diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
index 2233bf182d0..5a9f3c0435b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestCompileManifests(t *testing.T) {
 		expected bool
 	}{
 		{
-			manifest: v180AndAboveKubeDNSDeployment,
+			manifest: KubeDNSDeployment,
 			data: struct{ ImageRepository, Arch, Version, DNSBindAddr, DNSProbeAddr, DNSDomain, MasterTaintKey string }{
 				ImageRepository: "foo",
 				Arch:            "foo",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
index 3a2449af63a..4184555da68 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/manifests.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package dns
 
 const (
-	// v180AndAboveKubeDNSDeployment is the kube-dns Deployment manifest for the kube-dns manifest for v1.7+
-	v180AndAboveKubeDNSDeployment = `
+	// KubeDNSDeployment is the kube-dns Deployment manifest for the kube-dns manifest for v1.7+
+	KubeDNSDeployment = `
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/versions.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/versions.go
index 162fb76ddab..e72eb325fb3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/versions.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/addons/dns/versions.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func GetDNSVersion(kubeVersion *version.Version, dns string) string {
 func GetKubeDNSManifest(kubeVersion *version.Version) string {
 	// v1.8.0+ has only one known YAML manifest spec, just return that here
 	// In the future when the kube-dns version is bumped at HEAD; add conditional logic to return the right manifest
-	return v180AndAboveKubeDNSDeployment
+	return KubeDNSDeployment
 }
 
 // GetCoreDNSManifest returns the right CoreDNS YAML manifest for a specific k8s version