diff --git a/pkg/registry/namespace/registry.go b/pkg/registry/namespace/registry.go
index 8301945df1b..c6aa5758313 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/namespace/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/namespace/registry.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
 
@@ -41,26 +40,14 @@ type Registry interface {
 	DeleteNamespace(ctx api.Context, namespaceID string) error
 }
 
-// Storage is an interface for a standard REST Storage backend
-// TODO: move me somewhere common
-type Storage interface {
-	rest.GracefulDeleter
-	rest.Lister
-	rest.Getter
-	rest.Watcher
-
-	Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error)
-	Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, bool, error)
-}
-
 // storage puts strong typing around storage calls
 type storage struct {
-	Storage
+	rest.StandardStorage
 }
 
 // NewRegistry returns a new Registry interface for the given Storage. Any mismatched
 // types will panic.
-func NewRegistry(s Storage) Registry {
+func NewRegistry(s rest.StandardStorage) Registry {
 	return &storage{s}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/registry.go b/pkg/registry/pod/registry.go
index f65aaa5690e..4be48ab56e9 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/registry.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
 
@@ -41,26 +40,14 @@ type Registry interface {
 	DeletePod(ctx api.Context, podID string) error
 }
 
-// Storage is an interface for a standard REST Storage backend
-// TODO: move me somewhere common
-type Storage interface {
-	rest.GracefulDeleter
-	rest.Lister
-	rest.Getter
-	rest.Watcher
-
-	Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error)
-	Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, bool, error)
-}
-
 // storage puts strong typing around storage calls
 type storage struct {
-	Storage
+	rest.StandardStorage
 }
 
 // NewRegistry returns a new Registry interface for the given Storage. Any mismatched
 // types will panic.
-func NewRegistry(s Storage) Registry {
+func NewRegistry(s rest.StandardStorage) Registry {
 	return &storage{s}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/resourcequota/registry.go b/pkg/registry/resourcequota/registry.go
index 5fe29686edd..ff521cc1cf6 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/resourcequota/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/resourcequota/registry.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/rest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 )
 
@@ -41,26 +40,14 @@ type Registry interface {
 	DeleteResourceQuota(ctx api.Context, podID string) error
 }
 
-// Storage is an interface for a standard REST Storage backend
-// TODO: move me somewhere common
-type Storage interface {
-	rest.GracefulDeleter
-	rest.Lister
-	rest.Getter
-	rest.Watcher
-
-	Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error)
-	Update(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, bool, error)
-}
-
 // storage puts strong typing around storage calls
 type storage struct {
-	Storage
+	rest.StandardStorage
 }
 
 // NewRegistry returns a new Registry interface for the given Storage. Any mismatched
 // types will panic.
-func NewRegistry(s Storage) Registry {
+func NewRegistry(s rest.StandardStorage) Registry {
 	return &storage{s}
 }