diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
index 250be199f49..6d8a9bc692a 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ _kubectl_describe()
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()
     must_have_one_noun+=("limitrange")
-    must_have_one_noun+=("minion")
     must_have_one_noun+=("namespace")
     must_have_one_noun+=("node")
     must_have_one_noun+=("persistentvolume")
diff --git a/pkg/api/install/install.go b/pkg/api/install/install.go
index 0bce74be126..49b68407685 100644
--- a/pkg/api/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/api/install/install.go
@@ -68,13 +68,10 @@ func init() {
 
 	groupMeta.SelfLinker = runtime.SelfLinker(accessor)
 
-	// the list of kinds that are scoped at the root of the api hierarchy
-	// if a kind is not enumerated here, it is assumed to have a namespace scope
 	// the list of kinds that are scoped at the root of the api hierarchy
 	// if a kind is not enumerated here, it is assumed to have a namespace scope
 	rootScoped := sets.NewString(
 		"Node",
-		"Minion",
 		"Namespace",
 		"PersistentVolume",
 		"ComponentStatus",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
index abe3998ca9d..b427aed70f6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/node/nodecontroller_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (m *FakeNodeHandler) Create(node *api.Node) (*api.Node, error) {
 	}()
 	for _, n := range m.Existing {
 		if n.Name == node.Name {
-			return nil, apierrors.NewAlreadyExists("Minion", node.Name)
+			return nil, apierrors.NewAlreadyExists("Node", node.Name)
 		}
 	}
 	if m.CreateHook == nil || m.CreateHook(m, node) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index f63c44e124b..0722389f536 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func describerMap(c *client.Client) map[string]Describer {
 		"Secret":                &SecretDescriber{c},
 		"Service":               &ServiceDescriber{c},
 		"ServiceAccount":        &ServiceAccountDescriber{c},
-		"Minion":                &NodeDescriber{c},
 		"Node":                  &NodeDescriber{c},
 		"LimitRange":            &LimitRangeDescriber{c},
 		"ResourceQuota":         &ResourceQuotaDescriber{c},
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
index b1bb13ce0c4..c7f1aa6edf2 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var _ = rest.Creater(&BindingREST{})
 func (r *BindingREST) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (out runtime.Object, err error) {
 	binding := obj.(*api.Binding)
 	// TODO: move me to a binding strategy
-	if len(binding.Target.Kind) != 0 && (binding.Target.Kind != "Node" && binding.Target.Kind != "Minion") {
+	if len(binding.Target.Kind) != 0 && binding.Target.Kind != "Node" {
 		return nil, errors.NewInvalid("binding", binding.Name, fielderrors.ValidationErrorList{fielderrors.NewFieldInvalid("to.kind", binding.Target.Kind, "must be empty, 'Node', or 'Minion'")})
 	}
 	if len(binding.Target.Name) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd_test.go b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd_test.go
index 43a8a2340af..ed7b5947ed7 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/etcd/etcd_test.go
@@ -541,13 +541,6 @@ func TestEtcdCreateBinding(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			errOK: func(err error) bool { return err == nil },
 		},
-		"kindMinion": {
-			binding: api.Binding{
-				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Namespace: api.NamespaceDefault, Name: "foo"},
-				Target:     api.ObjectReference{Name: "machine4", Kind: "Minion"},
-			},
-			errOK: func(err error) bool { return err == nil },
-		},
 	}
 	for k, test := range testCases {
 		storage, bindingStorage, _, fakeClient := newStorage(t)