diff --git a/cluster/aws/util.sh b/cluster/aws/util.sh
index 13639fa56fb..8a68e9d8106 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/util.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/aws/${KUBE_CONFIG_FILE-"config-default.sh"}"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/common.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 
 ALLOCATE_NODE_CIDRS=true
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/upgrade.sh b/cluster/gce/upgrade.sh
index 94e4c37d799..cbca534fae3 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/upgrade.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/upgrade.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER:-gce}" != "gce" ]]; then
 fi
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 function usage() {
diff --git a/cluster/kube-down.sh b/cluster/kube-down.sh
index 01adc5ebfcc..5ac53c9b950 100755
--- a/cluster/kube-down.sh
+++ b/cluster/kube-down.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if [ -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh" ]; then
     source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh"
 fi
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 echo "Bringing down cluster using provider: $KUBERNETES_PROVIDER"
diff --git a/cluster/kube-env.sh b/cluster/kube-env.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e20f29640c9..00000000000
--- a/cluster/kube-env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Set the default provider of Kubernetes cluster to know where to load provider-specific scripts
-# You can override the default provider by exporting the KUBERNETES_PROVIDER
-# variable in your bashrc
-#
-# The valid values: 'gce', 'gke', 'aws', 'vagrant', 'vsphere', 'libvirt-coreos', 'juju'
-
-KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER:-gce}
-
-# Some useful colors.
-if [[ -z "${color_start-}" ]]; then
-  declare -r color_start="\033["
-  declare -r color_red="${color_start}0;31m"
-  declare -r color_yellow="${color_start}0;33m"
-  declare -r color_green="${color_start}0;32m"
-  declare -r color_norm="${color_start}0m"
-fi
-
-# Returns the server version as MMmmpp, with MM as the major
-# component, mm the minor component, and pp as the patch
-# revision. e.g. 0.7.1 is echoed as 701, and 1.0.11 would be
-# 10011. (This makes for easy integer comparison in bash.)
-function kube_server_version() {
-  local server_version
-  local major
-  local minor
-  local patch
-
-  # This sed expression is the POSIX BRE to match strings like:
-  # Server Version: &version.Info{Major:"0", Minor:"7+", GitVersion:"v0.7.0-dirty", GitCommit:"ad44234f7152e9c66bc2853575445c7071335e57", GitTreeState:"dirty"}
-  # and capture the GitVersion portion (which has the patch level)
-  server_version=$(${KUBECTL} --match-server-version=false version | grep "Server Version:")
-  read major minor patch < <(
-    echo ${server_version} | \
-      sed "s/.*GitVersion:\"v\([0-9]\{1,\}\)\.\([0-9]\{1,\}\)\.\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*/\1 \2 \3/")
-  printf "%02d%02d%02d" ${major} ${minor} ${patch} | sed 's/^0*//'
-}
diff --git a/cluster/kube-push.sh b/cluster/kube-push.sh
index 61ce6fb87e4..6f781383805 100755
--- a/cluster/kube-push.sh
+++ b/cluster/kube-push.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if [ -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh" ]; then
     source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh"
 fi
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 function usage() {
diff --git a/cluster/kube-up.sh b/cluster/kube-up.sh
index 194989fe259..026c24dd922 100755
--- a/cluster/kube-up.sh
+++ b/cluster/kube-up.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ if [ -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh" ]; then
     source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh"
 fi
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 
diff --git a/cluster/kube-util.sh b/cluster/kube-util.sh
index 8dd63044d5b..b3d0da5121a 100644
--- a/cluster/kube-util.sh
+++ b/cluster/kube-util.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# A library of helper functions that each provider hosting Kubernetes must implement to use cluster/kube-*.sh scripts.
+# This script contains skeletons of helper functions that each provider hosting
+# Kubernetes must implement to use cluster/kube-*.sh scripts.
+# It sets KUBERNETES_PROVIDER to its default value (gce) if it is unset, and
+# then sources cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh.
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBERNETES_PROVIDER="${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER:-gce}"
 
 # Must ensure that the following ENV vars are set
 function detect-master {
@@ -91,10 +94,8 @@ function test-teardown {
 	echo "TODO: test-teardown" 1>&2
 }
 
-# Providers util.sh scripts should define functions that override the above default functions impls
-if [ -n "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" ]; then
-	PROVIDER_UTILS="${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
-	if [ -f ${PROVIDER_UTILS} ]; then
-		source "${PROVIDER_UTILS}"
-	fi
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+PROVIDER_UTILS="${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+if [ -f ${PROVIDER_UTILS} ]; then
+    source "${PROVIDER_UTILS}"
 fi
diff --git a/cluster/kubectl.sh b/cluster/kubectl.sh
index 178aefcb9bb..77ad5a13515 100755
--- a/cluster/kubectl.sh
+++ b/cluster/kubectl.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 # Get the absolute path of the directory component of a file, i.e. the
diff --git a/cluster/lib/util.sh b/cluster/lib/util.sh
index decfa811600..7f700d6caf1 100644
--- a/cluster/lib/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/lib/util.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ kube::util::wait-for-jobs() {
   return ${fail}
 }
 
+# Some useful colors.
+if [[ -z "${color_start-}" ]]; then
+  declare -r color_start="\033["
+  declare -r color_red="${color_start}0;31m"
+  declare -r color_yellow="${color_start}0;33m"
+  declare -r color_green="${color_start}0;32m"
+  declare -r color_norm="${color_start}0m"
+fi
diff --git a/cluster/log-dump.sh b/cluster/log-dump.sh
index 523f71fab46..0e0cb43e20b 100755
--- a/cluster/log-dump.sh
+++ b/cluster/log-dump.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 : ${KUBE_CONFIG_FILE:="config-test.sh"}
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 readonly report_dir="${1:-_artifacts}"
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/kube-up.sh b/cluster/rackspace/kube-up.sh
index ec62808574a..8cb0ed7b7b8 100755
--- a/cluster/rackspace/kube-up.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/kube-up.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 # exit on any error
 set -e
 
-source $(dirname $0)/../kube-env.sh
-source $(dirname $0)/../$KUBERNETES_PROVIDER/util.sh
+source $(dirname $0)/../kube-util.sh
 
 echo "Starting cluster using provider: $KUBERNETES_PROVIDER"
 
diff --git a/cluster/test-e2e.sh b/cluster/test-e2e.sh
index 073a6eb7a30..af29b291f0c 100755
--- a/cluster/test-e2e.sh
+++ b/cluster/test-e2e.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 echo "Testing cluster with provider: ${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" 1>&2
 
diff --git a/cluster/validate-cluster.sh b/cluster/validate-cluster.sh
index 931e41f1300..812799968bc 100755
--- a/cluster/validate-cluster.sh
+++ b/cluster/validate-cluster.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ -f "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh" ]; then
     source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/env.sh"
 fi
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 ALLOWED_NOTREADY_NODES="${ALLOWED_NOTREADY_NODES:-0}"
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/build-release.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/build-release.sh
index 1a3d2ad49df..eb06ee2ba2e 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/build-release.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/build-release.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-cluster-size.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-cluster-size.sh
index 1ccbdeac25e..df4da5e2038 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-cluster-size.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-cluster-size.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
index 5bcda502778..4857e7ecfd7 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-down.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-push.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-push.sh
index 10433997945..e4644235cd2 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-push.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-push.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
index d67baad35d2..61eb6313c8f 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-status.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
index f60996ab47c..7a4a62fea4f 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-up.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-upgrade.sh b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-upgrade.sh
index 2097f3e11c3..6119b3c27cb 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-upgrade.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-internal/e2e-upgrade.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 prepare-e2e
 
diff --git a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
index 81dd8acaa2f..1eeedb35362 100755
--- a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ e2e_test=$(kube::util::find-binary "e2e.test")
 
 export KUBECTL KUBE_CONFIG_FILE
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-util.sh"
 
 # ---- Do cloud-provider-specific setup
 if [[ -n "${KUBERNETES_CONFORMANCE_TEST:-}" ]]; then
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ if [[ -n "${KUBERNETES_CONFORMANCE_TEST:-}" ]]; then
 else
     echo "Setting up for KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=\"${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}\"."
 
-    source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}/util.sh"
-
     prepare-e2e
 
     detect-master >/dev/null
diff --git a/hack/update-all.sh b/hack/update-all.sh
index 5ad52bb63a0..3457f5c2805 100755
--- a/hack/update-all.sh
+++ b/hack/update-all.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 
 SILENT=true
 ALL=false
diff --git a/hack/verify-all.sh b/hack/verify-all.sh
index 6017f655020..c5b32958bfa 100755
--- a/hack/verify-all.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-all.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 
 SILENT=true
 
diff --git a/test/kubemark/common.sh b/test/kubemark/common.sh
index d76044dc576..2fa6200e94f 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/common.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/common.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kubemark/util.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kube-env.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 
 detect-project &> /dev/null
 export PROJECT