diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/BUILD
index 1cbaa187616..0d894569f2f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/BUILD
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
index 0b7a8d7c3f3..269d9f7bfcb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
-	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 )
 
 func TestCreateServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"duplication errors should be ignored",
-			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(api.Resource(""), ""),
+			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(schema.GroupResource{}, ""),
 			false,
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
index 3d561308aad..16480673e46 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/BUILD
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ go_test(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proxy/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy_test.go
index f0934e6bf2b..b1c3b86611e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	kubeproxyconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/config"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestCreateServiceAccount(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"duplication errors should be ignored",
-			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(api.Resource(""), ""),
+			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(schema.GroupResource{}, ""),
 			false,
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
index 41d801a6980..a0633659fbd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/BUILD
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ go_test(
     srcs = ["clusterinfo_test.go"],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/testing:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_test.go
index 310954bacfc..2bc641d45ba 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/bootstraptoken/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 )
 
 var testConfigTempl = template.Must(template.New("test").Parse(`apiVersion: v1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestCreateBootstrapConfigMapIfNotExists(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"if both create and update errors, return error",
-			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(api.Resource("configmaps"), "test"),
+			apierrors.NewAlreadyExists(schema.GroupResource{Resource: "configmaps"}, "test"),
 			apierrors.NewUnauthorized("go away!"),
 			true,
 		},