diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme/sparse_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme/sparse_test.go
index b0d4201ec7f..0ebca6f909a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme/sparse_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme/sparse_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
-	"k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -28,9 +27,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestCronJob(t *testing.T) {
-	src := &v1beta1.CronJob{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"}}
+	src := &v1.CronJob{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"}}
 
-	encoder := Codecs.LegacyCodec(v1.SchemeGroupVersion, v1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion)
+	encoder := Codecs.LegacyCodec(v1.SchemeGroupVersion)
 	cronjobBytes, err := runtime.Encode(encoder, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func TestCronJob(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// clear typemeta
-	uncastDst.(*v1beta1.CronJob).TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{}
+	uncastDst.(*v1.CronJob).TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{}
 
 	if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(src, uncastDst) {
 		t.Fatal(diff.ObjectDiff(src, uncastDst))