diff --git a/pkg/BUILD b/pkg/BUILD
index 0351d6e22e3..8f08d5274df 100644
--- a/pkg/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/BUILD
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/ssh:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/volume:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/watch/json:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/windows/service:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
diff --git a/pkg/watch/json/BUILD b/pkg/watch/json/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a0a730b958..00000000000
--- a/pkg/watch/json/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-load(
-    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
-    "go_library",
-)
-
-go_library(
-    name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = [
-        "doc.go",
-        "types.go",
-    ],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch/json",
-    deps = [
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch:go_default_library",
-    ],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "package-srcs",
-    srcs = glob(["**"]),
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "all-srcs",
-    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-)
diff --git a/pkg/watch/json/doc.go b/pkg/watch/json/doc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e84c43a557..00000000000
--- a/pkg/watch/json/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Package json implements a simple encoder and decoder for streams
-// of watch events over io.Writer/Readers
-package json // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch/json"
diff --git a/pkg/watch/json/types.go b/pkg/watch/json/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fad6210d49..00000000000
--- a/pkg/watch/json/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package json
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-)
-
-// WatchEvent objects are streamed from the api server in response to a watch request.
-// These are not API objects and may not be changed in a backward-incompatible way.
-// TODO: move to a public, versioned object now that RawExtension conversions are possible
-// in the schema.
-type WatchEvent struct {
-	// The type of the watch event; added, modified, deleted, or error.
-	// +optional
-	Type watch.EventType `json:"type,omitempty" description:"the type of watch event; may be ADDED, MODIFIED, DELETED, BOOKMARK or ERROR"`
-
-	// For added or modified objects, this is the new object; for deleted objects,
-	// it's the state of the object immediately prior to its deletion.
-	// For errors, it's an api.Status.
-	// +optional
-	Object runtime.RawExtension `json:"object,omitempty" description:"the object being watched; will match the type of the resource endpoint or be a Status object if the type is ERROR"`
-}
-
-// Object converts a watch.Event into an appropriately serializable JSON object
-func Object(encoder runtime.Encoder, event *watch.Event) (interface{}, error) {
-	obj, ok := event.Object.(runtime.Object)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the event object cannot be safely converted to JSON: %v", reflect.TypeOf(event.Object).Name())
-	}
-	data, err := runtime.Encode(encoder, obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &WatchEvent{event.Type, runtime.RawExtension{Raw: json.RawMessage(data)}}, nil
-}