diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
index 635f64777c4..aab9d6a48c3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ func addConversionFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 }
 
 func Convert_v1_ReplicationController_to_extensions_ReplicaSet(in *ReplicationController, out *extensions.ReplicaSet, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*ReplicationController))(in)
-	}
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -288,9 +285,6 @@ func Convert_v1_ReplicationController_to_extensions_ReplicaSet(in *ReplicationCo
 }
 
 func Convert_v1_ReplicationControllerSpec_to_extensions_ReplicaSetSpec(in *ReplicationControllerSpec, out *extensions.ReplicaSetSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*ReplicationControllerSpec))(in)
-	}
 	out.Replicas = *in.Replicas
 	if in.Selector != nil {
 		api.Convert_map_to_unversioned_LabelSelector(&in.Selector, out.Selector, s)
@@ -304,9 +298,6 @@ func Convert_v1_ReplicationControllerSpec_to_extensions_ReplicaSetSpec(in *Repli
 }
 
 func Convert_v1_ReplicationControllerStatus_to_extensions_ReplicaSetStatus(in *ReplicationControllerStatus, out *extensions.ReplicaSetStatus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*ReplicationControllerStatus))(in)
-	}
 	out.Replicas = in.Replicas
 	out.FullyLabeledReplicas = in.FullyLabeledReplicas
 	out.ReadyReplicas = in.ReadyReplicas
@@ -316,9 +307,6 @@ func Convert_v1_ReplicationControllerStatus_to_extensions_ReplicaSetStatus(in *R
 }
 
 func Convert_extensions_ReplicaSet_to_v1_ReplicationController(in *extensions.ReplicaSet, out *ReplicationController, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*extensions.ReplicaSet))(in)
-	}
 	if err := api.Convert_unversioned_TypeMeta_To_unversioned_TypeMeta(&in.TypeMeta, &out.TypeMeta, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -342,9 +330,6 @@ func Convert_extensions_ReplicaSet_to_v1_ReplicationController(in *extensions.Re
 }
 
 func Convert_extensions_ReplicaSetSpec_to_v1_ReplicationControllerSpec(in *extensions.ReplicaSetSpec, out *ReplicationControllerSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*extensions.ReplicaSetSpec))(in)
-	}
 	out.Replicas = new(int32)
 	*out.Replicas = in.Replicas
 	out.MinReadySeconds = in.MinReadySeconds
@@ -360,9 +345,6 @@ func Convert_extensions_ReplicaSetSpec_to_v1_ReplicationControllerSpec(in *exten
 }
 
 func Convert_extensions_ReplicaSetStatus_to_v1_ReplicationControllerStatus(in *extensions.ReplicaSetStatus, out *ReplicationControllerStatus, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*extensions.ReplicaSetStatus))(in)
-	}
 	out.Replicas = in.Replicas
 	out.FullyLabeledReplicas = in.FullyLabeledReplicas
 	out.ReadyReplicas = in.ReadyReplicas
@@ -646,6 +628,11 @@ func Convert_v1_Pod_To_api_Pod(in *Pod, out *api.Pod, s conversion.Scope) error
 		// taking responsibility to ensure mutation of in is not exposed
 		// back to the caller.
 		in.Spec.InitContainers = values
+		// Call defaulters explicitly until annotations are removed
+		for i := range in.Spec.InitContainers {
+			c := &in.Spec.InitContainers[i]
+			SetDefaults_Container(c)
+		}
 	}
 	// If there is a beta annotation, copy to alpha key.
 	// See commit log for PR #31026 for why we do this.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/conversion.go
index 0ac589de889..4884d9334be 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/conversion.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package v2alpha1
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ func addConversionFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 }
 
 func Convert_batch_JobSpec_To_v2alpha1_JobSpec(in *batch.JobSpec, out *JobSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*batch.JobSpec))(in)
-	}
 	out.Parallelism = in.Parallelism
 	out.Completions = in.Completions
 	out.ActiveDeadlineSeconds = in.ActiveDeadlineSeconds
@@ -86,9 +82,6 @@ func Convert_batch_JobSpec_To_v2alpha1_JobSpec(in *batch.JobSpec, out *JobSpec,
 }
 
 func Convert_v2alpha1_JobSpec_To_batch_JobSpec(in *JobSpec, out *batch.JobSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
-		defaulting.(func(*JobSpec))(in)
-	}
 	out.Parallelism = in.Parallelism
 	out.Completions = in.Completions
 	out.ActiveDeadlineSeconds = in.ActiveDeadlineSeconds