diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
index 3d561308aad..44950086eaa 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/images:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
index 9118e098651..b319cfa044c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/images"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -163,7 +162,12 @@ func createClusterRoleBindings(client clientset.Interface) error {
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
 		},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			rbachelper.NewRule("get").Groups("").Resources("configmaps").Names(constants.KubeProxyConfigMap).RuleOrDie(),
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"configmaps"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{constants.KubeProxyConfigMap},
+			},
 		},
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
index 41d801a6980..0b892569d97 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo",
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo.go
index c220636f2dd..278c319dd21 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	bootstrapapi "k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/token/api"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -84,7 +83,12 @@ func CreateClusterInfoRBACRules(client clientset.Interface) error {
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespacePublic,
 		},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			rbachelper.NewRule("get").Groups("").Resources("configmaps").Names(bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo).RuleOrDie(),
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"configmaps"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{bootstrapapi.ConfigMapClusterInfo},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/BUILD
index 661ad17aae3..e1cab76b3de 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/node:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/crypto:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
index 07f9472570c..10c3aafae60 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts/copycerts.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	nodebootstraptokenphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	cryptoutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/crypto"
-	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -127,7 +126,12 @@ func createRBAC(client clientset.Interface) error {
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
 		},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			rbachelper.NewRule("get").Groups("").Resources("secrets").Names(kubeadmconstants.KubeadmCertsSecret).RuleOrDie(),
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"secrets"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{kubeadmconstants.KubeadmCertsSecret},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
index 6215de46da0..a200a4c1b36 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/BUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/images:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/node:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
index 86ddaf50915..95b5d4acd9d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/componentconfigs"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +90,12 @@ func createConfigMapRBACRules(client clientset.Interface, k8sVersion *version.Ve
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
 		},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			rbachelper.NewRule("get").Groups("").Resources("configmaps").Names(kubeadmconstants.GetKubeletConfigMapName(k8sVersion)).RuleOrDie(),
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"configmaps"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{kubeadmconstants.GetKubeletConfigMapName(k8sVersion)},
+			},
 		},
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/BUILD
index a8a7a8ecec1..98f5a856c47 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/BUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
index 17a66159509..39da3b63e96 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	rbachelper "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -127,7 +126,12 @@ func UploadConfiguration(cfg *kubeadmapi.InitConfiguration, client clientset.Int
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceSystem,
 		},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			rbachelper.NewRule("get").Groups("").Resources("configmaps").Names(kubeadmconstants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap).RuleOrDie(),
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"configmaps"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{kubeadmconstants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap},
+			},
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {