diff --git a/cmd/kube-dns/app/BUILD b/cmd/kube-dns/app/BUILD
index 3e449ed44f4..03da17ffbd3 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-dns/app/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-dns/app/BUILD
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ go_library(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//cmd/kube-dns/app/options:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/restclient:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/config:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
         "//vendor:github.com/skynetservices/skydns/metrics",
         "//vendor:github.com/skynetservices/skydns/server",
         "//vendor:github.com/spf13/pflag",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/rest",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go
index f856897c590..be6ba3453fd 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-dns/app/options"
-	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
-	kclientcmd "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd"
-	kdns "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns"
 	dnsconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/config"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 )
 
 type KubeDNSServer struct {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type KubeDNSServer struct {
 	healthzPort    int
 	dnsBindAddress string
 	dnsPort        int
-	kd             *kdns.KubeDNS
+	kd             *dns.KubeDNS
 }
 
 func NewKubeDNSServerDefault(config *options.KubeDNSConfig) *KubeDNSServer {
@@ -69,41 +69,28 @@ func NewKubeDNSServerDefault(config *options.KubeDNSConfig) *KubeDNSServer {
 		healthzPort:    config.HealthzPort,
 		dnsBindAddress: config.DNSBindAddress,
 		dnsPort:        config.DNSPort,
-		kd:             kdns.NewKubeDNS(kubeClient, config.ClusterDomain, config.InitialSyncTimeout, configSync),
+		kd:             dns.NewKubeDNS(kubeClient, config.ClusterDomain, config.InitialSyncTimeout, configSync),
 	}
 }
 
-// TODO: evaluate using pkg/client/clientcmd
-func newKubeClient(dnsConfig *options.KubeDNSConfig) (clientset.Interface, error) {
-	var (
-		config *restclient.Config
-		err    error
-	)
+func newKubeClient(dnsConfig *options.KubeDNSConfig) (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
+	var config *rest.Config
+	var err error
 
-	if dnsConfig.KubeMasterURL != "" && dnsConfig.KubeConfigFile == "" {
-		// Only --kube-master-url was provided.
-		config = &restclient.Config{
-			Host:          dnsConfig.KubeMasterURL,
-			ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"}},
+	if dnsConfig.KubeConfigFile == "" {
+		config, err = rest.InClusterConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		// We either have:
-		//  1) --kube-master-url and --kubecfg-file
-		//  2) just --kubecfg-file
-		//  3) neither flag
-		// In any case, the logic is the same.  If (3), this will automatically
-		// fall back on the service account token.
-		overrides := &kclientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}
-		overrides.ClusterInfo.Server = dnsConfig.KubeMasterURL                                // might be "", but that is OK
-		rules := &kclientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{ExplicitPath: dnsConfig.KubeConfigFile} // might be "", but that is OK
-		if config, err = kclientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(rules, overrides).ClientConfig(); err != nil {
+		config, err = clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(
+			dnsConfig.KubeMasterURL, dnsConfig.KubeConfigFile)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	glog.V(0).Infof("Using %v for kubernetes master, kubernetes API: %v",
-		config.Host, config.GroupVersion)
-	return clientset.NewForConfig(config)
+	return kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
 }
 
 func (server *KubeDNSServer) Run() {
diff --git a/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go b/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
index 845edebf329..273ca822d8a 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-dns/dns.go
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-dns/app"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-dns/app/options"
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/logs"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/verflag"
+
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
+	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus"        // for version metric registration
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/pkg/dns/BUILD b/pkg/dns/BUILD
index 872ffe3c689..ca7d6866be8 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/dns/BUILD
@@ -16,22 +16,21 @@ go_library(
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/api/v1/endpoints:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/cache:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/treecache:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/validation:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/coreos/etcd/client",
         "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
         "//vendor:github.com/miekg/dns",
         "//vendor:github.com/skynetservices/skydns/msg",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/runtime",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/watch",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -41,11 +40,6 @@ go_test(
     library = "go_default_library",
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/api/v1/endpoints:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/cache:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/fake:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/treecache:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/util:go_default_library",
@@ -56,5 +50,9 @@ go_test(
         "//vendor:github.com/skynetservices/skydns/server",
         "//vendor:github.com/stretchr/testify/assert",
         "//vendor:github.com/stretchr/testify/require",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/dns/config/BUILD b/pkg/dns/config/BUILD
index 2e4b2ef2c3e..7ff0f13d36e 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/config/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/dns/config/BUILD
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ go_library(
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/cache:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/dns/federation:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/fields:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/watch:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/fields",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/runtime",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/util/wait",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/pkg/watch",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/dns/config/config.go b/pkg/dns/config/config.go
index ccea793e850..79256cdbed9 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package config
 
 import (
-	types "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	types "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	fed "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/federation"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/dns/config/sync.go b/pkg/dns/config/sync.go
index 21f5a9e8c2b..249225f63a6 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/config/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/config/sync.go
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 package config
 
 import (
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
-	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/watch"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+
 	fed "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/federation"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 
 	"time"
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ type Sync interface {
 }
 
 // NewSync for ConfigMap from namespace `ns` and `name`.
-func NewSync(client clientset.Interface, ns string, name string) Sync {
+func NewSync(client kubernetes.Interface, ns string, name string) Sync {
 	sync := &kubeSync{
 		ns:      ns,
 		name:    name,
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ type kubeSync struct {
 	ns   string
 	name string
 
-	client     clientset.Interface
+	client     kubernetes.Interface
 	store      cache.Store
 	controller *cache.Controller
 
diff --git a/pkg/dns/dns.go b/pkg/dns/dns.go
index 955114ef82d..250c9ba388d 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/dns.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/dns.go
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	kcache "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
-	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/watch"
+	kcache "k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/treecache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 
 	etcd "github.com/coreos/etcd/client"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
diff --git a/pkg/dns/dns_test.go b/pkg/dns/dns_test.go
index 39548e2a3e3..31173c7955f 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ import (
 	skyserver "github.com/skynetservices/skydns/server"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
-	fake "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/fake"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/treecache"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/dns/util"