diff --git a/rest/fake/BUILD b/rest/fake/BUILD
index 524701f1..e511b207 100644
--- a/rest/fake/BUILD
+++ b/rest/fake/BUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ go_library(
     srcs = ["fake.go"],
     importpath = "k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake",
     deps = [
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/registered:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
diff --git a/rest/fake/fake.go b/rest/fake/fake.go
index 2e1bc55a..db2c01c7 100644
--- a/rest/fake/fake.go
+++ b/rest/fake/fake.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ func (f roundTripperFunc) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 type RESTClient struct {
 	Client               *http.Client
 	NegotiatedSerializer runtime.NegotiatedSerializer
-	GroupName            string
-	APIRegistry          *registered.APIRegistrationManager
+	GroupVersion         schema.GroupVersion
 	VersionedAPIPath     string
 
 	Req  *http.Request
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ func (c *RESTClient) Verb(verb string) *restclient.Request {
 }
 
 func (c *RESTClient) APIVersion() schema.GroupVersion {
-	return c.APIRegistry.GroupOrDie("").GroupVersion
+	return c.GroupVersion
 }
 
 func (c *RESTClient) GetRateLimiter() flowcontrol.RateLimiter {
@@ -89,22 +87,20 @@ func (c *RESTClient) GetRateLimiter() flowcontrol.RateLimiter {
 
 func (c *RESTClient) request(verb string) *restclient.Request {
 	config := restclient.ContentConfig{
-		ContentType: runtime.ContentTypeJSON,
-		// TODO this was hardcoded before, but it doesn't look right
-		GroupVersion:         &c.APIRegistry.GroupOrDie("").GroupVersion,
+		ContentType:          runtime.ContentTypeJSON,
+		GroupVersion:         &c.GroupVersion,
 		NegotiatedSerializer: c.NegotiatedSerializer,
 	}
 
 	ns := c.NegotiatedSerializer
 	info, _ := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(ns.SupportedMediaTypes(), runtime.ContentTypeJSON)
 	internalVersion := schema.GroupVersion{
-		Group:   c.APIRegistry.GroupOrDie(c.GroupName).GroupVersion.Group,
+		Group:   c.GroupVersion.Group,
 		Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal,
 	}
-	internalVersion.Version = runtime.APIVersionInternal
 	serializers := restclient.Serializers{
 		// TODO this was hardcoded before, but it doesn't look right
-		Encoder: ns.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, c.APIRegistry.GroupOrDie("").GroupVersion),
+		Encoder: ns.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, c.GroupVersion),
 		Decoder: ns.DecoderToVersion(info.Serializer, internalVersion),
 	}
 	if info.StreamSerializer != nil {