diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
index 540e2eb7356..cc3d0c30b3e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (o *Options) Flags() (nfs cliflag.NamedFlagSets) {
 	o.Authorization.AddFlags(nfs.FlagSet("authorization"))
 	o.Deprecated.AddFlags(nfs.FlagSet("deprecated"), &o.ComponentConfig)
 
-	leaderelectionconfig.BindFlags(&o.ComponentConfig.LeaderElection.LeaderElectionConfiguration, nfs.FlagSet("leader election"))
+	leaderelectionconfig.BindFlags(&o.ComponentConfig.LeaderElection, nfs.FlagSet("leader election"))
 	utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.AddFlag(nfs.FlagSet("feature gate"))
 	o.Metrics.AddFlags(nfs.FlagSet("metrics"))
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (o *Options) Config() (*schedulerappconfig.Config, error) {
 
 // makeLeaderElectionConfig builds a leader election configuration. It will
 // create a new resource lock associated with the configuration.
-func makeLeaderElectionConfig(config kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, client clientset.Interface, recorder record.EventRecorder) (*leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig, error) {
+func makeLeaderElectionConfig(config componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration, client clientset.Interface, recorder record.EventRecorder) (*leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig, error) {
 	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get hostname: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options_test.go b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options_test.go
index e4b19627b0e..ad8c6cdad54 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-scheduler/app/options/options_test.go
@@ -304,16 +304,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  configKubeconfig,
@@ -396,16 +394,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  flagKubeconfig,
@@ -462,16 +458,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  flagKubeconfig,
@@ -503,16 +497,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  configKubeconfig,
@@ -579,16 +571,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  configKubeconfig,
@@ -653,16 +643,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  flagKubeconfig,
@@ -707,16 +695,14 @@ profiles:
 					EnableProfiling:           true,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: true,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: kubeschedulerconfig.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       true,
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       true,
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					Kubeconfig:  flagKubeconfig,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/types.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/types.go
index d9a1384b8a8..ea0161a015c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/types.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type KubeSchedulerConfiguration struct {
 	AlgorithmSource SchedulerAlgorithmSource
 
 	// LeaderElection defines the configuration of leader election client.
-	LeaderElection KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration
+	LeaderElection componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration
 
 	// ClientConnection specifies the kubeconfig file and client connection
 	// settings for the proxy server to use when communicating with the apiserver.
@@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ type SchedulerPolicyConfigMapSource struct {
 	Name string
 }
 
-// KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration expands LeaderElectionConfiguration
-// to include scheduler specific configuration.
-type KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration struct {
-	componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration
-}
-
 // Plugins include multiple extension points. When specified, the list of plugins for
 // a particular extension point are the only ones enabled. If an extension point is
 // omitted from the config, then the default set of plugins is used for that extension point.
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults.go
index 0e04f232203..42f061d1af7 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(obj *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerConfigura
 	}
 
 	// Use the default LeaderElectionConfiguration options
-	componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.RecommendedDefaultLeaderElectionConfiguration(&obj.LeaderElection.LeaderElectionConfiguration)
+	componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.RecommendedDefaultLeaderElectionConfiguration(&obj.LeaderElection)
 
 	if obj.BindTimeoutSeconds == nil {
 		val := int64(600)
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults_test.go
index d7d5a4a6edb..b3da5dc34df 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/defaults_test.go
@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ func TestSchedulerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 					EnableProfiling:           &enable,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: &enable,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					QPS:         50,
@@ -90,16 +88,14 @@ func TestSchedulerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 					EnableProfiling:           &enable,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: &enable,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					QPS:         50,
@@ -149,16 +145,14 @@ func TestSchedulerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 					EnableProfiling:           &enable,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: &enable,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					QPS:         50,
@@ -202,16 +196,14 @@ func TestSchedulerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 					EnableProfiling:           &enable,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: &enable,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					QPS:         50,
@@ -241,16 +233,14 @@ func TestSchedulerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 					EnableProfiling:           &enable,
 					EnableContentionProfiling: &enable,
 				},
-				LeaderElection: v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-					LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-						LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-						LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-						RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-						RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
-						ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
-						ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
-						ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
-					},
+				LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+					LeaderElect:       pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+					RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+					RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+					ResourceLock:      "endpointsleases",
+					ResourceNamespace: "kube-system",
+					ResourceName:      "kube-scheduler",
 				},
 				ClientConnection: componentbaseconfig.ClientConnectionConfiguration{
 					QPS:         50,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 533158fa282..ba1169f9044 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ func RegisterConversions(s *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)(nil), (*config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(a.(*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration), b.(*config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)(nil), (*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
-		return Convert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(a.(*config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration), b.(*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration), scope)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := s.AddGeneratedConversionFunc((*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerProfile)(nil), (*config.KubeSchedulerProfile)(nil), func(a, b interface{}, scope conversion.Scope) error {
 		return Convert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerProfile_To_config_KubeSchedulerProfile(a.(*v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerProfile), b.(*config.KubeSchedulerProfile), scope)
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -218,7 +208,7 @@ func Convert_config_InterPodAffinityArgs_To_v1alpha2_InterPodAffinityArgs(in *co
 }
 
 func autoConvert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(in *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, out *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := Convert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElection, &out.LeaderElection, s); err != nil {
+	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_v1alpha1_LeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_LeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElection, &out.LeaderElection, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_v1alpha1_ClientConnectionConfiguration_To_config_ClientConnectionConfiguration(&in.ClientConnection, &out.ClientConnection, s); err != nil {
@@ -265,7 +255,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerConf
 
 func autoConvert_config_KubeSchedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(in *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, out *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	// WARNING: in.AlgorithmSource requires manual conversion: does not exist in peer-type
-	if err := Convert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElection, &out.LeaderElection, s); err != nil {
+	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_config_LeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_LeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElection, &out.LeaderElection, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_config_ClientConnectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_ClientConnectionConfiguration(&in.ClientConnection, &out.ClientConnection, s); err != nil {
@@ -310,30 +300,6 @@ func autoConvert_config_KubeSchedulerConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerConf
 	return nil
 }
 
-func autoConvert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, out *config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_v1alpha1_LeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_LeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElectionConfiguration, &out.LeaderElectionConfiguration, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, out *config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in, out, s)
-}
-
-func autoConvert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in *config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, out *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := v1alpha1.Convert_config_LeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_LeaderElectionConfiguration(&in.LeaderElectionConfiguration, &out.LeaderElectionConfiguration, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Convert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration is an autogenerated conversion function.
-func Convert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in *config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, out *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	return autoConvert_config_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(in, out, s)
-}
-
 func autoConvert_v1alpha2_KubeSchedulerProfile_To_config_KubeSchedulerProfile(in *v1alpha2.KubeSchedulerProfile, out *config.KubeSchedulerProfile, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_string_To_string(&in.SchedulerName, &out.SchedulerName, s); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
index 35107339307..e48ae5dc6b7 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 func ValidateKubeSchedulerConfiguration(cc *config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, componentbasevalidation.ValidateClientConnectionConfiguration(&cc.ClientConnection, field.NewPath("clientConnection"))...)
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateKubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(field.NewPath("leaderElection"), &cc.LeaderElection)...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, componentbasevalidation.ValidateLeaderElectionConfiguration(&cc.LeaderElection, field.NewPath("leaderElection"))...)
 
 	profilesPath := field.NewPath("profiles")
 	if len(cc.Profiles) == 0 {
@@ -103,15 +103,6 @@ func validateCommonQueueSort(path *field.Path, profiles []config.KubeSchedulerPr
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateKubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration(fldPath *field.Path, cc *config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) field.ErrorList {
-	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
-	if !cc.LeaderElectionConfiguration.LeaderElect {
-		return allErrs
-	}
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, componentbasevalidation.ValidateLeaderElectionConfiguration(&cc.LeaderElectionConfiguration, fldPath)...)
-	return allErrs
-}
-
 // ValidatePolicy checks for errors in the Config
 // It does not return early so that it can find as many errors as possible
 func ValidatePolicy(policy config.Policy) error {
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
index afa496d831e..539e251121c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -48,16 +48,14 @@ func TestValidateKubeSchedulerConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		LeaderElection: config.KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration{
-			LeaderElectionConfiguration: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
-				ResourceLock:      "configmap",
-				LeaderElect:       true,
-				LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
-				RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
-				RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				ResourceNamespace: "name",
-				ResourceName:      "name",
-			},
+		LeaderElection: componentbaseconfig.LeaderElectionConfiguration{
+			ResourceLock:      "configmap",
+			LeaderElect:       true,
+			LeaseDuration:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
+			RenewDeadline:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 15 * time.Second},
+			RetryPeriod:       metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+			ResourceNamespace: "name",
+			ResourceName:      "name",
 		},
 		PodInitialBackoffSeconds: podInitialBackoffSeconds,
 		PodMaxBackoffSeconds:     podMaxBackoffSeconds,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 8b3d0a3f873..cf261eefbb4 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -166,23 +166,6 @@ func (in *KubeSchedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) {
-	*out = *in
-	out.LeaderElectionConfiguration = in.LeaderElectionConfiguration
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration.
-func (in *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) DeepCopy() *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *KubeSchedulerProfile) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeSchedulerProfile) {
 	*out = *in
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/types.go
index b82105939a0..155103531f9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/types.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type KubeSchedulerConfiguration struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 
 	// LeaderElection defines the configuration of leader election client.
-	LeaderElection KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration `json:"leaderElection"`
+	LeaderElection componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LeaderElectionConfiguration `json:"leaderElection"`
 
 	// ClientConnection specifies the kubeconfig file and client connection
 	// settings for the proxy server to use when communicating with the apiserver.
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ type KubeSchedulerProfile struct {
 	PluginConfig []PluginConfig `json:"pluginConfig,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration expands LeaderElectionConfiguration
-// to include scheduler specific configuration.
-type KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration struct {
-	componentbaseconfigv1alpha1.LeaderElectionConfiguration `json:",inline"`
-}
-
 // Plugins include multiple extension points. When specified, the list of plugins for
 // a particular extension point are the only ones enabled. If an extension point is
 // omitted from the config, then the default set of plugins is used for that extension point.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 88bbaba8bd9..993b8c1ded6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -133,23 +133,6 @@ func (in *KubeSchedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) {
-	*out = *in
-	in.LeaderElectionConfiguration.DeepCopyInto(&out.LeaderElectionConfiguration)
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration.
-func (in *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration) DeepCopy() *KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(KubeSchedulerLeaderElectionConfiguration)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *KubeSchedulerProfile) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeSchedulerProfile) {
 	*out = *in