diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/autoscaling.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/autoscaling.go
index 6a0328a507d..e791c6c4af9 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/autoscaling.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/autoscaling.go
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics"
 	resourceclient "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/metrics/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/client/custom_metrics"
-
-	// install the APIs so that they're registered with the scheme for the clients
-	_ "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/install"
-	_ "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/install"
 )
 
 func startHPAController(ctx ControllerContext) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/install/install.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/install/install.go
index 5b620c85dc7..1f325e16f7d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/install/install.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/install/install.go
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/announced"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics"
 	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/custom_metrics/v1alpha1"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	Install(api.GroupFactoryRegistry, api.Registry, api.Scheme)
-}
-
 // Install registers the API group and adds types to a scheme
 func Install(groupFactoryRegistry announced.APIGroupFactoryRegistry, registry *registered.APIRegistrationManager, scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	if err := announced.NewGroupMetaFactory(
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/install/install.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/install/install.go
index 957d7793ae2..823be25ffd9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/install/install.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/install/install.go
@@ -23,15 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/v1alpha1"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	Install(api.GroupFactoryRegistry, api.Registry, api.Scheme)
-}
-
 // Install registers the API group and adds types to a scheme
 func Install(groupFactoryRegistry announced.APIGroupFactoryRegistry, registry *registered.APIRegistrationManager, scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	if err := announced.NewGroupMetaFactory(