diff --git a/build/visible_to/BUILD b/build/visible_to/BUILD
index 2f71fa1cabf..41967e2f4c1 100644
--- a/build/visible_to/BUILD
+++ b/build/visible_to/BUILD
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ package_group(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/get",
         "//pkg/kubectl/explain",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd",
diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 04638c9eda9..6d9f33f9d15 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pkg/credentialprovider
 pkg/credentialprovider/aws
 pkg/credentialprovider/azure
 pkg/kubeapiserver/admission
+pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp
 pkg/kubectl/cmd/get
 pkg/kubelet/apis/podresources
 pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apply
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/certificates
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config
-vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/edit
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/exec
 vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/label
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
index 39f56ecef2d..9aa20b6298d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/get:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd:go_default_library",
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/completion:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config:go_default_library",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/create:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/describe:go_default_library",
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ filegroup(
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert:all-srcs",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/get:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/plugin/testdata:all-srcs",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 47df5729bdc..a19fe0be5f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/completion"
 	cmdconfig "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/create"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/describe"
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/convert"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get"
 
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/BUILD
similarity index 94%
rename from staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/BUILD
rename to pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/BUILD
index 0b3bfcb57aa..0d2c7f1f9f5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/BUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = ["cp.go"],
-    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp",
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/cp.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/cp.go
similarity index 99%
rename from staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/cp.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/cp.go
index 1c7b0bf6ec5..64ef5143248 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/cp.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/cp.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cp
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/lithammer/dedent"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -34,11 +38,6 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
-
-	"bytes"
-
-	"github.com/lithammer/dedent"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/cp_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/cp_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp/cp_test.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/cmd/cp/cp_test.go
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/BUILD
index cb806ec9ea9..ff8112d60c7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/BUILD
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/completion:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config:all-srcs",
-        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/create:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/describe:all-srcs",
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 11c569833be..13402be8302 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1754,7 +1754,6 @@ k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/certificates
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/completion
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/config
-k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cp
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/create
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/describe