diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
index d114fe3b3b8..d9bf01b7368 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
@@ -212,14 +212,14 @@ func RunRollingUpdate(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 		var ok bool
 		// Handle filename input from stdin. The resource builder always returns an api.List
 		// when creating resource(s) from a stream.
-		if list, ok := obj.(*api.List); ok {
+		if list, ok := obj.(*v1.List); ok {
 			if len(list.Items) > 1 {
 				return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "%s specifies multiple items", filename)
 			}
 			if len(list.Items) == 0 {
 				return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "please make sure %s exists and is not empty", filename)
 			}
-			obj = list.Items[0]
+			obj = list.Items[0].Object
 		}
 		newRc, ok = obj.(*api.ReplicationController)
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
index eb088f4424c..87d7dd74ab7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ go_library(
         "//build/visible_to:pkg_kubectl_resource_CONSUMERS",
     ],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/validation:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/text/transform:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
index 00f7cfc9189..b5587cc8844 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
@@ -900,11 +900,11 @@ func TestMultipleObject(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	expected := &api.List{
-		Items: []runtime.Object{
-			&pods.Items[0],
-			&pods.Items[1],
-			&svc.Items[0],
+	expected := &v1.List{
+		Items: []runtime.RawExtension{
+			{Object: &pods.Items[0]},
+			{Object: &pods.Items[1]},
+			{Object: &svc.Items[0]},
 		},
 	}
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepDerivative(expected, obj) {
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ func TestListObject(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	list, ok := obj.(*api.List)
+	list, ok := obj.(*v1.List)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected object: %#v", obj)
 	}
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ func TestListObjectWithDifferentVersions(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	list, ok := obj.(*api.List)
+	list, ok := obj.(*v1.List)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected object: %#v", obj)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
index 46578a5730b..3c0471cae99 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 )
 
 // ErrMatchFunc can be used to filter errors that may not be true failures.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (r *Result) Infos() ([]*Info, error) {
 // found resources.  If the Builder was a singular context (expected to return a
 // single resource by user input) and only a single resource was found, the resource
 // will be returned as is.  Otherwise, the returned resources will be part of an
-// api.List. The ResourceVersion of the api.List will be set only if it is identical
+// v1.List. The ResourceVersion of the v1.List will be set only if it is identical
 // across all infos returned.
 func (r *Result) Object() (runtime.Object, error) {
 	infos, err := r.Infos()
@@ -160,12 +160,27 @@ func (r *Result) Object() (runtime.Object, error) {
 	if len(versions) == 1 {
 		version = versions.List()[0]
 	}
-	return &api.List{
+
+	return toV1List(objects, version), err
+}
+
+// Compile time check to enforce that list implements the necessary interface
+var _ metav1.ListInterface = &v1.List{}
+var _ metav1.ListMetaAccessor = &v1.List{}
+
+// toV1List takes a slice of Objects + their version, and returns
+// a v1.List Object containing the objects in the Items field
+func toV1List(objects []runtime.Object, version string) runtime.Object {
+	raw := []runtime.RawExtension{}
+	for _, o := range objects {
+		raw = append(raw, runtime.RawExtension{Object: o})
+	}
+	return &v1.List{
 		ListMeta: metav1.ListMeta{
 			ResourceVersion: version,
 		},
-		Items: objects,
-	}, err
+		Items: raw,
+	}
 }
 
 // ResourceMapping returns a single meta.RESTMapping representing the