diff --git a/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go b/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
index f1c265113bf..4a9c845ccc4 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/generic/registry/storage_factory.go
@@ -31,7 +31,24 @@ func StorageWithCacher(
 	resourcePrefix string,
 	scopeStrategy rest.NamespaceScopedStrategy,
 	newListFunc func() runtime.Object) storage.Interface {
-	return storage.NewCacher(
-		storageInterface, capacity, etcdstorage.APIObjectVersioner{},
-		objectType, resourcePrefix, scopeStrategy, newListFunc)
+
+	config := storage.CacherConfig{
+		CacheCapacity:  capacity,
+		Storage:        storageInterface,
+		Versioner:      etcdstorage.APIObjectVersioner{},
+		Type:           objectType,
+		ResourcePrefix: resourcePrefix,
+		NewListFunc:    newListFunc,
+	}
+	if scopeStrategy.NamespaceScoped() {
+		config.KeyFunc = func(obj runtime.Object) (string, error) {
+			return storage.NamespaceKeyFunc(resourcePrefix, obj)
+		}
+	} else {
+		config.KeyFunc = func(obj runtime.Object) (string, error) {
+			return storage.NoNamespaceKeyFunc(resourcePrefix, obj)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return storage.NewCacherFromConfig(config)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cacher.go b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
index e8b92f1f1ad..31264cf93bb 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cacher.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cacher.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
@@ -111,37 +110,6 @@ type Cacher struct {
 	stopWg   sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
-// Create a new Cacher responsible from service WATCH and LIST requests from its
-// internal cache and updating its cache in the background based on the given
-// configuration.
-func NewCacher(
-	storage Interface,
-	capacity int,
-	versioner Versioner,
-	objectType runtime.Object,
-	resourcePrefix string,
-	scopeStrategy rest.NamespaceScopedStrategy,
-	newListFunc func() runtime.Object) Interface {
-	config := CacherConfig{
-		CacheCapacity:  capacity,
-		Storage:        storage,
-		Versioner:      versioner,
-		Type:           objectType,
-		ResourcePrefix: resourcePrefix,
-		NewListFunc:    newListFunc,
-	}
-	if scopeStrategy.NamespaceScoped() {
-		config.KeyFunc = func(obj runtime.Object) (string, error) {
-			return NamespaceKeyFunc(resourcePrefix, obj)
-		}
-	} else {
-		config.KeyFunc = func(obj runtime.Object) (string, error) {
-			return NoNamespaceKeyFunc(resourcePrefix, obj)
-		}
-	}
-	return NewCacherFromConfig(config)
-}
-
 // Create a new Cacher responsible from service WATCH and LIST requests from its
 // internal cache and updating its cache in the background based on the given
 // configuration.