diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/BUILD
index 08359f80951..bb73b9c3a75 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/BUILD
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/initsystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/completion.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/completion.go
index 9e7722b7fbb..a19a0a2676d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/completion.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 )
 
 const defaultBoilerPlate = `
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ func GetSupportedShells() []string {
 func NewCmdCompletion(out io.Writer, boilerPlate string) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "completion SHELL",
-		Short:   i18n.T("Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh)."),
+		Short:   "Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh).",
 		Long:    completionLong,
 		Example: completionExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/version.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/version.go
index 066e4c489f4..25aea36fb0c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/version.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 	apimachineryversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ type Version struct {
 func NewCmdVersion(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
-		Short: i18n.T("Print the version of kubeadm"),
+		Short: "Print the version of kubeadm",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			err := RunVersion(out, cmd)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)