diff --git a/metadata/fake/simple.go b/metadata/fake/simple.go
index ca771237..5b585f3f 100644
--- a/metadata/fake/simple.go
+++ b/metadata/fake/simple.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ type MetadataClient interface {
 	UpdateFake(obj *metav1.PartialObjectMetadata, opts metav1.UpdateOptions, subresources ...string) (*metav1.PartialObjectMetadata, error)
 }
 
+// NewTestScheme creates a unique Scheme for each test.
+func NewTestScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
+	return runtime.NewScheme()
+}
+
 // NewSimpleMetadataClient creates a new client that will use the provided scheme and respond with the
 // provided objects when requests are made. It will track actions made to the client which can be checked
 // with GetActions().
diff --git a/metadata/fake/simple_test.go b/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
index e6fdde3e..219be4e7 100644
--- a/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
+++ b/metadata/fake/simple_test.go
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ const (
 	testAPIVersion = "testgroup/testversion"
 )
 
-var scheme *runtime.Scheme
-
-func init() {
-	scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-	metav1.AddMetaToScheme(scheme)
-}
-
 func newPartialObjectMetadata(apiVersion, kind, namespace, name string) *metav1.PartialObjectMetadata {
 	return &metav1.PartialObjectMetadata{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
@@ -66,6 +59,8 @@ func newPartialObjectMetadataWithAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) *met
 }
 
 func TestList(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := NewTestScheme()
+	metav1.AddMetaToScheme(scheme)
 	client := NewSimpleMetadataClient(scheme,
 		newPartialObjectMetadata("group/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name-foo"),
 		newPartialObjectMetadata("group2/version", "TheKind", "ns-foo", "name2-foo"),
@@ -98,6 +93,8 @@ type patchTestCase struct {
 }
 
 func (tc *patchTestCase) runner(t *testing.T) {
+	scheme := NewTestScheme()
+	metav1.AddMetaToScheme(scheme)
 	client := NewSimpleMetadataClient(scheme, tc.object)
 	resourceInterface := client.Resource(schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: testGroup, Version: testVersion, Resource: testResource}).Namespace(testNamespace)
 
diff --git a/metadata/metadatainformer/informer_test.go b/metadata/metadatainformer/informer_test.go
index e268202e..2c7b9ab4 100644
--- a/metadata/metadatainformer/informer_test.go
+++ b/metadata/metadatainformer/informer_test.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestMetadataSharedInformerFactory(t *testing.T) {
 			timeout := time.Duration(3 * time.Second)
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 			defer cancel()
-			scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+			scheme := fake.NewTestScheme()
 			metav1.AddMetaToScheme(scheme)
 			informerReciveObjectCh := make(chan *metav1.PartialObjectMetadata, 1)
 			objs := []runtime.Object{}