-			evictedPods:         []string{"p1"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "with extended resource",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:   20,
-				extendedResource: 40,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-					test.SetNodeExtendedResource(node, extendedResource, 8)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-					test.SetNodeExtendedResource(node, extendedResource, 8)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				// These won't be evicted
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 500, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 500, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 500, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 500, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 2,
-			evictedPods:         []string{"p1", "p2"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "with extended resource in some of nodes",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:   40,
-				extendedResource: 40,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-					test.SetNodeExtendedResource(node, extendedResource, 8)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n3NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, test.SetNodeUnschedulable),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				//These won't be evicted
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 500, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 500, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 500, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 500, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Other node match pod node selector",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, func(node *v1.Node) {
-					node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-						nodeSelectorKey: nodeSelectorValue,
-					}
-				}),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					// A pod selecting nodes in the "west" datacenter
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-						nodeSelectorKey: nodeSelectorValue,
-					}
-				}),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Other node does not match pod node selector",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:  30,
-				v1.ResourcePods: 30,
-			},
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{
-				test.BuildTestNode(n1NodeName, 4000, 3000, 9, nil),
-				test.BuildTestNode(n2NodeName, 4000, 3000, 10, nil),
-			},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				test.BuildTestPod("p1", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p2", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p4", 400, 0, n1NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod("p5", 400, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-					// A pod selecting nodes in the "west" datacenter
-					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
-					pod.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-						nodeSelectorKey: nodeSelectorValue,
-					}
-				}),
-			},
-			expectedPodsEvicted: 0,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range testCase.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range testCase.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			podsForEviction := make(map[string]struct{})
-			for _, pod := range testCase.evictedPods {
-				podsForEviction[pod] = struct{}{}
-			}
-
-			evictionFailed := false
-			if len(testCase.evictedPods) > 0 {
-				fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("create", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-					getAction := action.(core.CreateAction)
-					obj := getAction.GetObject()
-					if eviction, ok := obj.(*v1beta1.Eviction); ok {
-						if _, exists := podsForEviction[eviction.Name]; exists {
-							return true, obj, nil
-						}
-						evictionFailed = true
-						return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("pod %q was unexpectedly evicted", eviction.Name)
-					}
-					return true, obj, nil
-				})
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			//fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
-			//fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-			//	list := action.(core.ListAction)
-			//	fieldString := list.GetListRestrictions().Fields.String()
-			//	if strings.Contains(fieldString, n1NodeName) {
-			//		return true, test.pods[n1NodeName], nil
-			//	}
-			//	if strings.Contains(fieldString, n2NodeName) {
-			//		return true, test.pods[n2NodeName], nil
-			//	}
-			//	if strings.Contains(fieldString, n3NodeName) {
-			//		return true, test.pods[n3NodeName], nil
-			//	}
-			//	return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to list: %v", list)
-			//})
-			//fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("get", "nodes", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
-			//	getAction := action.(core.GetAction)
-			//	if node, exists := testCase.nodes[getAction.GetName()]; exists {
-			//		return true, node, nil
-			//	}
-			//	return true, nil, fmt.Errorf("Wrong node: %v", getAction.GetName())
-			//})
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				"v1",
-				false,
-				nil,
-				nil,
-				testCase.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-				Enabled: true,
-				Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-					NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds: &api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds{
-						Thresholds: testCase.thresholds,
-					},
-					NodeFit: true,
-				},
-			}
-			HighNodeUtilization(ctx, fakeClient, strategy, testCase.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if testCase.expectedPodsEvicted != podsEvicted {
-				t.Errorf("Expected %v pods to be evicted but %v got evicted", testCase.expectedPodsEvicted, podsEvicted)
-			}
-			if evictionFailed {
-				t.Errorf("Pod evictions failed unexpectedly")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestValidateHighNodeUtilizationStrategyConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name             string
-		thresholds       api.ResourceThresholds
-		targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds
-		errInfo          error
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "passing target thresholds",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 20,
-			},
-			targetThresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
-			},
-			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("targetThresholds is not applicable for HighNodeUtilization"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "passing empty thresholds",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{},
-			errInfo:    fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: no resource threshold is configured"),
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing invalid thresholds",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 120,
-			},
-			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: %v", fmt.Errorf(
-				"%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", v1.ResourceMemory, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage)),
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing valid strategy config",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing valid strategy config with extended resource",
-			thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    80,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
-				extendedResource:  80,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range tests {
-		validateErr := validateHighUtilizationStrategyConfig(testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds)
-
-		if validateErr == nil || testCase.errInfo == nil {
-			if validateErr != testCase.errInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected validity of strategy config: thresholds %#v targetThresholds %#v to be %v but got %v instead",
-					testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds, testCase.errInfo, validateErr)
-			}
-		} else if validateErr.Error() != testCase.errInfo.Error() {
-			t.Errorf("expected validity of strategy config: thresholds %#v targetThresholds %#v to be %v but got %v instead",
-				testCase.thresholds, testCase.targetThresholds, testCase.errInfo, validateErr)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestHighNodeUtilizationWithTaints(t *testing.T) {
-	strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-		Enabled: true,
-		Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-			NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds: &api.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds{
-				Thresholds: api.ResourceThresholds{
-					v1.ResourceCPU: 40,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 1000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 1000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	n3 := test.BuildTestNode("n3", 1000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	n3withTaints := n3.DeepCopy()
-	n3withTaints.Spec.Taints = []v1.Taint{
-		{
-			Key:    "key",
-			Value:  "value",
-			Effect: v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
-		},
-	}
-
-	podThatToleratesTaint := test.BuildTestPod("tolerate_pod", 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef)
-	podThatToleratesTaint.Spec.Tolerations = []v1.Toleration{
-		{
-			Key:   "key",
-			Value: "value",
-		},
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name              string
-		nodes             []*v1.Node
-		pods              []*v1.Pod
-		evictionsExpected uint
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "No taints",
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n2, n3},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				//Node 1 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_2_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_3_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// Node 2 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_4_%s", n2.Name), 200, 0, n2.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			evictionsExpected: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "No pod tolerates node taint",
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n3withTaints},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				//Node 1 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 200, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				// Node 3 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_2_%s", n3withTaints.Name), 200, 0, n3withTaints.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			evictionsExpected: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "Pod which tolerates node taint",
-			nodes: []*v1.Node{n1, n3withTaints},
-			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				//Node 1 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_1_%s", n1.Name), 100, 0, n1.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-				podThatToleratesTaint,
-				// Node 3 pods
-				test.BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("pod_9_%s", n3withTaints.Name), 500, 0, n3withTaints.Name, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
-			},
-			evictionsExpected: 1,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, item := range tests {
-		t.Run(item.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range item.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-
-			for _, pod := range item.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				"policy/v1",
-				false,
-				&item.evictionsExpected,
-				nil,
-				item.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-
-			HighNodeUtilization(ctx, fakeClient, strategy, item.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-
-			if item.evictionsExpected != podEvictor.TotalEvicted() {
-				t.Errorf("Expected %v evictions, got %v", item.evictionsExpected, podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization.go
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package nodeutilization
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-)
-
-// LowNodeUtilization evicts pods from overutilized nodes to underutilized nodes. Note that CPU/Memory requests are used
-// to calculate nodes' utilization and not the actual resource usage.
-func LowNodeUtilization(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	// TODO: May be create a struct for the strategy as well, so that we don't have to pass along the all the params?
-	if err := validateNodeUtilizationParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid LowNodeUtilization parameters")
-		return
-	}
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	thresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.Thresholds
-	targetThresholds := strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.TargetThresholds
-	if err := validateLowUtilizationStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "LowNodeUtilization config is not valid")
-		return
-	}
-	// check if Pods/CPU/Mem are set, if not, set them to 100
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourcePods]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
-		targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
-		targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-	if _, ok := thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory]; !ok {
-		thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
-		targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory] = MaxResourcePercentage
-	}
-	resourceNames := getResourceNames(thresholds)
-
-	lowNodes, sourceNodes := classifyNodes(
-		getNodeUsage(nodes, thresholds, targetThresholds, resourceNames, getPodsAssignedToNode),
-		// The node has to be schedulable (to be able to move workload there)
-		func(node *v1.Node, usage NodeUsage) bool {
-			if nodeutil.IsNodeUnschedulable(node) {
-				klog.V(2).InfoS("Node is unschedulable, thus not considered as underutilized", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-				return false
-			}
-			return isNodeWithLowUtilization(usage)
-		},
-		func(node *v1.Node, usage NodeUsage) bool {
-			return isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(usage)
-		},
-	)
-
-	// log message in one line
-	keysAndValues := []interface{}{
-		"CPU", thresholds[v1.ResourceCPU],
-		"Mem", thresholds[v1.ResourceMemory],
-		"Pods", thresholds[v1.ResourcePods],
-	}
-	for name := range thresholds {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			keysAndValues = append(keysAndValues, string(name), int64(thresholds[name]))
-		}
-	}
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Criteria for a node under utilization", keysAndValues...)
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of underutilized nodes", "totalNumber", len(lowNodes))
-
-	// log message in one line
-	keysAndValues = []interface{}{
-		"CPU", targetThresholds[v1.ResourceCPU],
-		"Mem", targetThresholds[v1.ResourceMemory],
-		"Pods", targetThresholds[v1.ResourcePods],
-	}
-	for name := range targetThresholds {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			keysAndValues = append(keysAndValues, string(name), int64(targetThresholds[name]))
-		}
-	}
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Criteria for a node above target utilization", keysAndValues...)
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of overutilized nodes", "totalNumber", len(sourceNodes))
-
-	if len(lowNodes) == 0 {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("No node is underutilized, nothing to do here, you might tune your thresholds further")
-		return
-	}
-
-	if len(lowNodes) <= strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Number of nodes underutilized is less or equal than NumberOfNodes, nothing to do here", "underutilizedNodes", len(lowNodes), "numberOfNodes", strategy.Params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds.NumberOfNodes)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if len(lowNodes) == len(nodes) {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("All nodes are underutilized, nothing to do here")
-		return
-	}
-
-	if len(sourceNodes) == 0 {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("All nodes are under target utilization, nothing to do here")
-		return
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	// stop if node utilization drops below target threshold or any of required capacity (cpu, memory, pods) is moved
-	continueEvictionCond := func(nodeUsage NodeUsage, totalAvailableUsage map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity) bool {
-		if !isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(nodeUsage) {
-			return false
-		}
-		for name := range totalAvailableUsage {
-			if totalAvailableUsage[name].CmpInt64(0) < 1 {
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true
-	}
-
-	evictPodsFromSourceNodes(
-		ctx,
-		sourceNodes,
-		lowNodes,
-		podEvictor,
-		evictable.IsEvictable,
-		resourceNames,
-		"LowNodeUtilization",
-		continueEvictionCond)
-
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Total number of pods evicted", "evictedPods", podEvictor.TotalEvicted())
-}
-
-// validateLowUtilizationStrategyConfig checks if the strategy's config is valid
-func validateLowUtilizationStrategyConfig(thresholds, targetThresholds api.ResourceThresholds) error {
-	// validate thresholds and targetThresholds config
-	if err := validateThresholds(thresholds); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("thresholds config is not valid: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := validateThresholds(targetThresholds); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("targetThresholds config is not valid: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// validate if thresholds and targetThresholds have same resources configured
-	if len(thresholds) != len(targetThresholds) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources")
-	}
-	for resourceName, value := range thresholds {
-		if targetValue, ok := targetThresholds[resourceName]; !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("thresholds and targetThresholds configured different resources")
-		} else if value > targetValue {
-			return fmt.Errorf("thresholds' %v percentage is greater than targetThresholds'", resourceName)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/nodeutilization.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/nodeutilization.go
@@ -1,406 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package nodeutilization
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-)
-
-// NodeUsage stores a node's info, pods on it, thresholds and its resource usage
-type NodeUsage struct {
-	node    *v1.Node
-	usage   map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity
-	allPods []*v1.Pod
-
-	lowResourceThreshold  map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity
-	highResourceThreshold map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity
-}
-
-type continueEvictionCond func(nodeUsage NodeUsage, totalAvailableUsage map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity) bool
-
-// NodePodsMap is a set of (node, pods) pairs
-type NodePodsMap map[*v1.Node][]*v1.Pod
-
-const (
-	// MinResourcePercentage is the minimum value of a resource's percentage
-	MinResourcePercentage = 0
-	// MaxResourcePercentage is the maximum value of a resource's percentage
-	MaxResourcePercentage = 100
-)
-
-func validateNodeUtilizationParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil || params.NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("NodeResourceUtilizationThresholds not set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// validateThresholds checks if thresholds have valid resource name and resource percentage configured
-func validateThresholds(thresholds api.ResourceThresholds) error {
-	if thresholds == nil || len(thresholds) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured")
-	}
-	for name, percent := range thresholds {
-		if percent < MinResourcePercentage || percent > MaxResourcePercentage {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", name, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func getNodeUsage(
-	nodes []*v1.Node,
-	lowThreshold, highThreshold api.ResourceThresholds,
-	resourceNames []v1.ResourceName,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-) []NodeUsage {
-	var nodeUsageList []NodeUsage
-
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Node will not be processed, error accessing its pods", "node", klog.KObj(node), "err", err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// A threshold is in percentages but in <0;100> interval.
-		// Performing `threshold * 0.01` will convert <0;100> interval into <0;1>.
-		// Multiplying it with capacity will give fraction of the capacity corresponding to the given high/low resource threshold in Quantity units.
-		nodeCapacity := node.Status.Capacity
-		if len(node.Status.Allocatable) > 0 {
-			nodeCapacity = node.Status.Allocatable
-		}
-		lowResourceThreshold := map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
-			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.NewMilliQuantity(int64(float64(lowThreshold[v1.ResourceCPU])*float64(nodeCapacity.Cpu().MilliValue())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI),
-			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(lowThreshold[v1.ResourceMemory])*float64(nodeCapacity.Memory().Value())*0.01), resource.BinarySI),
-			v1.ResourcePods:   resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(lowThreshold[v1.ResourcePods])*float64(nodeCapacity.Pods().Value())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI),
-		}
-		for _, name := range resourceNames {
-			if !isBasicResource(name) {
-				cap := nodeCapacity[name]
-				lowResourceThreshold[name] = resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(lowThreshold[name])*float64(cap.Value())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI)
-			}
-		}
-		highResourceThreshold := map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
-			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.NewMilliQuantity(int64(float64(highThreshold[v1.ResourceCPU])*float64(nodeCapacity.Cpu().MilliValue())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI),
-			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(highThreshold[v1.ResourceMemory])*float64(nodeCapacity.Memory().Value())*0.01), resource.BinarySI),
-			v1.ResourcePods:   resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(highThreshold[v1.ResourcePods])*float64(nodeCapacity.Pods().Value())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI),
-		}
-		for _, name := range resourceNames {
-			if !isBasicResource(name) {
-				cap := nodeCapacity[name]
-				highResourceThreshold[name] = resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(highThreshold[name])*float64(cap.Value())*0.01), resource.DecimalSI)
-			}
-		}
-
-		nodeUsageList = append(nodeUsageList, NodeUsage{
-			node:                  node,
-			usage:                 nodeUtilization(node, pods, resourceNames),
-			allPods:               pods,
-			lowResourceThreshold:  lowResourceThreshold,
-			highResourceThreshold: highResourceThreshold,
-		})
-	}
-
-	return nodeUsageList
-}
-
-func resourceUsagePercentages(nodeUsage NodeUsage) map[v1.ResourceName]float64 {
-	nodeCapacity := nodeUsage.node.Status.Capacity
-	if len(nodeUsage.node.Status.Allocatable) > 0 {
-		nodeCapacity = nodeUsage.node.Status.Allocatable
-	}
-
-	resourceUsagePercentage := map[v1.ResourceName]float64{}
-	for resourceName, resourceUsage := range nodeUsage.usage {
-		cap := nodeCapacity[resourceName]
-		if !cap.IsZero() {
-			resourceUsagePercentage[resourceName] = 100 * float64(resourceUsage.MilliValue()) / float64(cap.MilliValue())
-		}
-	}
-
-	return resourceUsagePercentage
-}
-
-// classifyNodes classifies the nodes into low-utilization or high-utilization nodes. If a node lies between
-// low and high thresholds, it is simply ignored.
-func classifyNodes(
-	nodeUsages []NodeUsage,
-	lowThresholdFilter, highThresholdFilter func(node *v1.Node, usage NodeUsage) bool,
-) ([]NodeUsage, []NodeUsage) {
-	lowNodes, highNodes := []NodeUsage{}, []NodeUsage{}
-
-	for _, nodeUsage := range nodeUsages {
-		if lowThresholdFilter(nodeUsage.node, nodeUsage) {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Node is underutilized", "node", klog.KObj(nodeUsage.node), "usage", nodeUsage.usage, "usagePercentage", resourceUsagePercentages(nodeUsage))
-			lowNodes = append(lowNodes, nodeUsage)
-		} else if highThresholdFilter(nodeUsage.node, nodeUsage) {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Node is overutilized", "node", klog.KObj(nodeUsage.node), "usage", nodeUsage.usage, "usagePercentage", resourceUsagePercentages(nodeUsage))
-			highNodes = append(highNodes, nodeUsage)
-		} else {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Node is appropriately utilized", "node", klog.KObj(nodeUsage.node), "usage", nodeUsage.usage, "usagePercentage", resourceUsagePercentages(nodeUsage))
-		}
-	}
-
-	return lowNodes, highNodes
-}
-
-// evictPodsFromSourceNodes evicts pods based on priority, if all the pods on the node have priority, if not
-// evicts them based on QoS as fallback option.
-// TODO: @ravig Break this function into smaller functions.
-func evictPodsFromSourceNodes(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	sourceNodes, destinationNodes []NodeUsage,
-	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
-	podFilter func(pod *v1.Pod) bool,
-	resourceNames []v1.ResourceName,
-	strategy string,
-	continueEviction continueEvictionCond,
-) {
-
-	sortNodesByUsage(sourceNodes)
-
-	// upper bound on total number of pods/cpu/memory and optional extended resources to be moved
-	totalAvailableUsage := map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
-		v1.ResourcePods:   {},
-		v1.ResourceCPU:    {},
-		v1.ResourceMemory: {},
-	}
-
-	var taintsOfDestinationNodes = make(map[string][]v1.Taint, len(destinationNodes))
-	for _, node := range destinationNodes {
-		taintsOfDestinationNodes[node.node.Name] = node.node.Spec.Taints
-
-		for _, name := range resourceNames {
-			if _, ok := totalAvailableUsage[name]; !ok {
-				totalAvailableUsage[name] = resource.NewQuantity(0, resource.DecimalSI)
-			}
-			totalAvailableUsage[name].Add(*node.highResourceThreshold[name])
-			totalAvailableUsage[name].Sub(*node.usage[name])
-		}
-	}
-
-	// log message in one line
-	keysAndValues := []interface{}{
-		"CPU", totalAvailableUsage[v1.ResourceCPU].MilliValue(),
-		"Mem", totalAvailableUsage[v1.ResourceMemory].Value(),
-		"Pods", totalAvailableUsage[v1.ResourcePods].Value(),
-	}
-	for name := range totalAvailableUsage {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			keysAndValues = append(keysAndValues, string(name), totalAvailableUsage[name].Value())
-		}
-	}
-	klog.V(1).InfoS("Total capacity to be moved", keysAndValues...)
-
-	for _, node := range sourceNodes {
-		klog.V(3).InfoS("Evicting pods from node", "node", klog.KObj(node.node), "usage", node.usage)
-
-		nonRemovablePods, removablePods := classifyPods(node.allPods, podFilter)
-		klog.V(2).InfoS("Pods on node", "node", klog.KObj(node.node), "allPods", len(node.allPods), "nonRemovablePods", len(nonRemovablePods), "removablePods", len(removablePods))
-
-		if len(removablePods) == 0 {
-			klog.V(1).InfoS("No removable pods on node, try next node", "node", klog.KObj(node.node))
-			continue
-		}
-
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicting pods based on priority, if they have same priority, they'll be evicted based on QoS tiers")
-		// sort the evictable Pods based on priority. This also sorts them based on QoS. If there are multiple pods with same priority, they are sorted based on QoS tiers.
-		podutil.SortPodsBasedOnPriorityLowToHigh(removablePods)
-		evictPods(ctx, removablePods, node, totalAvailableUsage, taintsOfDestinationNodes, podEvictor, strategy, continueEviction)
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pods from node", "node", klog.KObj(node.node), "evictedPods", podEvictor.NodeEvicted(node.node), "usage", node.usage)
-	}
-}
-
-func evictPods(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	inputPods []*v1.Pod,
-	nodeUsage NodeUsage,
-	totalAvailableUsage map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity,
-	taintsOfLowNodes map[string][]v1.Taint,
-	podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor,
-	strategy string,
-	continueEviction continueEvictionCond,
-) {
-
-	if continueEviction(nodeUsage, totalAvailableUsage) {
-		for _, pod := range inputPods {
-			if !utils.PodToleratesTaints(pod, taintsOfLowNodes) {
-				klog.V(3).InfoS("Skipping eviction for pod, doesn't tolerate node taint", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-				continue
-			}
-
-			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, nodeUsage.node, strategy)
-			if err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
-				break
-			}
-
-			if success {
-				klog.V(3).InfoS("Evicted pods", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "err", err)
-
-				for name := range totalAvailableUsage {
-					if name == v1.ResourcePods {
-						nodeUsage.usage[name].Sub(*resource.NewQuantity(1, resource.DecimalSI))
-						totalAvailableUsage[name].Sub(*resource.NewQuantity(1, resource.DecimalSI))
-					} else {
-						quantity := utils.GetResourceRequestQuantity(pod, name)
-						nodeUsage.usage[name].Sub(quantity)
-						totalAvailableUsage[name].Sub(quantity)
-					}
-				}
-
-				keysAndValues := []interface{}{
-					"node", nodeUsage.node.Name,
-					"CPU", nodeUsage.usage[v1.ResourceCPU].MilliValue(),
-					"Mem", nodeUsage.usage[v1.ResourceMemory].Value(),
-					"Pods", nodeUsage.usage[v1.ResourcePods].Value(),
-				}
-				for name := range totalAvailableUsage {
-					if !isBasicResource(name) {
-						keysAndValues = append(keysAndValues, string(name), totalAvailableUsage[name].Value())
-					}
-				}
-
-				klog.V(3).InfoS("Updated node usage", keysAndValues...)
-				// check if pods can be still evicted
-				if !continueEviction(nodeUsage, totalAvailableUsage) {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// sortNodesByUsage sorts nodes based on usage in descending order
-func sortNodesByUsage(nodes []NodeUsage) {
-	sort.Slice(nodes, func(i, j int) bool {
-		ti := nodes[i].usage[v1.ResourceMemory].Value() + nodes[i].usage[v1.ResourceCPU].MilliValue() + nodes[i].usage[v1.ResourcePods].Value()
-		tj := nodes[j].usage[v1.ResourceMemory].Value() + nodes[j].usage[v1.ResourceCPU].MilliValue() + nodes[j].usage[v1.ResourcePods].Value()
-
-		// extended resources
-		for name := range nodes[i].usage {
-			if !isBasicResource(name) {
-				ti = ti + nodes[i].usage[name].Value()
-				tj = tj + nodes[j].usage[name].Value()
-			}
-		}
-
-		// To return sorted in descending order
-		return ti > tj
-	})
-}
-
-// isNodeAboveTargetUtilization checks if a node is overutilized
-// At least one resource has to be above the high threshold
-func isNodeAboveTargetUtilization(usage NodeUsage) bool {
-	for name, nodeValue := range usage.usage {
-		// usage.highResourceThreshold[name] < nodeValue
-		if usage.highResourceThreshold[name].Cmp(*nodeValue) == -1 {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// isNodeWithLowUtilization checks if a node is underutilized
-// All resources have to be below the low threshold
-func isNodeWithLowUtilization(usage NodeUsage) bool {
-	for name, nodeValue := range usage.usage {
-		// usage.lowResourceThreshold[name] < nodeValue
-		if usage.lowResourceThreshold[name].Cmp(*nodeValue) == -1 {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// getResourceNames returns list of resource names in resource thresholds
-func getResourceNames(thresholds api.ResourceThresholds) []v1.ResourceName {
-	resourceNames := make([]v1.ResourceName, 0, len(thresholds))
-	for name := range thresholds {
-		resourceNames = append(resourceNames, name)
-	}
-	return resourceNames
-}
-
-// isBasicResource checks if resource is basic native.
-func isBasicResource(name v1.ResourceName) bool {
-	switch name {
-	case v1.ResourceCPU, v1.ResourceMemory, v1.ResourcePods:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
-}
-
-func nodeUtilization(node *v1.Node, pods []*v1.Pod, resourceNames []v1.ResourceName) map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity {
-	totalReqs := map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
-		v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.NewMilliQuantity(0, resource.DecimalSI),
-		v1.ResourceMemory: resource.NewQuantity(0, resource.BinarySI),
-		v1.ResourcePods:   resource.NewQuantity(int64(len(pods)), resource.DecimalSI),
-	}
-	for _, name := range resourceNames {
-		if !isBasicResource(name) {
-			totalReqs[name] = resource.NewQuantity(0, resource.DecimalSI)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, pod := range pods {
-		req, _ := utils.PodRequestsAndLimits(pod)
-		for _, name := range resourceNames {
-			quantity, ok := req[name]
-			if ok && name != v1.ResourcePods {
-				// As Quantity.Add says: Add adds the provided y quantity to the current value. If the current value is zero,
-				// the format of the quantity will be updated to the format of y.
-				totalReqs[name].Add(quantity)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return totalReqs
-}
-
-func classifyPods(pods []*v1.Pod, filter func(pod *v1.Pod) bool) ([]*v1.Pod, []*v1.Pod) {
-	var nonRemovablePods, removablePods []*v1.Pod
-
-	for _, pod := range pods {
-		if !filter(pod) {
-			nonRemovablePods = append(nonRemovablePods, pod)
-		} else {
-			removablePods = append(removablePods, pod)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nonRemovablePods, removablePods
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/nodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/nodeutilization/nodeutilization_test.go
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes 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.
-*/
-
-package nodeutilization
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
-	"math"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-var (
-	lowPriority      = int32(0)
-	highPriority     = int32(10000)
-	extendedResource = v1.ResourceName("example.com/foo")
-)
-
-func TestValidateThresholds(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		input   api.ResourceThresholds
-		errInfo error
-	}{
-		{
-			name:    "passing nil map for threshold",
-			input:   nil,
-			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "passing no threshold",
-			input:   api.ResourceThresholds{},
-			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("no resource threshold is configured"),
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing extended resource name other than cpu/memory/pods",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:   40,
-				extendedResource: 50,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing invalid resource value",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    110,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 80,
-			},
-			errInfo: fmt.Errorf("%v threshold not in [%v, %v] range", v1.ResourceCPU, MinResourcePercentage, MaxResourcePercentage),
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing a valid threshold with max and min resource value",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    100,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 0,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing a valid threshold with only cpu",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU: 80,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing a valid threshold with cpu, memory and pods",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 30,
-				v1.ResourcePods:   40,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing a valid threshold with only extended resource",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				extendedResource: 80,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "passing a valid threshold with cpu, memory, pods and extended resource",
-			input: api.ResourceThresholds{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    20,
-				v1.ResourceMemory: 30,
-				v1.ResourcePods:   40,
-				extendedResource:  50,
-			},
-			errInfo: nil,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		validateErr := validateThresholds(test.input)
-
-		if validateErr == nil || test.errInfo == nil {
-			if validateErr != test.errInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected validity of threshold: %#v to be %v but got %v instead", test.input, test.errInfo, validateErr)
-			}
-		} else if validateErr.Error() != test.errInfo.Error() {
-			t.Errorf("expected validity of threshold: %#v to be %v but got %v instead", test.input, test.errInfo, validateErr)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResourceUsagePercentages(t *testing.T) {
-	resourceUsagePercentage := resourceUsagePercentages(NodeUsage{
-		node: &v1.Node{
-			Status: v1.NodeStatus{
-				Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
-					v1.ResourceCPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(2000, resource.DecimalSI),
-					v1.ResourceMemory: *resource.NewQuantity(3977868*1024, resource.BinarySI),
-					v1.ResourcePods:   *resource.NewQuantity(29, resource.BinarySI),
-				},
-				Allocatable: v1.ResourceList{
-					v1.ResourceCPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(1930, resource.DecimalSI),
-					v1.ResourceMemory: *resource.NewQuantity(3287692*1024, resource.BinarySI),
-					v1.ResourcePods:   *resource.NewQuantity(29, resource.BinarySI),
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		usage: map[v1.ResourceName]*resource.Quantity{
-			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.NewMilliQuantity(1220, resource.DecimalSI),
-			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.NewQuantity(3038982964, resource.BinarySI),
-			v1.ResourcePods:   resource.NewQuantity(11, resource.BinarySI),
-		},
-	})
-
-	expectedUsageInIntPercentage := map[v1.ResourceName]float64{
-		v1.ResourceCPU:    63,
-		v1.ResourceMemory: 90,
-		v1.ResourcePods:   37,
-	}
-
-	for resourceName, percentage := range expectedUsageInIntPercentage {
-		if math.Floor(resourceUsagePercentage[resourceName]) != percentage {
-			t.Errorf("Incorrect percentange computation, expected %v, got math.Floor(%v) instead", percentage, resourceUsagePercentage[resourceName])
-		}
-	}
-
-	t.Logf("resourceUsagePercentage: %#v\n", resourceUsagePercentage)
-}
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go
@@ -18,79 +18,22 @@ package strategies

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )

-func validateRemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinityParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity evicts pods on the node which are having a pod affinity rules.
-func RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validateRemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinityParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	var labelSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		if strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-			includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-			excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-		}
-		labelSelector = strategy.Params.LabelSelector
-	}
-
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	nodeFit := false
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		nodeFit = strategy.Params.NodeFit
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority), evictions.WithNodeFit(nodeFit))
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(labelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
+func RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor) {
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v\n", node.Name)
+		pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, podEvictor.IsEvictable)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -98,10 +41,10 @@ func RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clients
 		podutil.SortPodsBasedOnPriorityLowToHigh(pods)
 		totalPods := len(pods)
 		for i := 0; i < totalPods; i++ {
-			if checkPodsWithAntiAffinityExist(pods[i], pods) && evictable.IsEvictable(pods[i]) {
+			if checkPodsWithAntiAffinityExist(pods[i], pods) {
 				success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "InterPodAntiAffinity")
 				if err != nil {
-					klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod")
+					klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 					break
 				}

@@ -126,7 +69,7 @@ func checkPodsWithAntiAffinityExist(pod *v1.Pod, pods []*v1.Pod) bool {
 			namespaces := utils.GetNamespacesFromPodAffinityTerm(pod, &term)
 			selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(term.LabelSelector)
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to convert LabelSelector into Selector")
+				klog.Infof("%v", err)
 				return false
 			}
 			for _, existingPod := range pods {
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity_test.go
@@ -20,56 +20,30 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"

-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-
+	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/test"
 )

 func TestPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
-	node1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
-	node2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{
-			"datacenter": "east",
-		}
-	})
-
-	node3 := test.BuildTestNode("n3", 2000, 3000, 10, func(node *v1.Node) {
-		node.Spec = v1.NodeSpec{
-			Unschedulable: true,
-		}
-	})
-
-	p1 := test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p7 := test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p8 := test.BuildTestPod("p8", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p9 := test.BuildTestPod("p9", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p10 := test.BuildTestPod("p10", 100, 0, node1.Name, nil)
-	p9.DeletionTimestamp = &metav1.Time{}
-	p10.DeletionTimestamp = &metav1.Time{}
-
-	criticalPriority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-	nonEvictablePod := test.BuildTestPod("non-evict", 100, 0, node1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		pod.Spec.Priority = &criticalPriority
-	})
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	node := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	p1 := test.BuildTestPod("p1", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p2 := test.BuildTestPod("p2", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p3 := test.BuildTestPod("p3", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p4 := test.BuildTestPod("p4", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p5 := test.BuildTestPod("p5", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p6 := test.BuildTestPod("p6", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
+	p7 := test.BuildTestPod("p7", 100, 0, node.Name, nil)
 	p2.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	p5.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	p6.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	p7.Labels = map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1"}
-	nonEvictablePod.Labels = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p1)
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p2)
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p3)
@@ -77,8 +51,6 @@ func TestPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p5)
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p6)
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p7)
-	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p9)
-	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(p10)

 	// set pod anti affinity
 	setPodAntiAffinity(p1, "foo", "bar")
@@ -87,146 +59,62 @@ func TestPodAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 	setPodAntiAffinity(p5, "foo1", "bar1")
 	setPodAntiAffinity(p6, "foo1", "bar1")
 	setPodAntiAffinity(p7, "foo", "bar")
-	setPodAntiAffinity(p9, "foo", "bar")
-	setPodAntiAffinity(p10, "foo", "bar")

 	// set pod priority
 	test.SetPodPriority(p5, 100)
 	test.SetPodPriority(p6, 50)
 	test.SetPodPriority(p7, 0)

-	// Set pod node selectors
-	p8.Spec.NodeSelector = map[string]string{
-		"datacenter": "west",
-	}
-
-	var uint1 uint = 1
-	var uint3 uint = 3
-
 	tests := []struct {
-		description                    string
-		maxPodsToEvictPerNode          *uint
-		maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace *uint
-		pods                           []*v1.Pod
-		expectedEvictedPodCount        uint
-		nodeFit                        bool
-		nodes                          []*v1.Node
+		description             string
+		maxPodsToEvictPerNode   int
+		pods                    []v1.Pod
+		expectedEvictedPodCount int
 	}{
 		{
 			description:             "Maximum pods to evict - 0",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p4},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3, *p4},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 3,
 		},
 		{
 			description:             "Maximum pods to evict - 3",
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint3,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p4},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   3,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p1, *p2, *p3, *p4},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 3,
 		},
-		{
-			description:                    "Maximum pods to evict (maxPodsToEvictPerNamespace=3) - 3",
-			maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: &uint3,
-			pods:                           []*v1.Pod{p1, p2, p3, p4},
-			nodes:                          []*v1.Node{node1},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount:        3,
-		},
 		{
 			description:             "Evict only 1 pod after sorting",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p5, p6, p7},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
+			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   0,
+			pods:                    []v1.Pod{*p5, *p6, *p7},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
 		},
-		{
-			description:             "Evicts pod that conflicts with critical pod (but does not evict critical pod)",
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, nonEvictablePod},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Evicts pod that conflicts with critical pod (but does not evict critical pod)",
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p1, nonEvictablePod},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Won't evict pods because node selectors don't match available nodes",
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p8, nonEvictablePod},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "Won't evict pods because only other node is not schedulable",
-			maxPodsToEvictPerNode:   &uint1,
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p8, nonEvictablePod},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node3},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-			nodeFit:                 true,
-		},
-		{
-			description:             "No pod to evicted since all pod terminating",
-			pods:                    []*v1.Pod{p9, p10},
-			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1},
-			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
-		},
 	}

 	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			var objs []runtime.Object
-			for _, node := range test.nodes {
-				objs = append(objs, node)
-			}
-			for _, pod := range test.pods {
-				objs = append(objs, pod)
-			}
-			fakeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(objs...)
-
-			sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(fakeClient, 0)
-			podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
-
-			getPodsAssignedToNode, err := podutil.BuildGetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc(podInformer)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
-			sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
-
-			podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
-				fakeClient,
-				policyv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-				false,
-				test.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
-				test.maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace,
-				test.nodes,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-				false,
-			)
-			strategy := api.DeschedulerStrategy{
-				Params: &api.StrategyParameters{
-					NodeFit: test.nodeFit,
-				},
-			}
-
-			RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx, fakeClient, strategy, test.nodes, podEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode)
-			podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
-			if podsEvicted != test.expectedEvictedPodCount {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", podsEvicted, test.expectedEvictedPodCount)
-			}
+		// create fake client
+		fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("list", "pods", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, &v1.PodList{Items: test.pods}, nil
 		})
+		fakeClient.Fake.AddReactor("get", "nodes", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+			return true, node, nil
+		})
+
+		podEvictor := evictions.NewPodEvictor(
+			fakeClient,
+			"v1",
+			false,
+			test.maxPodsToEvictPerNode,
+			[]*v1.Node{node},
+			false,
+		)
+
+		RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx, fakeClient, api.DeschedulerStrategy{}, []*v1.Node{node}, podEvictor)
+		podsEvicted := podEvictor.TotalEvicted()
+		if podsEvicted != test.expectedEvictedPodCount {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected no of pods evicted: pods evicted: %d, expected: %d", podsEvicted, test.expectedEvictedPodCount)
+		}
 	}
 }

--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go
@@ -18,122 +18,51 @@ package strategies

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	v1meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"

 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
 	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 )

-func validatePodLifeTimeParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil || params.PodLifeTime == nil || params.PodLifeTime.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds not set")
-	}
-
-	if params.PodLifeTime.PodStatusPhases != nil {
-		for _, phase := range params.PodLifeTime.PodStatusPhases {
-			if phase != string(v1.PodPending) && phase != string(v1.PodRunning) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("only Pending and Running phases are supported in PodLifeTime")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // PodLifeTime evicts pods on nodes that were created more than strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds seconds ago.
-func PodLifeTime(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validatePodLifeTimeParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid PodLifeTime parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	thresholdPriority, err := utils.GetPriorityFromStrategyParams(ctx, client, strategy.Params)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to get threshold priority from strategy's params")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces sets.String
-	if strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-		includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-		excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-	}
-
-	evictable := podEvictor.Evictable(evictions.WithPriorityThreshold(thresholdPriority))
-
-	filter := evictable.IsEvictable
-	if strategy.Params.PodLifeTime.PodStatusPhases != nil {
-		filter = func(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-			for _, phase := range strategy.Params.PodLifeTime.PodStatusPhases {
-				if string(pod.Status.Phase) == phase {
-					return evictable.IsEvictable(pod)
-				}
-			}
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(filter).
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(strategy.Params.LabelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
+func PodLifeTime(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor) {
+	if strategy.Params == nil || strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds == nil {
+		klog.V(1).Infof("MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds not set")
 		return
 	}

 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-
-		pods := listOldPodsOnNode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter, *strategy.Params.PodLifeTime.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v", node.Name)
+		pods := listOldPodsOnNode(ctx, client, node, *strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, podEvictor)
 		for _, pod := range pods {
 			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "PodLifeTime")
 			if success {
-				klog.V(1).InfoS("Evicted pod because it exceeded its lifetime", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "maxPodLifeTime", *strategy.Params.PodLifeTime.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds)
+				klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v because it was created more than %v seconds ago", pod.Name, *strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds)
 			}

 			if err != nil {
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "Error evicting pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
+				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 				break
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 }

-func listOldPodsOnNode(
-	nodeName string,
-	getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc,
-	filter podutil.FilterFunc,
-	maxPodLifeTimeSeconds uint,
-) []*v1.Pod {
-	pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(nodeName, getPodsAssignedToNode, filter)
+func listOldPodsOnNode(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, node *v1.Node, maxAge uint, evictor *evictions.PodEvictor) []*v1.Pod {
+	pods, err := podutil.ListPodsOnANode(ctx, client, node, evictor.IsEvictable)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}

 	var oldPods []*v1.Pod
 	for _, pod := range pods {
-		podAgeSeconds := uint(metav1.Now().Sub(pod.GetCreationTimestamp().Local()).Seconds())
-		if podAgeSeconds > maxPodLifeTimeSeconds {
+		podAgeSeconds := uint(v1meta.Now().Sub(pod.GetCreationTimestamp().Local()).Seconds())
+		if podAgeSeconds > maxAge {
 			oldPods = append(oldPods, pod)
 		}
 	}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More