diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/register.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/register.go
index fa40e90c4ab..7708baeb2ec 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/register.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/register.go
@@ -43,16 +43,6 @@ func init() {
 	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
 }
 
-// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
-func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
-}
-
-// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
-func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
-}
-
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&InitConfiguration{},