diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
index 56f7543b37a..7b3142f6bc3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ go_library(
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework",
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/apps:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/batch:go_default_library",
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memory:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/authorization/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/create.go b/test/e2e/framework/create.go
index df0ab1db575..bd22e0f646c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/create.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/create.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
 )
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (f *Framework) LoadFromManifests(files ...string) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	err := visitManifests(func(data []byte) error {
 		// Ignore any additional fields for now, just determine what we have.
 		var what What
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, &what); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, &what); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "decode TypeMeta")
 		}
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (f *Framework) LoadFromManifests(files ...string) ([]interface{}, error) {
 		}
 
 		object := factory.New()
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, object); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, object); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "decode %+v", what)
 		}
 		items = append(items, object)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/exec_util.go b/test/e2e/framework/exec_util.go
index 15252c707d0..29db39bef07 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/exec_util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/exec_util.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (f *Framework) ExecWithOptions(options ExecOptions) (string, string, error)
 		Stdout:    options.CaptureStdout,
 		Stderr:    options.CaptureStderr,
 		TTY:       tty,
-	}, legacyscheme.ParameterCodec)
+	}, scheme.ParameterCodec)
 
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
 	err = execute("POST", req.URL(), config, options.Stdin, &stdout, &stderr, tty)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index c8a7e78c9c0..df84add4df6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ import (
 	cacheddiscovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memory"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/restmapper"
 	scaleclient "k8s.io/client-go/scale"
 	aggregatorclient "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/metrics"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (f *Framework) BeforeEach() {
 			config.GroupVersion = &schema.GroupVersion{}
 		}
 		if config.NegotiatedSerializer == nil {
-			config.NegotiatedSerializer = legacyscheme.Codecs
+			config.NegotiatedSerializer = scheme.Codecs
 		}
 		restClient, err := rest.RESTClientFor(config)
 		ExpectNoError(err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
index 3e15c59e0ed..4eda480296d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pods.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/sysctl"
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (c *PodClient) WaitForFailure(name string, timeout time.Duration) {
 func (c *PodClient) WaitForErrorEventOrSuccess(pod *v1.Pod) (*v1.Event, error) {
 	var ev *v1.Event
 	err := wait.Poll(Poll, PodStartTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
-		evnts, err := c.f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace).Search(legacyscheme.Scheme, pod)
+		evnts, err := c.f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace).Search(scheme.Scheme, pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("error in listing events: %s", err)
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 0dd59ba1499..a4627025d69 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	scaleclient "k8s.io/client-go/scale"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
 	watchtools "k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	appsinternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps"
 	batchinternal "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
@@ -3307,7 +3307,7 @@ func WaitForPodsReady(c clientset.Interface, ns, name string, minReadySeconds in
 // Waits for the number of events on the given object to reach a desired count.
 func WaitForEvents(c clientset.Interface, ns string, objOrRef runtime.Object, desiredEventsCount int) error {
 	return wait.Poll(Poll, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-		events, err := c.CoreV1().Events(ns).Search(legacyscheme.Scheme, objOrRef)
+		events, err := c.CoreV1().Events(ns).Search(scheme.Scheme, objOrRef)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("error in listing events: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -3326,7 +3326,7 @@ func WaitForEvents(c clientset.Interface, ns string, objOrRef runtime.Object, de
 // Waits for the number of events on the given object to be at least a desired count.
 func WaitForPartialEvents(c clientset.Interface, ns string, objOrRef runtime.Object, atLeastEventsCount int) error {
 	return wait.Poll(Poll, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-		events, err := c.CoreV1().Events(ns).Search(legacyscheme.Scheme, objOrRef)
+		events, err := c.CoreV1().Events(ns).Search(scheme.Scheme, objOrRef)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("error in listing events: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -5076,7 +5076,7 @@ func DsFromManifest(url string) (*apps.DaemonSet, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse data to json: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &controller)
+	err = runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &controller)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to decode DaemonSet spec: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/manifest/BUILD b/test/e2e/manifest/BUILD
index 18686dc0c38..3bf8e3343e7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/manifest/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/manifest/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/manifest",
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/testfiles:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go b/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
index 7310cc43094..26c9a4d4552 100644
--- a/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/test/e2e/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilyaml "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
 )
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func PodFromManifest(filename string) (*v1.Pod, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &pod); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &pod); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &pod, nil
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func RcFromManifest(fileName string) (*v1.ReplicationController, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &controller); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &controller); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &controller, nil
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func SvcFromManifest(fileName string) (*v1.Service, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &svc); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &svc); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &svc, nil
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func IngressFromManifest(fileName string) (*extensions.Ingress, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ing); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ing); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &ing, nil
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func StatefulSetFromManifest(fileName, ns string) (*apps.StatefulSet, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ss); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ss); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ss.Namespace = ns
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func DaemonSetFromManifest(fileName, ns string) (*apps.DaemonSet, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ds)
+	err = runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &ds)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func RoleFromManifest(fileName, ns string) (*rbac.Role, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &role)
+	err = runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), json, &role)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD b/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
index 4087d385571..febce43fe9e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/scalability",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/batch:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/extensions:go_default_library",
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memory:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/restmapper:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
index 9224607afaf..0550aa05c6e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ import (
 	cacheddiscovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memory"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/restmapper"
 	scaleclient "k8s.io/client-go/scale"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/transport"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func createClients(numberOfClients int) ([]clientset.Interface, []scaleclient.Sc
 			config.GroupVersion = &schema.GroupVersion{}
 		}
 		if config.NegotiatedSerializer == nil {
-			config.NegotiatedSerializer = legacyscheme.Codecs
+			config.NegotiatedSerializer = scheme.Codecs
 		}
 		restClient, err := restclient.RESTClientFor(config)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/external/BUILD b/test/e2e/storage/external/BUILD
index fde19f4529d..603442833be 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/external/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/external/BUILD
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/external",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/storage/testpatterns:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/storage/testsuites:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go b/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
index fd9fd4401fb..952eefffd8d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/external/external.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testpatterns"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testsuites"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (t testDriverParameter) loadDriverDefinition(filename string) (*driverDefin
 	}
 	// TODO: strict checking of the file content once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71589
 	// or something similar is merged.
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, driver); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), data, driver); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, filename)
 	}
 	return driver, nil