diff --git a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
index ddd32ac0097..932852ace02 100644
--- a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@ var apiObjectFuzzer = fuzz.New().NilChance(.5).NumElements(1, 1).Funcs(
 		// APIVersion and Kind must remain blank in memory.
 		j.APIVersion = ""
 		j.Kind = ""
-
-		j.Name = c.RandString()
-		j.ResourceVersion = strconv.FormatUint(c.RandUint64(), 10)
-		j.SelfLink = c.RandString()
-
-		var sec, nsec int64
-		c.Fuzz(&sec)
-		c.Fuzz(&nsec)
-		j.CreationTimestamp = util.Unix(sec, nsec).Rfc3339Copy()
 	},
 	func(j *api.TypeMeta, c fuzz.Continue) {
 		// We have to customize the randomization of TypeMetas because their
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/schema_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/schema_test.go
index 34a0cf3559c..7ed8670e19f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/schema_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/schema_test.go
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ var apiObjectFuzzer = fuzz.New().NilChance(.5).NumElements(1, 1).Funcs(
 		// APIVersion and Kind must remain blank in memory.
 		j.APIVersion = ""
 		j.Kind = ""
-
-		j.Name = c.RandString()
-		j.ResourceVersion = strconv.FormatUint(c.RandUint64(), 10)
-		j.SelfLink = c.RandString()
-
-		var sec, nsec int64
-		c.Fuzz(&sec)
-		c.Fuzz(&nsec)
-		j.CreationTimestamp = util.Unix(sec, nsec).Rfc3339Copy()
 	},
 	func(j *api.TypeMeta, c fuzz.Continue) {
 		// We have to customize the randomization of TypeMetas because their
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/embedded_test.go b/pkg/runtime/embedded_test.go
index 9fb795c95bb..c9ad19725f5 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/embedded_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/embedded_test.go
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ func TestEmbeddedObject(t *testing.T) {
 	s.AddKnownTypeWithName("v1test", "EmbeddedTest", &EmbeddedTestExternal{})
 
 	outer := &EmbeddedTest{
-		TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{Name: "outer"},
+		TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{},
 		ID:       "outer",
 		Object: runtime.EmbeddedObject{
 			&EmbeddedTest{
-				TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{Name: "inner"},
+				TypeMeta: runtime.TypeMeta{},
 				ID:       "inner",
 			},
 		},
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestEmbeddedObject(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected decode error %v", err)
 	}
-	if externalViaJSON.Kind == "" || externalViaJSON.APIVersion == "" || externalViaJSON.Name != "outer" {
+	if externalViaJSON.Kind == "" || externalViaJSON.APIVersion == "" || externalViaJSON.ID != "outer" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected objects to have type info set, got %#v", externalViaJSON)
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(externalViaJSON.EmptyObject.RawJSON, []byte("null")) || len(externalViaJSON.Object.RawJSON) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/types.go b/pkg/runtime/types.go
index aa7eec39201..da7e0e93c5d 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/types.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/types.go
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package runtime
 
-import (
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
-)
+import ()
 
 // Note that the types provided in this file are not versioned and are intended to be
 // safe to use from within all versions of every API object.
@@ -35,15 +33,8 @@ import (
 // your own with the same fields.
 //
 type TypeMeta struct {
-	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
-	Kind       string `json:"kind,omitempty"`
-
-	Namespace         string    `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
-	Name              string    `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	UID               string    `json:"uid,omitempty"`
-	CreationTimestamp util.Time `json:"creationTimestamp,omitempty"`
-	SelfLink          string    `json:"selfLink,omitempty"`
-	ResourceVersion   string    `json:"resourceVersion,omitempty"`
+	APIVersion string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty" yaml:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
+	Kind       string `json:"kind,omitempty" yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PluginBase is like TypeMeta, but it's intended for plugin objects that won't ever be encoded