diff --git a/federation/cluster/common.sh b/federation/cluster/common.sh
index 3a68d970489..3d09ce7c9a4 100644
--- a/federation/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/federation/cluster/common.sh
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function create-federation-api-objects {
     gen-kube-basicauth
     export FEDERATION_API_BASIC_AUTH="${KUBE_PASSWORD},${KUBE_USER},admin"
 
-    # Create a kubeconfig with credentails for federation-apiserver. We will
+    # Create a kubeconfig with credentials for federation-apiserver. We will
     # then use this kubeconfig to create a secret which the federation
     # controller manager can use to talk to the federation-apiserver.
     # Note that the file name should be "kubeconfig" so that the secret key gets the same name.
@@ -203,12 +203,14 @@ function create-federation-api-objects {
     export FEDERATION_ADMISSION_CONTROL="${FEDERATION_ADMISSION_CONTROL:-NamespaceLifecycle}"
 
     for file in federation-etcd-pvc.yaml federation-apiserver-{deployment,secrets}.yaml federation-controller-manager-deployment.yaml; do
+      echo "Creating manifest: ${file}"
+      $template "${manifests_root}/${file}"
       $template "${manifests_root}/${file}" | $host_kubectl create -f -
     done
 
     # Update the users kubeconfig to include federation-apiserver credentials.
     CONTEXT=${FEDERATION_KUBE_CONTEXT} \
-	   KUBE_BEARER_TOKEN="$FEDERATION_API_TOKEN" \
+	   KUBE_BEARER_TOKEN="${FEDERATION_API_TOKEN}" \
            KUBE_USER="${KUBE_USER}" \
            KUBE_PASSWORD="${KUBE_PASSWORD}" \
 	   SECONDARY_KUBECONFIG=true \
diff --git a/federation/cluster/federation-up.sh b/federation/cluster/federation-up.sh
index d9ed22bc194..1486060fc90 100755
--- a/federation/cluster/federation-up.sh
+++ b/federation/cluster/federation-up.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/common.sh"
 # For $KUBE_PLATFORM, $KUBE_ARCH, $KUBE_BUILD_STAGE,
 # $FEDERATION_PUSH_REPO_BASE and $FEDERATION_NAMESPACE.
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/federation/cluster/common.sh"
-# For `get_version` function and $KUBE_REGISTRY.
-# TODO(madhusudancs): Remove this when the code here is moved
-# to federation/develop.sh
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/federation/develop/develop.sh"
 
 FEDERATION_NAME="${FEDERATION_NAME:-e2e-federation}"
 FEDERATION_KUBE_CONTEXT="${FEDERATION_KUBE_CONTEXT:-e2e-federation}"
@@ -50,13 +46,15 @@ kubectl="${CLIENT_BIN_DIR}/kubectl"
 function init() {
   kube::log::status "Deploying federation control plane for ${FEDERATION_NAME} in cluster ${HOST_CLUSTER_CONTEXT}"
 
-  local -r kube_version="$(get_version)"
+  local -r project="${KUBE_PROJECT:-${PROJECT:-}}"
+  local -r kube_registry="${KUBE_REGISTRY:-gcr.io/${project}}"
+  local -r kube_version="${KUBERNETES_RELEASE:-}"
 
   ${kubefed} init \
       "${FEDERATION_NAME}" \
       --host-cluster-context="${HOST_CLUSTER_CONTEXT}" \
       --dns-zone-name="${DNS_ZONE_NAME}" \
-      --image="${KUBE_REGISTRY}/hyperkube-amd64:${kube_version}"
+      --image="${kube_registry}/hyperkube-amd64:${kube_version}"
 }
 
 # create_cluster_secrets creates the secrets containing the kubeconfigs
@@ -84,6 +82,6 @@ if [[ "${USE_KUBEFED}" == "true" ]]; then
   init
   create_cluster_secrets
 else
-  export FEDERATION_IMAGE_TAG="$(get_version)"
+  export FEDERATION_IMAGE_TAG="$(echo ${KUBERNETES_RELEASE:-} | tr + _)"
   create-federation-api-objects
 fi
diff --git a/federation/manifests/federation-apiserver-deployment.yaml b/federation/manifests/federation-apiserver-deployment.yaml
index aa4fb98dfb5..c58801c7aa4 100644
--- a/federation/manifests/federation-apiserver-deployment.yaml
+++ b/federation/manifests/federation-apiserver-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ spec:
         - federation-apiserver
         - --bind-address=0.0.0.0
         - --etcd-servers=http://localhost:2379
-        - --service-cluster-ip-range={{.FEDERATION_SERVICE_CIDR}}
         - --secure-port=443
         {{if eq .IS_DNS_NAME "false"}}
         - --advertise-address={{.FEDERATION_API_HOST}}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index bc57f5b8647..ede7fd1c4f1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ func (f *Framework) GetUnderlyingFederatedContexts() []E2EContext {
 	e2eContexts := []E2EContext{}
 	for _, context := range kubeconfig.Contexts {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(context.Name, "federation") && context.Name != federatedKubeContext {
-
 			user := kubeconfig.findUser(context.Context.User)
 			if user == nil {
 				Failf("Could not find user for context %+v", context)