diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
index 8a64dc959cc..3602a01405b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/fake_runtime.go
@@ -236,15 +236,6 @@ func (f *FakeRuntime) KillContainerInPod(container api.Container, pod *api.Pod)
 	return f.Err
 }
 
-func (f *FakeRuntime) GetAPIPodStatus(*api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error) {
-	f.Lock()
-	defer f.Unlock()
-
-	f.CalledFunctions = append(f.CalledFunctions, "GetAPIPodStatus")
-	status := f.APIPodStatus
-	return &status, f.Err
-}
-
 func (f *FakeRuntime) GetPodStatus(uid types.UID, name, namespace string) (*PodStatus, error) {
 	f.Lock()
 	defer f.Unlock()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
index 4f3dabadbbd..5afa916df24 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ type Runtime interface {
 	// KillPod kills all the containers of a pod. Pod may be nil, running pod must not be.
 	// TODO(random-liu): Return PodSyncResult in KillPod.
 	KillPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod) error
-	// GetAPIPodStatus retrieves the api.PodStatus of the pod, including the information of
-	// all containers in the pod. Clients of this interface assume the
-	// containers' statuses in a pod always have a deterministic ordering
-	// (e.g., sorted by name).
-	GetAPIPodStatus(*api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error)
 	// GetPodStatus retrieves the status of the pod, including the
 	// information of all containers in the pod that are visble in Runtime.
 	GetPodStatus(uid types.UID, name, namespace string) (*PodStatus, error)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
index fd8eaec88eb..a4843ccca0d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime_mock.go
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ func (r *Mock) KillContainerInPod(container api.Container, pod *api.Pod) error {
 	return args.Error(0)
 }
 
-func (r *Mock) GetAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error) {
-	args := r.Called(pod)
-	return args.Get(0).(*api.PodStatus), args.Error(1)
-}
-
 func (r *Mock) GetPodStatus(uid types.UID, name, namespace string) (*PodStatus, error) {
 	args := r.Called(uid, name, namespace)
 	return args.Get(0).(*PodStatus), args.Error(1)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
index f73eebffdee..2b7364ed9cb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (f *FakeDockerClient) CreateContainer(c docker.CreateContainerOptions) (*do
 	// Docker likes to add a '/', so copy that behavior.
 	name := "/" + c.Name
 	f.Created = append(f.Created, name)
-	// The newest container should be in front, because we assume so in GetAPIPodStatus()
+	// The newest container should be in front, because we assume so in GetPodStatus()
 	f.ContainerList = append([]docker.APIContainers{
 		{ID: name, Names: []string{name}, Image: c.Config.Image, Labels: c.Config.Labels},
 	}, f.ContainerList...)
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (f *FakeDockerClient) StopContainer(id string, timeout uint) error {
 	var newList []docker.APIContainers
 	for _, container := range f.ContainerList {
 		if container.ID == id {
-			// The newest exited container should be in front. Because we assume so in GetAPIPodStatus()
+			// The newest exited container should be in front. Because we assume so in GetPodStatus()
 			f.ExitedContainerList = append([]docker.APIContainers{container}, f.ExitedContainerList...)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index d4130f028f9..7235f89a0fc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ type DockerManager struct {
 	//      means that some entries may be recycled before a pod has been
 	//      deleted.
 	reasonCache reasonInfoCache
-	// TODO(yifan): Record the pull failure so we can eliminate the image checking
-	// in GetAPIPodStatus()?
+	// TODO(yifan): Record the pull failure so we can eliminate the image checking?
 	// Lower level docker image puller.
 	dockerPuller DockerPuller
 
@@ -419,17 +418,6 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) inspectContainer(id string, podName, podNamespace strin
 	return &status, "", nil
 }
 
-// GetAPIPodStatus returns docker related status for all containers in the pod
-// spec.
-func (dm *DockerManager) GetAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error) {
-	// Get the pod status.
-	podStatus, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod.UID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return dm.ConvertPodStatusToAPIPodStatus(pod, podStatus)
-}
-
 func (dm *DockerManager) ConvertPodStatusToAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod, podStatus *kubecontainer.PodStatus) (*api.PodStatus, error) {
 	var apiPodStatus api.PodStatus
 	uid := pod.UID
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
index a360e978455..6c11aa66919 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ import (
 
 	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	cadvisorapi "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/network"
@@ -557,7 +555,6 @@ func runSyncPod(t *testing.T, dm *DockerManager, fakeDocker *FakeDockerClient, p
 	if backOff == nil {
 		backOff = util.NewBackOff(time.Second, time.Minute)
 	}
-	//TODO(random-liu): Add test for PodSyncResult
 	result := dm.SyncPod(pod, *apiPodStatus, podStatus, []api.Secret{}, backOff)
 	err = result.Error()
 	if err != nil && !expectErr {
@@ -890,65 +887,6 @@ func TestSyncPodsDoesNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestSyncPodWithPullPolicy(t *testing.T) {
-	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	puller := dm.dockerPuller.(*FakeDockerPuller)
-	puller.HasImages = []string{"existing_one", "want:latest"}
-	dm.podInfraContainerImage = "pod_infra_image"
-
-	pod := &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       "12345678",
-			Name:      "foo",
-			Namespace: "new",
-		},
-		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers: []api.Container{
-				{Name: "bar", Image: "pull_always_image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullAlways},
-				{Name: "bar2", Image: "pull_if_not_present_image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullIfNotPresent},
-				{Name: "bar3", Image: "existing_one", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullIfNotPresent},
-				{Name: "bar4", Image: "want:latest", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullIfNotPresent},
-				{Name: "bar5", Image: "pull_never_image", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullNever},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	expectedStatusMap := map[string]api.ContainerState{
-		"bar":  {Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{unversioned.Now()}},
-		"bar2": {Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{unversioned.Now()}},
-		"bar3": {Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{unversioned.Now()}},
-		"bar4": {Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{unversioned.Now()}},
-		"bar5": {Waiting: &api.ContainerStateWaiting{Reason: kubecontainer.ErrImageNeverPull.Error(),
-			Message: "Container image \"pull_never_image\" is not present with pull policy of Never"}},
-	}
-
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
-	statuses, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unable to get pod status")
-	}
-	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-		if containerStatus, ok := api.GetContainerStatus(statuses.ContainerStatuses, c.Name); ok {
-			// copy the StartedAt time, to make the structs match
-			if containerStatus.State.Running != nil && expectedStatusMap[c.Name].Running != nil {
-				expectedStatusMap[c.Name].Running.StartedAt = containerStatus.State.Running.StartedAt
-			}
-			assert.Equal(t, expectedStatusMap[c.Name], containerStatus.State, "for container %s", c.Name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	fakeDocker.Lock()
-	defer fakeDocker.Unlock()
-
-	pulledImageSorted := puller.ImagesPulled[:]
-	sort.Strings(pulledImageSorted)
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"pod_infra_image", "pull_always_image", "pull_if_not_present_image"}, pulledImageSorted)
-
-	if len(fakeDocker.Created) != 5 {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected containers created %v", fakeDocker.Created)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSyncPodWithRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
 	containers := []api.Container{
@@ -1053,112 +991,6 @@ func TestSyncPodWithRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGetAPIPodStatusWithLastTermination(t *testing.T) {
-	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	containers := []api.Container{
-		{Name: "succeeded"},
-		{Name: "failed"},
-	}
-
-	pod := &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       "12345678",
-			Name:      "foo",
-			Namespace: "new",
-		},
-		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers: containers,
-		},
-	}
-
-	dockerContainers := []*docker.Container{
-		{
-			ID:   "9876",
-			Name: "/k8s_POD." + strconv.FormatUint(generatePodInfraContainerHash(pod), 16) + "_foo_new_12345678_0",
-			State: docker.State{
-				StartedAt:  time.Now(),
-				FinishedAt: time.Now(),
-				Running:    true,
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			ID:   "1234",
-			Name: "/k8s_succeeded." + strconv.FormatUint(kubecontainer.HashContainer(&containers[0]), 16) + "_foo_new_12345678_0",
-			State: docker.State{
-				ExitCode:   0,
-				StartedAt:  time.Now(),
-				FinishedAt: time.Now(),
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			ID:   "5678",
-			Name: "/k8s_failed." + strconv.FormatUint(kubecontainer.HashContainer(&containers[1]), 16) + "_foo_new_12345678_0",
-			State: docker.State{
-				ExitCode:   42,
-				StartedAt:  time.Now(),
-				FinishedAt: time.Now(),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		policy           api.RestartPolicy
-		created          []string
-		stopped          []string
-		lastTerminations []string
-	}{
-		{
-			api.RestartPolicyAlways,
-			[]string{"succeeded", "failed"},
-			[]string{},
-			[]string{"docker://1234", "docker://5678"},
-		},
-		{
-			api.RestartPolicyOnFailure,
-			[]string{"failed"},
-			[]string{},
-			[]string{"docker://5678"},
-		},
-		{
-			api.RestartPolicyNever,
-			[]string{},
-			[]string{"9876"},
-			[]string{},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for i, tt := range tests {
-		fakeDocker.SetFakeContainers(dockerContainers)
-		fakeDocker.ClearCalls()
-		pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = tt.policy
-		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
-
-		// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
-		status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
-		}
-		terminatedContainers := []string{}
-		for _, cs := range status.ContainerStatuses {
-			if cs.LastTerminationState.Terminated != nil {
-				terminatedContainers = append(terminatedContainers, cs.LastTerminationState.Terminated.ContainerID)
-			}
-		}
-		sort.StringSlice(terminatedContainers).Sort()
-		sort.StringSlice(tt.lastTerminations).Sort()
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(terminatedContainers, tt.lastTerminations) {
-			t.Errorf("Expected(sorted): %#v, Actual(sorted): %#v", tt.lastTerminations, terminatedContainers)
-		}
-
-		if err := fakeDocker.AssertCreated(tt.created); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
-		}
-		if err := fakeDocker.AssertStopped(tt.stopped); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSyncPodBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 	var fakeClock = &util.FakeClock{Time: time.Now()}
 	startTime := fakeClock.Now()
@@ -1248,101 +1080,10 @@ func TestSyncPodBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-func TestGetPodCreationFailureReason(t *testing.T) {
-	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	// Inject the creation failure error to docker.
-	failureReason := "RunContainerError"
-	fakeDocker.Errors = map[string]error{
-		"create": fmt.Errorf("%s", failureReason),
-	}
-
-	pod := &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       "12345678",
-			Name:      "foo",
-			Namespace: "new",
-		},
-		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "bar"}},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// Pretend that the pod infra container has already been created, so that
-	// we can run the user containers.
-	fakeDocker.SetFakeRunningContainers([]*docker.Container{{
-		ID:   "9876",
-		Name: "/k8s_POD." + strconv.FormatUint(generatePodInfraContainerHash(pod), 16) + "_foo_new_12345678_0",
-	}})
-
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
-	// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
-	status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(status.ContainerStatuses) < 1 {
-		t.Errorf("expected 1 container status, got %d", len(status.ContainerStatuses))
-	} else {
-		state := status.ContainerStatuses[0].State
-		if state.Waiting == nil {
-			t.Errorf("expected waiting state, got %#v", state)
-		} else if state.Waiting.Reason != failureReason {
-			t.Errorf("expected reason %q, got %q", failureReason, state.Waiting.Reason)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetPodPullImageFailureReason(t *testing.T) {
-	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	// Initialize the FakeDockerPuller so that it'd try to pull non-existent
-	// images.
-	puller := dm.dockerPuller.(*FakeDockerPuller)
-	puller.HasImages = []string{}
-	// Inject the pull image failure error.
-	failureReason := kubecontainer.ErrImagePull.Error()
-	puller.ErrorsToInject = []error{fmt.Errorf("%s", failureReason)}
-
-	pod := &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       "12345678",
-			Name:      "foo",
-			Namespace: "new",
-		},
-		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "bar", Image: "realImage", ImagePullPolicy: api.PullAlways}},
-		},
-	}
-	// Pretend that the pod infra container has already been created, so that
-	// we can run the user containers.
-	fakeDocker.SetFakeRunningContainers([]*docker.Container{{
-		ID:   "9876",
-		Name: "/k8s_POD." + strconv.FormatUint(generatePodInfraContainerHash(pod), 16) + "_foo_new_12345678_0",
-	}})
-	runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, true)
-	// Check if we can retrieve the pod status.
-	status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(status.ContainerStatuses) < 1 {
-		t.Errorf("expected 1 container status, got %d", len(status.ContainerStatuses))
-	} else {
-		state := status.ContainerStatuses[0].State
-		if state.Waiting == nil {
-			t.Errorf("expected waiting state, got %#v", state)
-		} else if state.Waiting.Reason != failureReason {
-			t.Errorf("expected reason %q, got %q", failureReason, state.Waiting.Reason)
-		}
-	}
-}
 
 func TestGetRestartCount(t *testing.T) {
 	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	containers := []api.Container{
-		{Name: "bar"},
-	}
+	containerName := "bar"
 	pod := api.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
 			UID:       "12345678",
@@ -1350,67 +1091,83 @@ func TestGetRestartCount(t *testing.T) {
 			Namespace: "new",
 		},
 		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers:    containers,
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{Name: containerName},
+			},
 			RestartPolicy: "Always",
 		},
+		Status: api.PodStatus{
+			ContainerStatuses: []api.ContainerStatus{
+				{
+					Name:         containerName,
+					RestartCount: 3,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Helper function for verifying the restart count.
-	verifyRestartCount := func(pod *api.Pod, expectedCount int) api.PodStatus {
+	verifyRestartCount := func(pod *api.Pod, expectedCount int) {
 		runSyncPod(t, dm, fakeDocker, pod, nil, false)
-		status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
+		status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod.UID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 		}
-		restartCount := status.ContainerStatuses[0].RestartCount
+		cs := status.FindContainerStatusByName(containerName)
+		if cs == nil {
+			t.Fatal("Can't find status for container %q", containerName)
+		}
+		restartCount := cs.RestartCount
 		if restartCount != expectedCount {
 			t.Errorf("expected %d restart count, got %d", expectedCount, restartCount)
 		}
-		return *status
 	}
 
 	killOneContainer := func(pod *api.Pod) {
-		status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
+		status, err := dm.GetPodStatus(pod.UID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 		}
-		containerID := kubecontainer.ParseContainerID(status.ContainerStatuses[0].ContainerID)
-		dm.KillContainerInPod(containerID, &pod.Spec.Containers[0], pod, "test container restart count.")
+		cs := status.FindContainerStatusByName(containerName)
+		if cs == nil {
+			t.Fatal("Can't find status for container %q", containerName)
+		}
+		dm.KillContainerInPod(cs.ID, &pod.Spec.Containers[0], pod, "test container restart count.")
 	}
 	// Container "bar" starts the first time.
 	// TODO: container lists are expected to be sorted reversely by time.
 	// We should fix FakeDockerClient to sort the list before returning.
 	// (randome-liu) Just partially sorted now.
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 0)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 0)
 	killOneContainer(&pod)
 
 	// Poor container "bar" has been killed, and should be restarted with restart count 1
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 1)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 1)
 	killOneContainer(&pod)
 
 	// Poor container "bar" has been killed again, and should be restarted with restart count 2
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 2)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 2)
 	killOneContainer(&pod)
 
 	// Poor container "bar" has been killed again ang again, and should be restarted with restart count 3
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
 
 	// The oldest container has been garbage collected
 	exitedContainers := fakeDocker.ExitedContainerList
 	fakeDocker.ExitedContainerList = exitedContainers[:len(exitedContainers)-1]
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
 
 	// The last two oldest containers have been garbage collected
 	fakeDocker.ExitedContainerList = exitedContainers[:len(exitedContainers)-2]
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
 
-	// All exited containers have been garbage collected
+	// All exited containers have been garbage collected, restart count should be got from old api pod status
 	fakeDocker.ExitedContainerList = []docker.APIContainers{}
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 3)
 	killOneContainer(&pod)
 
 	// Poor container "bar" has been killed again ang again and again, and should be restarted with restart count 4
-	pod.Status = verifyRestartCount(&pod, 4)
+	verifyRestartCount(&pod, 4)
 }
 
 func TestGetTerminationMessagePath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1681,57 +1438,6 @@ func TestSyncPodWithHostNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGetAPIPodStatusSortedContainers(t *testing.T) {
-	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
-	specContainerList := []api.Container{}
-	expectedOrder := []string{}
-
-	numContainers := 10
-	podName := "foo"
-	podNs := "test"
-	podUID := "uid1"
-	fakeConfig := &docker.Config{
-		Image: "some:latest",
-	}
-
-	dockerContainers := []*docker.Container{}
-	for i := 0; i < numContainers; i++ {
-		id := fmt.Sprintf("%v", i)
-		containerName := fmt.Sprintf("%vcontainer", id)
-		expectedOrder = append(expectedOrder, containerName)
-		dockerContainers = append(dockerContainers, &docker.Container{
-			ID:     id,
-			Name:   fmt.Sprintf("/k8s_%v_%v_%v_%v_42", containerName, podName, podNs, podUID),
-			Config: fakeConfig,
-			Image:  fmt.Sprintf("%vimageid", id),
-		})
-		specContainerList = append(specContainerList, api.Container{Name: containerName})
-	}
-	fakeDocker.SetFakeRunningContainers(dockerContainers)
-	fakeDocker.ClearCalls()
-	pod := &api.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			UID:       types.UID(podUID),
-			Name:      podName,
-			Namespace: podNs,
-		},
-		Spec: api.PodSpec{
-			Containers: specContainerList,
-		},
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		status, err := dm.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
-		}
-		for i, c := range status.ContainerStatuses {
-			if expectedOrder[i] != c.Name {
-				t.Fatalf("Container status not sorted, expected %v at index %d, but found %v", expectedOrder[i], i, c.Name)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestVerifyNonRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	dm, fakeDocker := newTestDockerManager()
 
@@ -1893,3 +1599,5 @@ func TestGetIPCMode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected host ipc mode for pod but got %v", ipcMode)
 	}
 }
+
+// TODO(random-liu): Add unit test for returned PodSyncResult (issue #20478)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 8a5c11d6d82..ac3bb8e84db 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -4348,3 +4348,5 @@ func TestGetPodsToSync(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected %d pods to sync, got %d", 3, len(podsToSync))
 	}
 }
+
+// TODO(random-liu): Add unit test for convertStatusToAPIStatus (issue #20478)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index fa9f6004722..98d3fd070ea 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -1009,16 +1009,6 @@ func (r *Runtime) KillPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetAPIPodStatus returns the status of the given pod.
-func (r *Runtime) GetAPIPodStatus(pod *api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error) {
-	// Get the pod status.
-	podStatus, err := r.GetPodStatus(pod.UID, pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return r.ConvertPodStatusToAPIPodStatus(pod, podStatus)
-}
-
 func (r *Runtime) Type() string {
 	return RktType
 }