diff --git a/examples/https-nginx/BUILD b/examples/https-nginx/BUILD
index 5a9022d805a..fe10e2aeb1d 100644
--- a/examples/https-nginx/BUILD
+++ b/examples/https-nginx/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/api/install:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/https-nginx/make_secret.go b/examples/https-nginx/make_secret.go
index 055c3cee7f4..8299b5042c1 100644
--- a/examples/https-nginx/make_secret.go
+++ b/examples/https-nginx/make_secret.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func main() {
 	nginxCrt := read(*crt)
 	nginxKey := read(*key)
 	secret := &api.Secret{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: "nginxsecret",
 		},
 		Data: map[string][]byte{
diff --git a/examples/sharing-clusters/BUILD b/examples/sharing-clusters/BUILD
index 80d52acfb59..65ce957a0c8 100644
--- a/examples/sharing-clusters/BUILD
+++ b/examples/sharing-clusters/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/sharing-clusters/make_secret.go b/examples/sharing-clusters/make_secret.go
index 88cd8aeaadf..4721c1167e9 100644
--- a/examples/sharing-clusters/make_secret.go
+++ b/examples/sharing-clusters/make_secret.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 )
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	cfg := read(*kubeconfig)
 	secret := &api.Secret{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      *name,
 			Namespace: *ns,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
index 93285505489..1d3cd0ddc5f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/daemon/daemoncontroller_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ func newPod(podName string, nodeName string, label map[string]string) *v1.Pod {
 			DNSPolicy: v1.DNSDefault,
 		},
 	}
-	metav1.GenerateName(v1.SimpleNameGenerator, &pod.ObjectMeta)
+	pod.Name = names.SimpleNameGenerator.GenerateName(podName)
 	return pod
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
index 1e45b8a3b16..d13639bcd98 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 			metrics := metricsapi.PodMetricsList{}
 			for i, cpu := range tc.reportedLevels {
 				podMetric := metricsapi.PodMetrics{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", podNamePrefix, i),
 						Namespace: namespace,
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go
index 50e4581841a..af550559c32 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 			metrics := metricsapi.PodMetricsList{}
 			for i, containers := range tc.reportedPodMetrics {
 				metric := metricsapi.PodMetrics{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", podNamePrefix, i),
 						Namespace: namespace,
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go.rej b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go.rej
deleted file mode 100644
index f398fbcc3b7..00000000000
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go.rej
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go
-+++ pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics/metrics_client_test.go
-@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
- 						Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", podNamePrefix, i),
- 						Namespace: namespace,
- 					},
--					Timestamp:  metav1.Time{Time: fixedTimestamp.Add(time.Duration(tc.targetTimestamp) * time.Minute)},
-+					Timestamp:  unversioned.Time{Time: fixedTimestamp.Add(time.Duration(tc.targetTimestamp) * time.Minute)},
- 					Containers: []metrics_api.ContainerMetrics{},
- 				}
- 				for j, cpu := range containers {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
index 7dc7b0cb8be..846dfe22fc4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator_test.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (tc *replicaCalcTestCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 					podName = tc.resource.podNames[i]
 				}
 				podMetric := metricsapi.PodMetrics{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name:      podName,
 						Namespace: testNamespace,
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
index aab538a5ea1..6969e4d1344 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/taint.go
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_pod_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_pod_test.go
index 56b4bba3066..7520fb8ad58 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_pod_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 	"net/url"
 
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	metricsapi "k8s.io/heapster/metrics/apis/metrics/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func TestTopPod(t *testing.T) {
 func testPodMetricsData() []metricsapi.PodMetrics {
 	return []metricsapi.PodMetrics{
 		{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod1", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "10"},
+			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod1", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "10"},
 			Window:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 			Containers: []metricsapi.ContainerMetrics{
 				{
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ func testPodMetricsData() []metricsapi.PodMetrics {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod2", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "11"},
+			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod2", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "11"},
 			Window:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 			Containers: []metricsapi.ContainerMetrics{
 				{
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ func testPodMetricsData() []metricsapi.PodMetrics {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod3", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "12"},
+			ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod3", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "12"},
 			Window:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 			Containers: []metricsapi.ContainerMetrics{
 				{
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_test.go
index 39194fc0cc5..3ba7d88e034 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/top_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func testNodeMetricsData() (*metricsapi.NodeMetricsList, *api.NodeList) {
 		},
 		Items: []metricsapi.NodeMetrics{
 			{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "node1", ResourceVersion: "10"},
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "node1", ResourceVersion: "10"},
 				Window:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 				Usage: v1.ResourceList{
 					v1.ResourceCPU:     *resource.NewMilliQuantity(1, resource.DecimalSI),
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func testNodeMetricsData() (*metricsapi.NodeMetricsList, *api.NodeList) {
 				},
 			},
 			{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "node2", ResourceVersion: "11"},
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "node2", ResourceVersion: "11"},
 				Window:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
 				Usage: v1.ResourceList{
 					v1.ResourceCPU:     *resource.NewMilliQuantity(5, resource.DecimalSI),
diff --git a/pkg/master/import_known_versions_test.go b/pkg/master/import_known_versions_test.go
index 1332c9cb801..588eb47bc00 100644
--- a/pkg/master/import_known_versions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/master/import_known_versions_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ var typesAllowedTags = map[reflect.Type]bool{
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.Duration{}):       true,
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.TypeMeta{}):       true,
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.ListMeta{}):       true,
+	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.ObjectMeta{}):     true,
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.OwnerReference{}): true,
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.LabelSelector{}):  true,
 	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.GetOptions{}):     true,
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/imagepolicy/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/imagepolicy/admission.go
index 3bcceecf6f6..8d9b7390a8d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/imagepolicy/admission.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/imagepolicy/admission.go
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	kubeschema "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/cache"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/webhook"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/imagepolicy/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission"
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
index d4deb2b5795..3b84151a931 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbac.ClusterRole {
 		},
 		{
 			// a role to use for heapster's connections back to the API server
-			ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:heapster"},
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:heapster"},
 			Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
 				rbac.NewRule(Read...).Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("events", "pods", "nodes", "namespaces").RuleOrDie(),
 			},
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbac.ClusterRole {
 		},
 		{
 			// a role to use for bootstrapping a node's client certificates
-			ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:node-bootstrapper"},
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:node-bootstrapper"},
 			Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
 				// used to check if the node already exists
 				rbac.NewRule("get").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
index 83dad956029..227a1a8165a 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates_test.go
@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinityWithMultipleNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			pod: &v1.Pod{
-				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"foo": "123"}},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"foo": "123"}},
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 					Affinity: &v1.Affinity{
 						PodAntiAffinity: &v1.PodAntiAffinity{
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@ func TestInterPodAffinityWithMultipleNodes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
-				{Spec: v1.PodSpec{NodeName: "nodeA"}, ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}}},
+				{Spec: v1.PodSpec{NodeName: "nodeA"}, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}}},
 				{
 					Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 						NodeName: "nodeC",
@@ -2873,10 +2873,10 @@ func TestInterPodAffinityWithMultipleNodes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nodes: []v1.Node{
-				{ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeA", Labels: labelRgChina}},
-				{ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeB", Labels: labelRgChinaAzAz1}},
-				{ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeC", Labels: labelRgIndia}},
-				{ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeD", Labels: labelRgUS}},
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeA", Labels: labelRgChina}},
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeB", Labels: labelRgChinaAzAz1}},
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeC", Labels: labelRgIndia}},
+				{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "nodeD", Labels: labelRgUS}},
 			},
 			fits: map[string]bool{
 				"nodeA": false,
@@ -3214,7 +3214,7 @@ func TestPodToleratesTaints(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			pod: &v1.Pod{
-				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: "pod2",
 				},
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ func TestPodToleratesTaints(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			node: v1.Node{
-				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Annotations: map[string]string{
 						v1.TaintsAnnotationKey: `
 						[{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names/generate_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names/generate_test.go
index d8f0d67bfe4..e55845a2b05 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names/generate_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names/generate_test.go
@@ -21,59 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-type nameGeneratorFunc func(base string) string
-
-func (fn nameGeneratorFunc) GenerateName(base string) string {
-	return fn(base)
-}
-
-func TestGenerateName(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		meta ObjectMeta
-
-		base     string
-		returned string
-	}{
-		{
-			returned: "",
-		},
-		{
-			meta: ObjectMeta{
-				GenerateName: "test",
-			},
-			base:     "test",
-			returned: "test",
-		},
-		{
-			meta: ObjectMeta{
-				Name:         "foo",
-				GenerateName: "test",
-			},
-			base:     "test",
-			returned: "foo",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for i, testCase := range testCases {
-		GenerateName(nameGeneratorFunc(func(base string) string {
-			if base != testCase.base {
-				t.Errorf("%d: unexpected call with base", i)
-			}
-			return "test"
-		}), &testCase.meta)
-		expect := testCase.returned
-		if expect != testCase.meta.Name {
-			t.Errorf("%d: unexpected name: %#v", i, testCase.meta)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSimpleNameGenerator(t *testing.T) {
-	meta := &metav1.ObjectMeta{
-		GenerateName: "foo",
-	}
-	metav1.GenerateName(SimpleNameGenerator, meta)
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(meta.Name, "foo") || meta.Name == "foo" {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected name: %#v", meta)
+	name := SimpleNameGenerator.GenerateName("foo")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(name, "foo") || name == "foo" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected name: %s", name)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/webhook/webhook.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
index 1d05d44403f..989dcda4aca 100755
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	runtimeserializer "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
diff --git a/test/soak/cauldron/cauldron.go b/test/soak/cauldron/cauldron.go
index 641d853da8f..52c770f2917 100644
--- a/test/soak/cauldron/cauldron.go
+++ b/test/soak/cauldron/cauldron.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	clientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func main() {
 		} else {
 			// wait until the namespace disappears
 			for i := 0; i < int(namespaceDeleteTimeout/time.Second); i++ {
-				if _, err := client.Core().Namespaces().Get(ns, v1.GetOptions{}); err != nil {
+				if _, err := client.Core().Namespaces().Get(ns, metav1.GetOptions{}); err != nil {
 					if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 						return
 					}
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func main() {
 	for _, podName := range podNames {
 		var pod *api.Pod
 		for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < podStartTimeout; time.Sleep(5 * time.Second) {
-			pod, err = client.Core().Pods(ns).Get(podName, v1.GetOptions{})
+			pod, err = client.Core().Pods(ns).Get(podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Warningf("Get pod %s/%s failed, ignoring for %v: %v", ns, podName, err, podStartTimeout)
 				continue