diff --git a/examples/selenium/README.md b/examples/selenium/README.md
index b3051fc79b6..88753dfc9df 100644
--- a/examples/selenium/README.md
+++ b/examples/selenium/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ curl http://localhost:4444
 If you are using Google Container Engine, you can expose your hub via the internet. This is a bad idea for many reasons, but you can do it as follows:
 
 ```console
-kubectl expose rc selenium-hub --name=selenium-hub-external --labels="app=selenium-hub,external=true" --create-external-load-balancer=true
+kubectl expose rc selenium-hub --name=selenium-hub-external --labels="app=selenium-hub,external=true" --type=LoadBalancer
 ```
 
 Then wait a few minutes, eventually your new `selenium-hub-external` service will be assigned a load balanced IP from gcloud. Once `kubectl get svc selenium-hub-external` shows two IPs, run this snippet.
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index 03fdee8bf2e..0e080268af7 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ controller-start-interval
 cors-allowed-origins
 cpu-cfs-quota
 cpu-percent
-create-external-load-balancer
 current-release-pr
 current-replicas
 daemonset-lookup-cache-size
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
index b56e201c069..9fbf5430152 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ func NewCmdExposeService(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().String("protocol", "", "The network protocol for the service to be created. Default is 'TCP'.")
 	cmd.Flags().String("port", "", "The port that the service should serve on. Copied from the resource being exposed, if unspecified")
 	cmd.Flags().String("type", "", "Type for this service: ClusterIP, NodePort, or LoadBalancer. Default is 'ClusterIP'.")
-	// TODO: remove create-external-load-balancer in code on or after Aug 25, 2016.
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("create-external-load-balancer", false, "If true, create an external load balancer for this service (trumped by --type). Implementation is cloud provider dependent. Default is 'false'.")
-	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("create-external-load-balancer", "use --type=\"LoadBalancer\" instead")
 	cmd.Flags().String("load-balancer-ip", "", "IP to assign to the Load Balancer. If empty, an ephemeral IP will be created and used (cloud-provider specific).")
 	cmd.Flags().String("selector", "", "A label selector to use for this service. Only equality-based selector requirements are supported. If empty (the default) infer the selector from the replication controller or replica set.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("labels", "l", "", "Labels to apply to the service created by this call.")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/service.go b/pkg/kubectl/service.go
index 604dbf327e0..a139eea9b05 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/service.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/service.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ func paramNames() []GeneratorParam {
 		{"ports", false},
 		{"labels", false},
 		{"external-ip", false},
-		{"create-external-load-balancer", false},
 		{"load-balancer-ip", false},
 		{"type", false},
 		{"protocol", false},
@@ -204,9 +203,6 @@ func generate(genericParams map[string]interface{}) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			service.Spec.Ports[i].TargetPort = intstr.FromInt(int(port))
 		}
 	}
-	if params["create-external-load-balancer"] == "true" {
-		service.Spec.Type = api.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer
-	}
 	if len(params["external-ip"]) > 0 {
 		service.Spec.ExternalIPs = []string{params["external-ip"]}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/service_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/service_test.go
index 6d7ad342f8d..94774fae255 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/service_test.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestGenerateService(t *testing.T) {
 				"protocol":                      "UDP",
 				"container-port":                "foobar",
 				"external-ip":                   "1.2.3.4",
-				"create-external-load-balancer": "true",
+				"type":                          "LoadBalancer",
 			},
 			expected: api.Service{
 				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{