diff --git a/pkg/volume/storageos/BUILD b/pkg/volume/storageos/BUILD
index 14e5a73d016..fa29f8d24a1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/storageos/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/storageos/BUILD
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos.go b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos.go
index af76fb7fac9..532ccd28987 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos.go
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ func (plugin *storageosPlugin) NewMounter(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, _ volu
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return plugin.newMounterInternal(spec, pod, apiCfg, &storageosUtil{}, plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName()))
+	return plugin.newMounterInternal(spec, pod, apiCfg, &storageosUtil{}, plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName()), plugin.host.GetExec(plugin.GetPluginName()))
 }
 
-func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, apiCfg *storageosAPIConfig, manager storageosManager, mounter mount.Interface) (volume.Mounter, error) {
+func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod, apiCfg *storageosAPIConfig, manager storageosManager, mounter mount.Interface, exec mount.Exec) (volume.Mounter, error) {
 
 	volName, volNamespace, fsType, readOnly, err := getVolumeInfoFromSpec(spec)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -132,19 +132,20 @@ func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newMounterInternal(spec *volume.Spec, pod *v1.Pod
 			apiCfg:          apiCfg,
 			manager:         manager,
 			mounter:         mounter,
+			exec:            exec,
 			plugin:          plugin,
 			MetricsProvider: volume.NewMetricsStatFS(getPath(pod.UID, volNamespace, volName, spec.Name(), plugin.host)),
 		},
 		devicePath:  storageosDevicePath,
-		diskMounter: &mount.SafeFormatAndMount{Interface: mounter, Exec: plugin.host.GetExec(plugin.GetPluginName())},
+		diskMounter: &mount.SafeFormatAndMount{Interface: mounter, Exec: exec},
 	}, nil
 }
 
 func (plugin *storageosPlugin) NewUnmounter(pvName string, podUID types.UID) (volume.Unmounter, error) {
-	return plugin.newUnmounterInternal(pvName, podUID, &storageosUtil{}, plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName()))
+	return plugin.newUnmounterInternal(pvName, podUID, &storageosUtil{}, plugin.host.GetMounter(plugin.GetPluginName()), plugin.host.GetExec(plugin.GetPluginName()))
 }
 
-func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newUnmounterInternal(pvName string, podUID types.UID, manager storageosManager, mounter mount.Interface) (volume.Unmounter, error) {
+func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newUnmounterInternal(pvName string, podUID types.UID, manager storageosManager, mounter mount.Interface, exec mount.Exec) (volume.Unmounter, error) {
 
 	// Parse volume namespace & name from mountpoint if mounted
 	volNamespace, volName, err := getVolumeInfo(pvName, podUID, plugin.host)
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ func (plugin *storageosPlugin) newUnmounterInternal(pvName string, podUID types.
 			volNamespace:    volNamespace,
 			manager:         manager,
 			mounter:         mounter,
+			exec:            exec,
 			plugin:          plugin,
 			MetricsProvider: volume.NewMetricsStatFS(getPath(podUID, volNamespace, volName, pvName, plugin.host)),
 		},
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ type storageos struct {
 	apiCfg       *storageosAPIConfig
 	manager      storageosManager
 	mounter      mount.Interface
+	exec         mount.Exec
 	plugin       *storageosPlugin
 	volume.MetricsProvider
 }
diff --git a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_test.go b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_test.go
index 84120b319df..37d6cc71f76 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_test.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Couldn't get secret from %v/%v", pod.Namespace, secretName)
 	}
 
-	mounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newMounterInternal(volume.NewSpecFromVolume(spec), pod, apiCfg, fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{})
+	mounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newMounterInternal(volume.NewSpecFromVolume(spec), pod, apiCfg, fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{}, mount.NewFakeExec(nil))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to make a new Mounter: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test Unmounter
 	fakeManager = &fakePDManager{}
-	unmounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newUnmounterInternal("vol1-pvname", types.UID("poduid"), fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{})
+	unmounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newUnmounterInternal("vol1-pvname", types.UID("poduid"), fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{}, mount.NewFakeExec(nil))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to make a new Unmounter: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeManager := &fakePDManager{}
 	fakeConfig := &fakeConfig{}
 	apiCfg := fakeConfig.GetAPIConfig()
-	mounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newMounterInternal(spec, pod, apiCfg, fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{})
+	mounter, err := plug.(*storageosPlugin).newMounterInternal(spec, pod, apiCfg, fakeManager, &mount.FakeMounter{}, mount.NewFakeExec(nil))
 
 	if !mounter.GetAttributes().ReadOnly {
 		t.Errorf("Expected true for mounter.IsReadOnly")
diff --git a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_util.go b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_util.go
index b2d1767abf7..107ba859013 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_util.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/storageos/storageos_util.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/mount"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	storageosapi "github.com/storageos/go-api"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (u *storageosUtil) AttachVolume(b *storageosMounter) (string, error) {
 	case modeBlock:
 		return srcPath, nil
 	case modeFile:
-		return attachFileDevice(srcPath)
+		return attachFileDevice(srcPath, b.exec)
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf(ErrDeviceNotSupported)
 	}
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (u *storageosUtil) DetachVolume(b *storageosUnmounter, devicePath string) e
 	if _, err := os.Stat(devicePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return removeLoopDevice(devicePath)
+	return removeLoopDevice(devicePath, b.exec)
 }
 
 // Mount mounts the volume on the host.
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ func pathDeviceType(path string) (deviceType, error) {
 
 // attachFileDevice takes a path to a regular file and makes it available as an
 // attached block device.
-func attachFileDevice(path string) (string, error) {
-	blockDevicePath, err := getLoopDevice(path)
+func attachFileDevice(path string, exec mount.Exec) (string, error) {
+	blockDevicePath, err := getLoopDevice(path, exec)
 	if err != nil && err.Error() != ErrDeviceNotFound {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func attachFileDevice(path string) (string, error) {
 	// If no existing loop device for the path, create one
 	if blockDevicePath == "" {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Creating device for path: %s", path)
-		blockDevicePath, err = makeLoopDevice(path)
+		blockDevicePath, err = makeLoopDevice(path, exec)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func attachFileDevice(path string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // Returns the full path to the loop device associated with the given path.
-func getLoopDevice(path string) (string, error) {
+func getLoopDevice(path string, exec mount.Exec) (string, error) {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return "", errors.New(ErrNotAvailable)
@@ -322,9 +322,8 @@ func getLoopDevice(path string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("not attachable: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	exec := exec.New()
 	args := []string{"-j", path}
-	out, err := exec.Command(losetupPath, args...).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Run(losetupPath, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(2).Infof("Failed device discover command for path %s: %v", path, err)
 		return "", err
@@ -332,10 +331,9 @@ func getLoopDevice(path string) (string, error) {
 	return parseLosetupOutputForDevice(out)
 }
 
-func makeLoopDevice(path string) (string, error) {
-	exec := exec.New()
+func makeLoopDevice(path string, exec mount.Exec) (string, error) {
 	args := []string{"-f", "--show", path}
-	out, err := exec.Command(losetupPath, args...).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Run(losetupPath, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(2).Infof("Failed device create command for path %s: %v", path, err)
 		return "", err
@@ -343,10 +341,9 @@ func makeLoopDevice(path string) (string, error) {
 	return parseLosetupOutputForDevice(out)
 }
 
-func removeLoopDevice(device string) error {
-	exec := exec.New()
+func removeLoopDevice(device string, exec mount.Exec) error {
 	args := []string{"-d", device}
-	out, err := exec.Command(losetupPath, args...).CombinedOutput()
+	out, err := exec.Run(losetupPath, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !strings.Contains(string(out), "No such device or address") {
 			return err