diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
index cd03673de6d..72071bf9ff0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured/unstructuredscheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
index 0d6b439dbd9..4b20f1e6bc8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/label.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured/unstructuredscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
@@ -329,7 +330,11 @@ func (o *LabelOptions) RunLabel() error {
 			indent := ""
 			if !one {
 				indent = " "
-				fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "Listing labels for %s.%s/%s:\n", info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.Kind, info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.Group, info.Name)
+				gvks, _, err := unstructuredscheme.NewUnstructuredObjectTyper().ObjectKinds(info.Object)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "Listing labels for %s.%s/%s:\n", gvks[0].Kind, gvks[0].Group, info.Name)
 			}
 			for k, v := range accessor.GetLabels() {
 				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s%s=%s\n", indent, k, v)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
index cfba42b1eb3..945519b8b26 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -253,9 +254,10 @@ func (o TaintOptions) RunTaint() error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		obj, err := legacyscheme.Scheme.ConvertToVersion(info.Object, info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.GroupVersion())
+		obj, err := legacyscheme.Scheme.ConvertToVersion(info.Object, v1.SchemeGroupVersion)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			glog.V(1).Info(err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("object was not a node.v1.: %T", info.Object)
 		}
 		name, namespace := info.Name, info.Namespace
 		oldData, err := json.Marshal(obj)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
index cd8d88d5461..edff737ac79 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -435,19 +434,6 @@ type ValidateOptions struct {
 	EnableValidation bool
 }
 
-func ReadConfigDataFromReader(reader io.Reader, source string) ([]byte, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if len(data) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Read from %s but no data found", source)
-	}
-
-	return data, nil
-}
-
 // Merge requires JSON serialization
 // TODO: merge assumes JSON serialization, and does not properly abstract API retrieval
 func Merge(codec runtime.Codec, dst runtime.Object, fragment string) (runtime.Object, error) {
@@ -493,26 +479,6 @@ func DumpReaderToFile(reader io.Reader, filename string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// UpdateObject updates resource object with updateFn
-func UpdateObject(info *resource.Info, codec runtime.Codec, updateFn func(runtime.Object) error) (runtime.Object, error) {
-	helper := resource.NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping)
-
-	if err := updateFn(info.Object); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// Update the annotation used by kubectl apply
-	if err := kubectl.UpdateApplyAnnotation(info.Object, codec); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if _, err := helper.Replace(info.Namespace, info.Name, true, info.Object); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return info.Object, nil
-}
-
 func GetDryRunFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) bool {
 	return GetFlagBool(cmd, "dry-run")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
index 65e020b2357..bfe8be21d2a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ type ResourceMapping interface {
 // Info contains temporary info to execute a REST call, or show the results
 // of an already completed REST call.
 type Info struct {
+	// Client will only be present if this builder was not local
 	Client RESTClient
-	// Mapping may be nil if the object has no available metadata, but is still parseable
-	// from disk.
+	// Mapping will only be present if this builder was not local
 	Mapping *meta.RESTMapping
 
 	// Namespace will be set if the object is namespaced and has a specified value.