diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 119946cb1a4..3fab8ff0362 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac"
 	resourcehelper "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	storageutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/slice"
 )
 
 // Each level has 2 spaces for PrefixWriter
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/history.go b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
index 382c6dd4463..b6c8e145576 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/history.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientappsv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1"
 	deploymentutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment"
+	sliceutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	kapps "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/apps"
 	describe "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned"
-	sliceutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/slice"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/BUILD
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/BUILD
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice_test.go