diff --git a/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go b/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
index 0bd5f315a4f..65a429ab303 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testapi/testapi.go
@@ -432,6 +432,17 @@ func (g TestGroup) ResourcePath(resource, namespace, name string) string {
 	return g.ResourcePathWithPrefix("", resource, namespace, name)
 }
 
+// SubResourcePath returns the appropriate path for the given resource, namespace,
+// name and subresource.
+func (g TestGroup) SubResourcePath(resource, namespace, name, sub string) string {
+	path := g.ResourcePathWithPrefix("", resource, namespace, name)
+	if sub != "" {
+		path = path + "/" + sub
+	}
+
+	return path
+}
+
 func (g TestGroup) RESTMapper() meta.RESTMapper {
 	return api.Registry.RESTMapper()
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/BUILD b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/BUILD
index d7e3f5418e8..e582e1aa474 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/BUILD
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/BUILD
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory.go
index a9d98df6f56..be8d5c34663 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	genericapirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
@@ -584,10 +583,7 @@ type binder struct {
 // Bind just does a POST binding RPC.
 func (b *binder) Bind(binding *v1.Binding) error {
 	glog.V(3).Infof("Attempting to bind %v to %v", binding.Name, binding.Target.Name)
-	ctx := genericapirequest.WithNamespace(genericapirequest.NewContext(), binding.Namespace)
-	return b.Client.Core().RESTClient().Post().Namespace(genericapirequest.NamespaceValue(ctx)).Resource("bindings").Body(binding).Do().Error()
-	// TODO: use Pods interface for binding once clusters are upgraded
-	// return b.Pods(binding.Namespace).Bind(binding)
+	return b.Client.CoreV1().Pods(binding.Namespace).Bind(binding)
 }
 
 type podConditionUpdater struct {
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory_test.go
index 377eaee9ea8..572703ec726 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/factory/factory_test.go
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ func TestBind(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		expectedBody := runtime.EncodeOrDie(testapi.Default.Codec(), item.binding)
-		handler.ValidateRequest(t, testapi.Default.ResourcePath("bindings", metav1.NamespaceDefault, ""), "POST", &expectedBody)
+		handler.ValidateRequest(t,
+			testapi.Default.SubResourcePath("pods", metav1.NamespaceDefault, "foo", "binding"),
+			"POST", &expectedBody)
 	}
 }