diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/register.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/register.go
index c85e1c34908..99dca3cdbcd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/register.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/register.go
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@ var (
 	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
-// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
-func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
-}
-
-// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource
-func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
-	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
-}
-
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&InitConfiguration{},