diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/register.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/register.go
index c958bd67e29..884ca959697 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -29,10 +29,20 @@ const GroupName = "kubeadm.k8s.io"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns a Group qualified GroupKind
 func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
 	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/test_apis/testgroup/v1/register.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/test_apis/testgroup/v1/register.go
index 95463b15937..98c057c42e6 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/test_apis/testgroup/v1/register.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/test_apis/testgroup/v1/register.go
@@ -25,10 +25,20 @@ import (
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "testgroup.k8s.io", Version: "v1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/federation/apis/core/v1/register.go b/federation/apis/core/v1/register.go
index 4c6af575c39..e0973dbda7e 100644
--- a/federation/apis/core/v1/register.go
+++ b/federation/apis/core/v1/register.go
@@ -30,10 +30,20 @@ const GroupName = ""
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1/register.go b/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1/register.go
index 0a772ff1187..a7863833fe4 100644
--- a/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -29,10 +29,20 @@ const GroupName = "federation"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1beta1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Cluster{},
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/register.go b/pkg/api/v1/register.go
index 5c2dfddd112..c70d6ac5615 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/abac/v0/register.go b/pkg/apis/abac/v0/register.go
index bb24ce215bb..c4aa1c09db4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/abac/v0/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/abac/v0/register.go
@@ -40,10 +40,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Policy{},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/abac/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/abac/v1beta1/register.go
index 44199de6a97..1b4f8ed50b8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/abac/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/abac/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -40,10 +40,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Policy{},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
index 6e618e1d8fc..07780965289 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
index 8661169af49..b4ab6519c0b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
index ddaa1970210..d3ae1e4bc92 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
index 909bc0a7db3..060bf981b3a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
index 66549ed832a..afcce0b7323 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
index aaa225261ce..20c9db5f776 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
index 29b40faf324..e623be7e3f4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
index 4ba570d1b50..9256e829a90 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
index 5286ca4a085..11a397820ff 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
index 6574de971b2..82f73cd6156 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
index 94f0f07caf2..3ec0581d8a4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ const GroupName = "componentconfig"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&KubeProxyConfiguration{},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
index fa5b2e1b24d..bf8616b888a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1/register.go
index 3f323a851f6..e223d3bd89d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/register.go
index 45be842a2cd..78092cecf5c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
index 75f9f7eb5e7..a3ccc94e6d9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
index 3977e99c51d..956c800da9d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
index cab2e77e4b9..aa64c0c6f65 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
index 205fed92e2b..ddcd2259cb7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
index b8dbd7b8786..a727a9b2065 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go b/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
index 9f3f55b1d9b..f10a1a57235 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/podtolerationrestriction/apis/podtolerationrestriction/v1alpha1/register.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/podtolerationrestriction/apis/podtolerationrestriction/v1alpha1/register.go
index b1ace17ed3a..b1f2109cd23 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/podtolerationrestriction/apis/podtolerationrestriction/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/podtolerationrestriction/apis/podtolerationrestriction/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ const GroupName = "podtolerationrestriction.admission.k8s.io"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Configuration{},
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1/register.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1/register.go
index fc69d881c6a..7db7c4fbcc4 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/resourcequota/apis/resourcequota/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ const GroupName = "resourcequota.admission.k8s.io"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Configuration{},
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/register.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/register.go
index f7d423c3e91..2e56af739d1 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/register.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/api/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Policy{},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/register.go
index f60a133b050..090adec3201 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ const GroupName = "apiserver.k8s.io"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1/register.go
index 8ab291ec143..f7b6c7df61a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1/register.go
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1/register.go
index 5c2dfddd112..c70d6ac5615 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs, addFastPathConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
index 6e618e1d8fc..07780965289 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
index 8661169af49..b4ab6519c0b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
index ddaa1970210..d3ae1e4bc92 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authentication/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
index 909bc0a7db3..060bf981b3a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
index 66549ed832a..afcce0b7323 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/authorization/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
index aaa225261ce..20c9db5f776 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
index 29b40faf324..e623be7e3f4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
index 4ba570d1b50..9256e829a90 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
index 5286ca4a085..11a397820ff 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/batch/v2alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
index 6574de971b2..82f73cd6156 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
index fa5b2e1b24d..bf8616b888a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
index 75f9f7eb5e7..a3ccc94e6d9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/policy/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
index 3977e99c51d..956c800da9d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
index cab2e77e4b9..aa64c0c6f65 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/rbac/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addDefaultingFuncs)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
index 205fed92e2b..ddcd2259cb7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/settings/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
index b8dbd7b8786..a727a9b2065 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
index 9f3f55b1d9b..f10a1a57235 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1/register.go
@@ -34,10 +34,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/register.go
index bc87706db31..7b91d50908e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/v1/register.go
@@ -26,10 +26,20 @@ import (
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, addConversionFuncs)
+}
+
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
 		&Config{},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1alpha1/register.go
index 3fe2e66d2e4..1d7f6afa75e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/apis/apiregistration/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -33,10 +33,20 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1/register.go
index 5c8a22aae97..30613bd0e18 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ const GroupName = "wardle.k8s.io"
 var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 var (
-	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
+	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
+	SchemeBuilder      runtime.SchemeBuilder
+	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
+	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
+	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
+	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
+	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
+}
+
 // Adds the list of known types to api.Scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,