diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/fuzzer/fuzzer_test.go
similarity index 76%
rename from cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install_test.go
rename to cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/fuzzer/fuzzer_test.go
index 116033df759..79d99c3ce43 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/fuzzer/fuzzer_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package install
+package fuzzer
 
 import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/testing/roundtrip"
-	kubeadmfuzzer "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/fuzzer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 )
 
 func TestRoundTripTypes(t *testing.T) {
-	roundtrip.RoundTripTestForAPIGroup(t, Install, kubeadmfuzzer.Funcs)
+	roundtrip.RoundTripTestForAPIGroup(t, scheme.AddToScheme, Funcs)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/doc.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/doc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a00b1043e2f..00000000000
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package install // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 81bac336224..00000000000
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install/install.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package install
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	Install(legacyscheme.Scheme)
-}
-
-// Install registers the API group and adds types to a scheme
-func Install(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
-	utilruntime.Must(kubeadm.AddToScheme(scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
-	utilruntime.Must(scheme.SetVersionPriority(v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion))
-}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme/scheme.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme/scheme.go
index 8ee03603a71..97a8ce7e20e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme/scheme.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme/scheme.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 )
 
@@ -37,5 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // AddToScheme builds the Kubeadm scheme using all known versions of the kubeadm api.
 func AddToScheme(scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
+	kubeadm.AddToScheme(scheme)
 	v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	scheme.SetVersionPriority(v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade.go
index 212ef0d7544..2b6ad7a1b39 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 )
 
 var json = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var migrations = map[string][]configMutationFunc{
 
 // Migrate takes a map representing a config file and an object to decode into.
 // The map is transformed into a format suitable for encoding into the supplied object, then serialised and decoded.
-func Migrate(in map[string]interface{}, obj runtime.Object) error {
+func Migrate(in map[string]interface{}, obj runtime.Object, codecs serializer.CodecFactory) error {
 	kind := reflect.TypeOf(obj).Elem().Name()
 	migrationsForKind := migrations[kind]
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func Migrate(in map[string]interface{}, obj runtime.Object) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't json encode object: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), buf.Bytes(), obj)
+	return runtime.DecodeInto(codecs.UniversalDecoder(), buf.Bytes(), obj)
 }
 
 func proxyFeatureListToMap(m map[string]interface{}) error {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade_test.go
index 6a1fca7e1d3..950c6ed68bc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/upgrade_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 )
 
 const test196 = "testdata/kubeadm196.yaml"
@@ -36,8 +38,12 @@ func TestUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("couldn't unmarshal test yaml: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var obj MasterConfiguration
-	if err := Migrate(decoded, &obj); err != nil {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	AddToScheme(scheme)
+	codecs := serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
+
+	obj := &MasterConfiguration{}
+	if err := Migrate(decoded, obj, codecs); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("couldn't decode migrated object: %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
index b0ed29535ea..c633122b683 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade"
-
 	// Register the kubeadm configuration types because CLI flag generation
 	// depends on the generated defaults.
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
 )
 
 // NewKubeadmCommand return cobra.Command to run kubeadm command
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
index 9fbba632e36..ca8b9fb7f00 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 // NewCmdConfig returns cobra.Command for "kubeadm config" command
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func NewCmdConfigUploadFromFile(out io.Writer, kubeConfigFile *string) *cobra.Co
 // NewCmdConfigUploadFromFlags returns cobra.Command for "kubeadm config upload from-flags" command
 func NewCmdConfigUploadFromFlags(out io.Writer, kubeConfigFile *string) *cobra.Command {
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var featureGatesString string
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index f47890dd631..d35213ddca0 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ import (
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	dryrunutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/dryrun"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	utilsexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var (
 // NewCmdInit returns "kubeadm init" command.
 func NewCmdInit(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath string
 	var skipPreFlight bool
@@ -130,14 +130,15 @@ func NewCmdInit(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "init",
 		Short: "Run this command in order to set up the Kubernetes master.",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+
 			var err error
 			if cfg.FeatureGates, err = features.NewFeatureGate(&features.InitFeatureGates, featureGatesString); err != nil {
 				kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 			}
 
-			legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+			kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 			internalcfg := &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{}
-			legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
+			kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
 
 			ignorePreflightErrorsSet, err := validation.ValidateIgnorePreflightErrors(ignorePreflightErrors, skipPreFlight)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ func NewInit(cfgPath string, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, ignorePrefligh
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
index df1beed29e6..ce794f9fc52 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	certutil "k8s.io/client-go/util/cert"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	utilsexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var (
 // NewCmdJoin returns "kubeadm join" command.
 func NewCmdJoin(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.NodeConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var skipPreFlight bool
 	var cfgPath string
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ func NewValidJoin(cfg *kubeadmapiv1alpha1.NodeConfiguration, args []string, skip
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 	internalcfg := &kubeadmapi.NodeConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
 
 	ignorePreflightErrorsSet, err := validation.ValidateIgnorePreflightErrors(ignorePreflightErrors, skipPreFlight)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func NewJoin(cfgPath string, args []string, cfg *kubeadmapi.NodeConfiguration, i
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
 		glog.V(1).Infoln("[join] decoding configuration information")
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
index 1e8a1de2fd8..610e804512e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func TestNewValidJoin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.NodeConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	errorFormat := "Test case %q: NewValidJoin expected error: %v, saw: %v, error: %v"
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons.go
index d54f67e611a..2fef2ee2938 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func EnsureAllAddons(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client clientset.Inter
 func getAddonsSubCommands() []*cobra.Command {
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, kubeConfigFile, featureGatesString string
 	var subCmds []*cobra.Command
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func runAddonsCmdFunc(cmdFunc func(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client c
 		}
 
 		internalcfg := &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{}
-		legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
+		kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
 		client, err := kubeconfigutil.ClientSetFromFile(*kubeConfigFile)
 		kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 		internalcfg, err = configutil.ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(*cfgPath, cfg)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons_test.go
index 424e319081e..e2333ec305b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/addons_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ package phases
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	// required for triggering api machinery startup when running unit tests
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
-
 	cmdtestutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test/cmd"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/bootstraptoken.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/bootstraptoken.go
index f966a2db2a7..4057bfb0f26 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/bootstraptoken.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/bootstraptoken.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	bootstrapapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/api"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func NewSubCmdBootstrapTokenAll(kubeConfigFile *string) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, description string
 	var skipTokenPrint bool
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func NewSubCmdBootstrapToken(kubeConfigFile *string) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, description string
 	var skipTokenPrint bool
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs.go
index 82e968c44a6..149a013684b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	certsphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func getCertsSubCommands(defaultKubernetesVersion string) []*cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath string
 	var subCmds []*cobra.Command
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs_test.go
index 31b9b49ce49..97c5438031a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/certs_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	// required for triggering api machinery startup when running unit tests
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
-
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/pkiutil"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane.go
index 01101567d75..012eee1485d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	utilflag "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flag"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	controlplanephase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func getControlPlaneSubCommands(outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion string) []*cobr
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, featureGatesString string
 	var subCmds []*cobra.Command
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane_test.go
index 6333263dfb1..8f741a499f1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/controlplane_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	// required for triggering api machinery startup when running unit tests
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
-
 	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test"
 	cmdtestutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd.go
index 307ed17bb95..473f6017dd1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	etcdphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func getEtcdSubCommands(outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion string) []*cobra.Comman
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath string
 	var subCmds []*cobra.Command
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd_test.go
index 90a82f96d1f..cc12e3c8222 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/etcd_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	// required for triggering api machinery startup when running unit tests
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
-
 	testutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test"
 	cmdtestutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/test/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
index 82c439a78ce..fa009f1881b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeconfigphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func getKubeConfigSubCommands(out io.Writer, outDir, defaultKubernetesVersion st
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, token, clientName string
 	var organizations []string
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig_test.go
index 97eed98eb56..309a5922a4a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubeconfig_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	// required for triggering api machinery startup when running unit tests
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
-
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
index 6e503acdb55..a0f628d951d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/kubelet.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/features"
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	nodeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func NewCmdKubeletWriteInitConfig() *cobra.Command {
 				// the lookup of the version from the internet when executing ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig
 				KubernetesVersion: "v1.9.0",
 			}
-			legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+			kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 			// This call returns the ready-to-use configuration based on the configuration file that might or might not exist and the default cfg populated by flags
 			internalcfg, err := configutil.ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, cfg)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func NewCmdKubeletUploadDynamicConfig() *cobra.Command {
 				// the lookup of the version from the internet when executing ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig
 				KubernetesVersion: "v1.9.0",
 			}
-			legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+			kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 			// This call returns the ready-to-use configuration based on the configuration file that might or might not exist and the default cfg populated by flags
 			internalcfg, err := configutil.ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, cfg)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func NewCmdKubeletUploadDynamicConfig() *cobra.Command {
 // NewCmdKubeletEnableDynamicConfig calls cobra.Command for enabling dynamic kubelet configuration on node
 func NewCmdKubeletEnableDynamicConfig() *cobra.Command {
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.NodeConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath string
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func getNodeName(cfgPath string, cfg *kubeadmapiv1alpha1.NodeConfiguration) (str
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to read config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/markmaster.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/markmaster.go
index 4b60e71a5c4..8c201c8a3dc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/markmaster.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/markmaster.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package phases
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewCmdMarkMaster() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, kubeConfigFile string
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/selfhosting.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/selfhosting.go
index cb6a705f820..a65abe9ffd3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/selfhosting.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/selfhosting.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func getSelfhostingSubCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 	cfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, kubeConfigFile, featureGatesString string
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
index a9f5279d2f2..dbed0a1530a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/token.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	bootstrapapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/bootstrap/token/api"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
 	tokenutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/token"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 )
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func NewCmdToken(out io.Writer, errW io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	// Default values for the cobra help text
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
 	var cfgPath, description string
 	var printJoinCommand bool
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
index e36d254993d..df299180815 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/install"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
index f7fc2cba5aa..4a12de356e6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns.go
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kuberuntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/features"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func CreateServiceAccount(client clientset.Interface) error {
 
 func createKubeDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes []byte, client clientset.Interface) error {
 	kubednsDeployment := &apps.Deployment{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), deploymentBytes, kubednsDeployment); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), deploymentBytes, kubednsDeployment); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode kube-dns deployment %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func coreDNSAddon(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client clientset.Interfac
 
 func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, client clientset.Interface) error {
 	coreDNSConfigMap := &v1.ConfigMap{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), configBytes, coreDNSConfigMap); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), configBytes, coreDNSConfigMap); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode CoreDNS configmap %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, clien
 	}
 
 	coreDNSClusterRoles := &rbac.ClusterRole{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSClusterRole), coreDNSClusterRoles); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSClusterRole), coreDNSClusterRoles); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode CoreDNS clusterroles %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, clien
 	}
 
 	coreDNSClusterRolesBinding := &rbac.ClusterRoleBinding{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSClusterRoleBinding), coreDNSClusterRolesBinding); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSClusterRoleBinding), coreDNSClusterRolesBinding); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode CoreDNS clusterrolebindings %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, clien
 	}
 
 	coreDNSServiceAccount := &v1.ServiceAccount{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSServiceAccount), coreDNSServiceAccount); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(CoreDNSServiceAccount), coreDNSServiceAccount); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode CoreDNS serviceaccount %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, clien
 	}
 
 	coreDNSDeployment := &apps.Deployment{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), deploymentBytes, coreDNSDeployment); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), deploymentBytes, coreDNSDeployment); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode CoreDNS deployment %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func createCoreDNSAddon(deploymentBytes, serviceBytes, configBytes []byte, clien
 }
 
 func createDNSService(dnsService *v1.Service, serviceBytes []byte, client clientset.Interface) error {
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), serviceBytes, dnsService); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), serviceBytes, dnsService); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode the DNS service %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
index 261ac164845..cde76c4391c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kuberuntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	kubeproxyconfigscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/scheme"
 	kubeproxyconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func CreateRBACRules(client clientset.Interface) error {
 
 func createKubeProxyAddon(configMapBytes, daemonSetbytes []byte, client clientset.Interface) error {
 	kubeproxyConfigMap := &v1.ConfigMap{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), configMapBytes, kubeproxyConfigMap); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), configMapBytes, kubeproxyConfigMap); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode kube-proxy configmap %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func createKubeProxyAddon(configMapBytes, daemonSetbytes []byte, client clientse
 	}
 
 	kubeproxyDaemonSet := &apps.DaemonSet{}
-	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), daemonSetbytes, kubeproxyDaemonSet); err != nil {
+	if err := kuberuntime.DecodeInto(clientsetscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), daemonSetbytes, kubeproxyDaemonSet); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode kube-proxy daemonset %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/configuration.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/configuration.go
index 99ddc84cb9f..c9de1fbb2e8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/configuration.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/configuration.go
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	configutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 // FetchConfiguration fetches configuration required for upgrading your cluster from a file (which has precedence) or a ConfigMap in the cluster
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ func bytesToValidatedMasterConfig(b []byte) (*kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfigura
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config from bytes: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := kubeadmapiv1alpha1.Migrate(decoded, cfg); err != nil {
+	if err := kubeadmapiv1alpha1.Migrate(decoded, cfg, kubeadmscheme.Codecs); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to migrate config from previous version: %v", err)
 	}
 	// Default and convert to the internal version
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, internalcfg, nil)
 
 	// Applies dynamic defaults to settings not provided with flags
 	if err := configutil.SetInitDynamicDefaults(internalcfg); err != nil {
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ func bytesToValidatedMasterConfig(b []byte) (*kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfigura
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Finally converts back to the external version
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(internalcfg, finalCfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(internalcfg, finalCfg, nil)
 	return finalCfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
index be6de8b6285..dc34d0ca973 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/transport"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	certsphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs"
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	etcdphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
 	etcdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ func getAPIServerHash(dir string) (string, error) {
 func getConfig(version, certsDir, etcdDataDir string) (*kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, error) {
 	externalcfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
 	internalcfg := &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{}
-	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(fmt.Sprintf(testConfiguration, certsDir, etcdDataDir, version)), externalcfg); err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(fmt.Sprintf(testConfiguration, certsDir, etcdDataDir, version)), externalcfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config: %v", err)
 	}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(externalcfg, internalcfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(externalcfg, internalcfg, nil)
 	return internalcfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
index abdd04fc9bf..254aac3b51b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig.go
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/apiclient"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 // UploadConfiguration saves the MasterConfiguration used for later reference (when upgrading for instance)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func UploadConfiguration(cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, client clientset.I
 
 	// Convert cfg to the external version as that's the only version of the API that can be deserialized later
 	externalcfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, externalcfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(cfg, externalcfg, nil)
 
 	// Removes sensitive info from the data that will be stored in the config map
 	externalcfg.Token = ""
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig_test.go
index 9ee1161907f..7feaa533be1 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/uploadconfig/uploadconfig_test.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	clientsetfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 )
 
 func TestUploadConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ func TestUploadConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				decodedExtCfg := &kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterConfiguration{}
 				decodedCfg := &kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration{}
 
-				if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(configData), decodedExtCfg); err != nil {
+				if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), []byte(configData), decodedExtCfg); err != nil {
 					t.Errorf("unable to decode config from bytes: %v", err)
 				}
 				// Default and convert to the internal version
-				legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(decodedExtCfg)
-				legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(decodedExtCfg, decodedCfg, nil)
+				kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(decodedExtCfg)
+				kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(decodedExtCfg, decodedCfg, nil)
 
 				if decodedCfg.KubernetesVersion != cfg.KubernetesVersion {
 					t.Errorf("Decoded value doesn't match, decoded = %#v, expected = %#v", decodedCfg.KubernetesVersion, cfg.KubernetesVersion)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go
index 975558cff88..0286c156739 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package cmd
+package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	netutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
+	kubeadmscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/scheme"
 	kubeadmapiv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/validation"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	kubeadmutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util"
 	tokenutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/token"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/node"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 )
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TryLoadMasterConfiguration(cfgPath string, cfg *kubeadmapiv1alpha1.MasterCo
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
-		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := runtime.DecodeInto(kubeadmscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), b, cfg); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config from %q [%v]", cfgPath, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ func ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath string, defaultversionedcfg *
 
 	// Takes passed flags into account; the defaulting is executed once again enforcing assignement of
 	// static default values to cfg only for values not provided with flags
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Default(defaultversionedcfg)
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.Convert(defaultversionedcfg, internalcfg, nil)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(defaultversionedcfg)
+	kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Convert(defaultversionedcfg, internalcfg, nil)
 	// Applies dynamic defaults to settings not provided with flags
 	if err := SetInitDynamicDefaults(internalcfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go
index 6d428badb54..5623a9cc4af 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package cmd
+// TODO: write unit tests for the functions in this package
+package config
diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 451b22ebbf2..9fee346fd8c 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cmd/kube-proxy/app
 cmd/kube-scheduler/app
 cmd/kubeadm/app
 cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1
+cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config
 cmd/kubelet/app
 cmd/kubelet/app/options
 cmd/kubemark