diff --git a/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.kubernetes b/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.kubernetes
index f0a8f9792..11859c701 100644
--- a/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.kubernetes
+++ b/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.kubernetes
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ autoscaling:
   instance_loss_threshold: 3
 
 alert_on_max_capacity: false
-pool_owner: compute_infra
diff --git a/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.mesos b/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.mesos
index 6bb9f05a7..4fd9aec12 100644
--- a/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.mesos
+++ b/acceptance/srv-configs/clusterman-clusters/local-dev/default.mesos
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ autoscale_signal:
       minute_range: 10
 
 alert_on_max_capacity: false
-pool_owner: compute_infra
diff --git a/clusterman/autoscaler/autoscaler.py b/clusterman/autoscaler/autoscaler.py
index 6eccbe58f..0424c7cba 100644
--- a/clusterman/autoscaler/autoscaler.py
+++ b/clusterman/autoscaler/autoscaler.py
@@ -178,9 +178,12 @@ def run(self, dry_run: bool = False, timestamp: Optional[arrow.Arrow] = None) ->
         else:
             capacity_offset = get_capacity_offset(self.cluster, self.pool, self.scheduler, timestamp)
             new_target_capacity = self._compute_target_capacity(resource_request) + capacity_offset
-            self.target_capacity_gauge.set(new_target_capacity, self.add_metric_labels(dry_run))
-            self.max_capacity_gauge.set(self.pool_manager.max_capacity, self.add_metric_labels(dry_run))
-            self.setpoint_gauge.set(self.autoscaling_config.setpoint, self.add_metric_labels(dry_run))
+            self.target_capacity_gauge.set(new_target_capacity, {"dry_run": dry_run})
+            self.max_capacity_gauge.set(
+                self.pool_manager.max_capacity,
+                {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": self.pool_manager.alert_on_max_capacity},
+            )
+            self.setpoint_gauge.set(self.autoscaling_config.setpoint, {"dry_run": dry_run})
             self._emit_requested_resource_metrics(resource_request, dry_run=dry_run)
 
         try:
@@ -199,14 +202,7 @@ def run(self, dry_run: bool = False, timestamp: Optional[arrow.Arrow] = None) ->
     def _emit_requested_resource_metrics(self, resource_request: SignalResourceRequest, dry_run: bool) -> None:
         for resource_type, resource_gauge in self.resource_request_gauges.items():
             if getattr(resource_request, resource_type) is not None:
-                resource_gauge.set(getattr(resource_request, resource_type), self.add_metric_labels(dry_run))
-
-    def add_metric_labels(self, dry_run):
-        return {
-            "dry_run": dry_run,
-            "alert_on_max_capacity": self.pool_manager.alert_on_max_capacity,
-            "team": self.pool_manager.pool_owner,
-        }
+                resource_gauge.set(getattr(resource_request, resource_type), {"dry_run": dry_run})
 
     def _get_signal_for_app(self, app: str) -> Signal:
         """Load the signal object to use for autoscaling for a particular app
diff --git a/clusterman/autoscaler/pool_manager.py b/clusterman/autoscaler/pool_manager.py
index c06226c2c..6ca514dc3 100644
--- a/clusterman/autoscaler/pool_manager.py
+++ b/clusterman/autoscaler/pool_manager.py
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ def __init__(
             "autoscaling.killable_nodes_prioritizing_v2", default=False
         )
         self.alert_on_max_capacity = self.pool_config.read_bool("alert_on_max_capacity", default=True)
-        self.pool_owner = self.pool_config.read_string("pool_owner", default="compute_infra")
         monitoring_info = {"cluster": cluster, "pool": pool}
         self.killable_nodes_counter = get_monitoring_client().create_counter(SFX_KILLABLE_NODES_COUNT, monitoring_info)
 
diff --git a/clusterman/kubernetes/kubernetes_cluster_connector.py b/clusterman/kubernetes/kubernetes_cluster_connector.py
index 4a4c3dfd1..b03fc948d 100644
--- a/clusterman/kubernetes/kubernetes_cluster_connector.py
+++ b/clusterman/kubernetes/kubernetes_cluster_connector.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import colorlog
 import kubernetes
 import staticconf
+from kubernetes.client import V1beta1Eviction
 from kubernetes.client import V1DeleteOptions
-from kubernetes.client import V1Eviction
 from kubernetes.client import V1ObjectMeta
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_node import V1Node as KubernetesNode
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_pod import V1Pod as KubernetesPod
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def _evict_pod(self, pod: KubernetesPod):
         self._core_api.create_namespaced_pod_eviction(
             name=pod.metadata.name,
             namespace=pod.metadata.namespace,
-            body=V1Eviction(
+            body=V1beta1Eviction(
                 metadata=V1ObjectMeta(
                     name=pod.metadata.name,
                     namespace=pod.metadata.namespace,
diff --git a/clusterman/kubernetes/util.py b/clusterman/kubernetes/util.py
index 4fed406b7..0e9253a5f 100644
--- a/clusterman/kubernetes/util.py
+++ b/clusterman/kubernetes/util.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_node_selector_requirement import V1NodeSelectorRequirement
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_node_selector_term import V1NodeSelectorTerm
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_pod import V1Pod as KubernetesPod
-from kubernetes.config.config_exception import ConfigException
 
 from clusterman.util import ClustermanResources
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def __init__(self, kubeconfig_path: str, client_class: Type) -> None:
                 kubernetes.config.load_incluster_config()
             else:
                 kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(kubeconfig_path, context=os.getenv("KUBECONTEXT"))
-        except (TypeError, ConfigException):
+        except TypeError:
             error_msg = "Could not load KUBECONFIG; is this running on Kubernetes master?"
             if "yelpcorp" in socket.getfqdn():
                 error_msg += "\nHint: try using the clusterman-k8s-<clustername> wrapper script!"
diff --git a/clusterman/simulator/simulated_pool_manager.py b/clusterman/simulator/simulated_pool_manager.py
index 05446c098..d796f8387 100644
--- a/clusterman/simulator/simulated_pool_manager.py
+++ b/clusterman/simulator/simulated_pool_manager.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def __init__(
             MAX_MIN_NODE_SCALEIN_UPTIME_SECONDS,
         )
         self.alert_on_max_capacity = self.pool_config.read_bool("alert_on_max_capacity", default=True)
-        self.pool_owner = self.pool_config.read_string("pool_owner", default="compute_infra")
         self.killable_nodes_prioritizing_v2 = self.pool_config.read_bool(
             "autoscaling.killable_nodes_prioritizing_v2", default=False
         )
diff --git a/examples/schemas/pool.json b/examples/schemas/pool.json
index d8fb9a6c7..f4fd7fbf5 100644
--- a/examples/schemas/pool.json
+++ b/examples/schemas/pool.json
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
             "additionalProperties": false
         },
         "sensu_config": {"$ref": "definitions.json#sensu_config"},
-        "alert_on_max_capacity": {"type": "boolean"},
-        "pool_owner": {"type": "string"}
+        "alert_on_max_capacity": {"type": "boolean"}
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
 }
diff --git a/itests/environment.py b/itests/environment.py
index a65546b34..eabe17174 100644
--- a/itests/environment.py
+++ b/itests/environment.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def setup_configurations(context):
             ],
         },
         "alert_on_max_capacity": True,
-        "pool_owner": "compute_infra",
     }
     kube_pool_config = {
         "resource_groups": [
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ def setup_configurations(context):
             "period_minutes": 7,
         },
         "alert_on_max_capacity": True,
-        "pool_owner": "compute_infra",
     }
     with staticconf.testing.MockConfiguration(
         boto_config, namespace=CREDENTIALS_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e0308153d..8e4359b62 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ idna==2.8
 jmespath==0.9.4
 jsonpickle==1.4.2
 kiwisolver==1.1.0
-kubernetes==24.2.0
+kubernetes==10.0.1
 matplotlib==3.4.2
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 numpy==1.21.6
diff --git a/tests/autoscaler/autoscaler_test.py b/tests/autoscaler/autoscaler_test.py
index 335c13e92..c4555a152 100644
--- a/tests/autoscaler/autoscaler_test.py
+++ b/tests/autoscaler/autoscaler_test.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def pool_configs():
                 "max_weight_to_remove": 10,
             },
             "alert_on_max_capacity": True,
-            "pool_owner": "compute_infra",
         },
         namespace=POOL_NAMESPACE.format(pool="bar", scheduler="mesos"),
     ):
@@ -92,10 +91,6 @@ def mock_autoscaler():
         "alert_on_max_capacity",
         namespace=POOL_NAMESPACE.format(pool="bar", scheduler="mesos"),
     )
-    mock_autoscaler.pool_manager.pool_owner = staticconf.read_string(
-        "pool_owner",
-        namespace=POOL_NAMESPACE.format(pool="bar", scheduler="mesos"),
-    )
     mock_autoscaler.pool_manager.non_orphan_fulfilled_capacity = 0
 
     mock_autoscaler.target_capacity_gauge = mock.Mock(spec=GaugeProtocol)
@@ -163,22 +158,17 @@ def test_autoscaler_run(dry_run, mock_autoscaler, run_timestamp):
     ), pytest.raises(ValueError):
         mock_autoscaler.run(dry_run=dry_run, timestamp=run_timestamp)
 
-    assert mock_autoscaler.target_capacity_gauge.set.call_args == mock.call(
-        100, {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": True, "team": "compute_infra"}
-    )
+    assert mock_autoscaler.target_capacity_gauge.set.call_args == mock.call(100, {"dry_run": dry_run})
     assert mock_autoscaler.max_capacity_gauge.set.call_args == mock.call(
-        mock_autoscaler.pool_manager.max_capacity,
-        {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": True, "team": "compute_infra"},
-    )
-    assert mock_autoscaler.setpoint_gauge.set.call_args == mock.call(
-        0.7, {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": True, "team": "compute_infra"}
+        mock_autoscaler.pool_manager.max_capacity, {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": True}
     )
+    assert mock_autoscaler.setpoint_gauge.set.call_args == mock.call(0.7, {"dry_run": dry_run})
     assert mock_autoscaler._compute_target_capacity.call_args == mock.call(resource_request)
     assert mock_autoscaler.pool_manager.modify_target_capacity.call_count == 1
 
     assert mock_autoscaler.resource_request_gauges["cpus"].set.call_args == mock.call(
         resource_request.cpus,
-        {"dry_run": dry_run, "alert_on_max_capacity": True, "team": "compute_infra"},
+        {"dry_run": dry_run},
     )
     assert mock_autoscaler.resource_request_gauges["mem"].set.call_count == 0
     assert mock_autoscaler.resource_request_gauges["disk"].set.call_count == 0
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9651b2516..55f5606f1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ def clusterman_pool_config():
             ],
         },
         "alert_on_max_capacity": True,
-        "pool_owner": "compute_infra",
     }
     with staticconf.testing.MockConfiguration(config, namespace="bar.mesos_config"):
         yield
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ def clusterman_k8s_pool_config():
             "disable_autoscaling": False,
         },
         "alert_on_max_capacity": False,
-        "pool_owner": "foo",
     }
     with staticconf.testing.MockConfiguration(config, namespace="bar.kubernetes_config"):
         yield
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/util_test.py b/tests/kubernetes/util_test.py
index 92942f9ac..3316a4660 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/util_test.py
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/util_test.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import pytest
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_node_selector_requirement import V1NodeSelectorRequirement
 from kubernetes.client.models.v1_node_selector_term import V1NodeSelectorTerm
-from kubernetes.config import ConfigException
 
 from clusterman.kubernetes.util import CachedCoreV1Api
 from clusterman.kubernetes.util import ConciseCRDApi
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def mock_cached_core_v1_api():
 
 
 def test_cached_corev1_api_no_kubeconfig(caplog):
-    with pytest.raises(ConfigException):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         CachedCoreV1Api("/foo/bar/admin.conf")
         assert "Could not load KUBECONFIG" in caplog.text