diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/BUILD
index a3d4f1f475c..39c2d9fac7a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/BUILD
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
index 84245a04b0d..f6620f0d263 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/BUILD
index 73c1648a756..5b6a8cdbd85 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/BUILD
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/rbac/reconciliation:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/authorization/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/authorization/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
index aa6a99edc82..3b2d7efe4be 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	discovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	authorizationv1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/authorization/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	describeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
 	rbacutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/rbac"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/BUILD
index bc0e74afad5..7939be40b2f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/BUILD
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/latest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/cli/flag:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/liggitt/tabwriter:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
index d56ea687d4a..0fd6e491e32 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
 )
 
 // GetContextsOptions contains the assignable options from the args.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/BUILD
index 26d0cd6f2bc..58b82a922d0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/BUILD
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers/internalversion:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/liggitt/tabwriter:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra:go_default_library",
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi/testing:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/batch/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn.go
index 28825d90c38..7beb0d6d11e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/printers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
-	utilprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
+	utilprinters "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 )
 
 var jsonRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("^\\{\\.?([^{}]+)\\}$|^\\.?([^{}]+)$")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn_test.go
index b4af2025ebd..c8a8ed756f5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/customcolumn_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
 )
 
 // UniversalDecoder call must specify parameter versions; otherwise it will decode to internal versions.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
index def6ee32c04..5f39a5adbd4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	watchtools "k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt"
+	utilprinters "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
-	utilprinters "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
 )
 
 // GetOptions contains the input to the get command.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/BUILD
index bae5e89cac6..cf8c05aad85 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/BUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ go_library(
         "//build/visible_to:pkg_kubectl_metricsutil_CONSUMERS",
     ],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validation:go_default_library",
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/metrics_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/metrics_printer.go
index fe8464452b7..799ca451ccc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/metrics_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/metricsutil/metrics_printer.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers"
 	metricsapi "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
index c7c1be0cf76..43eeea7e6b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/logs:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/podutils:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/printers:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/qos:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/rbac:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/resource:all-srcs",
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index 87d40343c51..e58e0c8d609 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         ":package-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term:all-srcs",
     ],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
index 6d2a59bf979..90a584f077b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 // indirect
 	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v0.0.0-20170808103936-bb23615498cd
 	github.com/docker/docker v0.7.3-0.20190327010347-be7ac8be2ae0
+	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.sum b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.sum
index 7a3bb2973af..f6e785224f1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.sum
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 h1:MrUvLMLTMxbqFJ9kzlvat/rYZqZnW3u4wkLzWTaFwK
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
+github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de h1:9TO3cAIGXtEhnIaL+V+BEER86oLrvS+kWobKpbJuye0=
+github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de/go.mod h1:zAbeS9B/r2mtpb6U+EI2rYA5OAXxsYw6wTamcNW+zcE=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0 h1:6GlHJ/LTGMrIJbwgdqdl2eEH8o+Exx/0m8ir9Gns0u4=
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/printers/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers/BUILD
similarity index 79%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/printers/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers/BUILD
index 1687a952eaf..164f40669da 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/printers/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers/BUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = ["tabwriter.go"],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/printers",
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = ["//vendor/github.com/liggitt/tabwriter:go_default_library"],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/printers/tabwriter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers/tabwriter.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/printers/tabwriter.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers/tabwriter.go
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index b73ab81db38..7726f4e098c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1634,6 +1634,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1
 # k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/interrupt
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term
 # k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet