diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/attachablepodforobject.go b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/attachablepodforobject.go
index 52a4d053848..7b18111fd1f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/attachablepodforobject.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/attachablepodforobject.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/podutils"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils"
 )
 
 // attachablePodForObject returns the pod to which to attach given an object.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/helpers_test.go
index 7afcd90c0fc..70afa2acac8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/helpers_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	fakeexternal "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	testcore "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/podutils"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils"
 )
 
 func TestGetFirstPod(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/logsforobject.go b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/logsforobject.go
index cc7d23d01f8..68730191556 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/logsforobject.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/polymorphichelpers/logsforobject.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/podutils"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils"
 )
 
 func logsForObject(restClientGetter genericclioptions.RESTClientGetter, object, options runtime.Object, timeout time.Duration, allContainers bool) ([]rest.ResponseWrapper, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
index 54f94394db8..fbd423038e7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ import (
 	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	scaleclient "k8s.io/client-go/scale"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util"
 	deploymentutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/deployment"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/podutils"
 	"k8s.io/utils/integer"
 	utilpointer "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/podutils/podutils.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils/podutils.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/podutils/podutils.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils/podutils.go