diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
index 357bd596816..9c3ea11028e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/deployment:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/slice:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/retry:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/integer:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
index 814ef60661f..892ae6f2f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/deployment:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/qos:go_default_library",
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/fatih/camelcase:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
index 2eccecc86ef..780337528d7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/certificate:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/deployment:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/event:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/fieldpath:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/hash:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index 3d4df4bf4af..67f8923de36 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ filegroup(
     name = "all-srcs",
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2a728566d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["deployment.go"],
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d9069351916..3cbc0b808b3 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1638,6 +1638,7 @@ k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment
 # k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet
 k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1
 # k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers