diff --git a/pkg/client/request.go b/pkg/client/request.go
index 496bec6dc4d..0884b2d00f6 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request.go
@@ -224,26 +224,6 @@ func (r *Request) Watch() (watch.Interface, error) {
 	return watch.NewStreamWatcher(watchjson.NewDecoder(response.Body, r.c.Codec)), nil
 }
 
-// Stream formats and executes the request, and offers streaming of the response.
-// Returns io.ReadCloser which could be used for streaming of the response, or an error
-func (r *Request) Stream() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	if r.err != nil {
-		return nil, r.err
-	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, r.finalURL(), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if r.c.auth != nil {
-		req.SetBasicAuth(r.c.auth.User, r.c.auth.Password)
-	}
-	response, err := r.c.httpClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return response.Body, nil
-}
-
 // Do formats and executes the request. Returns the API object received, or an error.
 func (r *Request) Do() Result {
 	for {
diff --git a/pkg/client/request_test.go b/pkg/client/request_test.go
index 7be72057aef..2e06f3f2f5a 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request_test.go
@@ -439,37 +439,3 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected non-close")
 	}
 }
-
-func TestStream(t *testing.T) {
-	auth := AuthInfo{User: "user", Password: "pass"}
-	expectedBody := "expected body"
-
-	testServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		checkAuth(t, auth, r)
-		flusher, ok := w.(http.Flusher)
-		if !ok {
-			panic("need flusher!")
-		}
-		w.Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		w.Write([]byte(expectedBody))
-		flusher.Flush()
-	}))
-
-	c, err := New(testServer.URL, "v1beta1", &auth)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	readCloser, err := c.Get().Path("path/to/stream/thing").Stream()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer readCloser.Close()
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	buf.ReadFrom(readCloser)
-	resultBody := buf.String()
-
-	if expectedBody != resultBody {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expectedBody, resultBody)
-	}
-}