diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
index 7d188f5a421..159d5ea4e9d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/qos:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/server/stats:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/quota/evaluator/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/clock:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index 1ad80b41488..19cf3ce90b7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
-	kubepod "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats"
+	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAd
 	// the node has memory pressure, admit if not best-effort
 	if hasNodeCondition(m.nodeConditions, v1.NodeMemoryPressure) {
 		notBestEffort := qos.BestEffort != qos.GetPodQOS(attrs.Pod)
-		if notBestEffort || kubepod.IsCriticalPod(attrs.Pod) {
+		if notBestEffort || kubetypes.IsCriticalPod(attrs.Pod) {
 			return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{Admit: true}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index c0f4a57f506..6994e3c4dbb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) HandlePodAdditions(pods []*v1.Pod) {
 	var criticalPods []*v1.Pod
 	var nonCriticalPods []*v1.Pod
 	for _, p := range pods {
-		if kubepod.IsCriticalPod(p) {
+		if kubetypes.IsCriticalPod(p) {
 			criticalPods = append(criticalPods, p)
 		} else {
 			nonCriticalPods = append(nonCriticalPods, p)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
index d923af9f86b..800887e23e2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
-	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -307,11 +306,3 @@ func (pm *basicManager) GetPodByMirrorPod(mirrorPod *v1.Pod) (*v1.Pod, bool) {
 	pod, ok := pm.podByFullName[kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(mirrorPod)]
 	return pod, ok
 }
-
-// IsCriticalPod returns true if the pod bears the critical pod annotation
-// key. Both the rescheduler and the kubelet use this key to make admission
-// and scheduling decisions.
-func IsCriticalPod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-	_, ok := pod.Annotations[kubetypes.CriticalPodAnnotationKey]
-	return ok
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/qos/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/qos/BUILD
index f0f5aee2f2f..3f2e2c3e832 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/qos/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/qos/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
@@ -36,5 +37,6 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
index 9f49100b4db..e06a660b491 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/qos/policy.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package qos
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
-	kubepod "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
+	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const (
 // and 1000. Containers with higher OOM scores are killed if the system runs out of memory.
 // See https://lwn.net/Articles/391222/ for more information.
 func GetContainerOOMScoreAdjust(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container, memoryCapacity int64) int {
-	if kubepod.IsCriticalPod(pod) {
+	if kubetypes.IsCriticalPod(pod) {
 		return CriticalPodOOMAdj
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
index ef1ea7ff9c0..2d8f20a5179 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
@@ -140,3 +140,11 @@ func (sp SyncPodType) String() string {
 		return "unknown"
 	}
 }
+
+// IsCriticalPod returns true if the pod bears the critical pod annotation
+// key. Both the rescheduler and the kubelet use this key to make admission
+// and scheduling decisions.
+func IsCriticalPod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
+	_, ok := pod.Annotations[CriticalPodAnnotationKey]
+	return ok
+}