diff --git a/pkg/conversion/doc.go b/pkg/conversion/doc.go
index 34fc08cc15b..f0626a569c2 100644
--- a/pkg/conversion/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/conversion/doc.go
@@ -28,7 +28,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 // reading. Currently, conversion writes JSON output, and interprets both JSON
 // and YAML input.
 //
-// In the future, we plan to more explicitly separate the above two mechanisms, and
-// add more serialization options, such as gob.
-//
 package conversion
diff --git a/pkg/conversion/scheme.go b/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
index 39ecae81733..b2724eb496d 100644
--- a/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package conversion
 
 import (
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 )
@@ -113,10 +112,6 @@ func (s *Scheme) AddKnownTypes(version string, types ...interface{}) {
 		knownTypes[t.Name()] = t
 		s.typeToVersion[t] = version
 		s.typeToKind[t] = append(s.typeToKind[t], t.Name())
-
-		// Register with gob so that DeepCopy can recognize all of our objects.  This is creating a static list, but it appears that gob itself wants a static list
-		gobName := getGobTypeName(obj)
-		gob.RegisterName(gobName, obj)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -140,56 +135,6 @@ func (s *Scheme) AddKnownTypeWithName(version, kind string, obj interface{}) {
 	knownTypes[kind] = t
 	s.typeToVersion[t] = version
 	s.typeToKind[t] = append(s.typeToKind[t], kind)
-
-	// Register with gob so that DeepCopy can recognize all of our objects.  This is creating a static list, but it appears that gob itself wants a static list
-	gobName := getGobTypeName(obj)
-	gob.RegisterName(gobName, obj)
-}
-
-// getGobTypeName creates a fully unique type name for the object being passed through.  There is a bug in the gob encoder's name mechanism that they are unwilling to fix
-// due to backwards compatibility concerns.  See https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/encoding/gob/type.go#L857 .  This gives us a fully qualified name to avoid
-// conflicts amongst our objects and since we all agree on the names, this should be safe
-func getGobTypeName(value interface{}) string {
-	// mostly copied from gob/type.go
-
-	// Default to printed representation for unnamed types
-	rt := reflect.TypeOf(value)
-	name := rt.String()
-
-	// But for named types (or pointers to them), qualify with import path (but see inner comment).
-	// Dereference one pointer looking for a named type.
-	star := ""
-	if rt.Name() == "" {
-		if pt := rt; pt.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-			star = "*"
-			// NOTE: The following line should be rt = pt.Elem() to implement
-			// what the comment above claims, but fixing it would break compatibility
-			// with existing gobs.
-			//
-			// Given package p imported as "full/p" with these definitions:
-			//     package p
-			//     type T1 struct { ... }
-			// this table shows the intended and actual strings used by gob to
-			// name the types:
-			//
-			// Type      Correct string     Actual string
-			//
-			// T1        full/p.T1          full/p.T1
-			// *T1       *full/p.T1         *p.T1
-			//
-			// The missing full path cannot be fixed without breaking existing gob decoders.
-			rt = pt.Elem() // TWEAKED HERE
-		}
-	}
-	if rt.Name() != "" {
-		if rt.PkgPath() == "" {
-			name = star + rt.Name()
-		} else {
-			name = star + rt.PkgPath() + "." + rt.Name()
-		}
-	}
-
-	return name
 }
 
 // KnownTypes returns an array of the types that are known for a particular version.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/service/rest_test.go b/pkg/registry/service/rest_test.go
index 848126bac15..cb96eb4ca12 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/service/rest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/service/rest_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package service
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest/resttest"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/registry/registrytest"
@@ -54,13 +53,11 @@ func makeIPNet(t *testing.T) *net.IPNet {
 }
 
 func deepCloneService(svc *api.Service) *api.Service {
-	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buff)
-	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buff)
-	enc.Encode(svc)
-	result := new(api.Service)
-	dec.Decode(result)
-	return result
+	value, err := conversion.DeepCopy(svc)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("couldn't copy service")
+	}
+	return value.(*api.Service)
 }
 
 func TestServiceRegistryCreate(t *testing.T) {