diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index 2ec9d961ac19..088bd8517ad0 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func main() {
 		ctors = append(ctors, certificate.NewController) // add the net-certmanager controller
 	} else {
 		// Remove all non required informers
-		ctx = injection.WithExcludeInformerPredicate(ctx, excludeNetCertManagerInformers)
+		ctx = injection.WithInformerExcludingFilter(ctx, excludeNetCertManagerInformers)
 	}
 
 	sharedmain.MainWithConfig(ctx, "controller", cfg, ctors...)
@@ -122,12 +122,18 @@ func shouldEnableNetCertManagerController(ctx context.Context, client *kubernete
 		netCfg.NamespaceWildcardCertSelector != nil
 }
 
-func excludeNetCertManagerInformers(ctx context.Context, inf controller.Informer) bool {
-	isCertInf := v1certificate.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf
-	isCertReqInf := certificaterequest.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf
-	isClusterIssuerInf := clusterissuer.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf
-	isIssuerInf := issuer.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf
-	isChallengeInf := challenge.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf
-
-	return isCertInf || isCertReqInf || isClusterIssuerInf || isIssuerInf || isChallengeInf
+func excludeNetCertManagerInformers(ctx context.Context, inf controller.Informer) (bool, string) {
+	switch {
+	case v1certificate.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf:
+		return true, "CertificateInformer"
+	case certificaterequest.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf:
+		return true, "CertificateRequestInformer"
+	case clusterissuer.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf:
+		return true, "ClusterIssuerInformer"
+	case issuer.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf:
+		return true, "IssuerInformer"
+	case challenge.Get(ctx).Informer() == inf:
+		return true, "ChallengeInformer"
+	}
+	return false, ""
 }
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a416ef3bb091..18a448bc92c3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -228,13 +228,8 @@ github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:/xlHOz8bRuivTWchD4jCa+NbatV+wEUSzw
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0 h1:7cYmW1XlMY7h7ii7UhUyChSgS5wUJEnm9uZVTGqOWzg=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
-<<<<<<< HEAD
 github.com/golang/glog v1.2.0 h1:uCdmnmatrKCgMBlM4rMuJZWOkPDqdbZPnrMXDY4gI68=
 github.com/golang/glog v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6AhwSGph0fcJtXVM/PEHPqZlFeoLxhs7/t5UDAwmO+w=
-=======
-github.com/golang/glog v1.1.2 h1:DVjP2PbBOzHyzA+dn3WhHIq4NdVu3Q+pvivFICf/7fo=
-github.com/golang/glog v1.1.2/go.mod h1:zR+okUeTbrL6EL3xHUDxZuEtGv04p5shwip1+mL/rLQ=
->>>>>>> f693dd363 (vendor fixes)
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/injection/injection.go b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/injection/injection.go
index a3bd818b9901..02bd4d75e10f 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/injection/injection.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/pkg/injection/injection.go
@@ -59,36 +59,41 @@ func EnableInjectionOrDie(ctx context.Context, cfg *rest.Config) (context.Contex
 
 	ctx, informers := Default.SetupInformers(ctx, cfg)
 
-	var finalInformers []controller.Informer
-
+	includedInformers := make([]controller.Informer, 0)
+	
 	for _, inf := range informers {
-		if p := GetExcludeInformerPredicate(ctx); p != nil && (*p)(ctx, inf){
-			continue
+		if p := getInformerExcludingFilter(ctx); p != nil {
+			skip, name := (*p)(ctx, inf)
+			if skip {
+				logging.FromContext(ctx).Infof("Excluding informer %s", name)
+				continue
+			}
 		}
-		finalInformers = append(finalInformers, inf)
+		includedInformers = append(includedInformers, inf)
 	}
 
 	return ctx, func() {
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).Info("Starting informers...")
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).Infof("Number of informers to start: %d\n", len(finalInformers))
-		if err := controller.StartInformers(ctx.Done(), finalInformers...); err != nil {
+		logging.FromContext(ctx).Infof("Starting %d informers...", len(includedInformers))
+		if err := controller.StartInformers(ctx.Done(), includedInformers...); err != nil {
 			logging.FromContext(ctx).Fatalw("Failed to start informers", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-type ExcludeInformerPredicate func(ctx context.Context, inf controller.Informer) bool
-type ExcludeInformerPredicateKey struct{}
+type InformerExcludingFilter func(ctx context.Context, inf controller.Informer) (bool, string)
+type excludeInformerPredicateKey struct{}
 
-func WithExcludeInformerPredicate(ctx context.Context, predicate ExcludeInformerPredicate) context.Context {
-	return context.WithValue(ctx, ExcludeInformerPredicateKey{}, predicate)
+// WithInformerExcludingFilter sets the predicate to exclude informers from being started.
+// If predicate returns true the informer will not be started.
+func WithInformerExcludingFilter(ctx context.Context, predicate InformerExcludingFilter) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, excludeInformerPredicateKey{}, predicate)
 }
 
-func GetExcludeInformerPredicate(ctx context.Context) *ExcludeInformerPredicate {
-	untyped := ctx.Value(ExcludeInformerPredicateKey{})
+func getInformerExcludingFilter(ctx context.Context) *InformerExcludingFilter {
+	untyped := ctx.Value(excludeInformerPredicateKey{})
 	if untyped == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	 e := untyped.(ExcludeInformerPredicate)
-	 return &e
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	e := untyped.(InformerExcludingFilter)
+	return &e
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 771b5aa2a3c5..7d39938773bc 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -690,9 +690,6 @@ google.golang.org/appengine/internal/remote_api
 google.golang.org/appengine/internal/urlfetch
 google.golang.org/appengine/urlfetch
 # google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240221002015-b0ce06bbee7c
-# google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240205150955-31a09d347014
-# google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240122161410-6c6643bf1457
-# google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240205150955-31a09d347014
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/httpbody
 # google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240304161311-37d4d3c04a78
@@ -1312,7 +1309,6 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto
 k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/sets
 k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec
 # k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240102154912-e7106e64919e
-# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/clock