diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/BUILD
index f6906c6b8e8..936a98459c3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/BUILD
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/exec:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
index 183006110fb..e1e2f4522e8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
 func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
-	grace := int64(30)
-	enableServiceLinks := corev1.DefaultEnableServiceLinks
 	tests := []struct {
 		obj       runtime.Object
 		fragment  string
@@ -60,14 +59,7 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: "foo",
 				},
-				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-					RestartPolicy:                 corev1.RestartPolicyAlways,
-					DNSPolicy:                     corev1.DNSClusterFirst,
-					TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &grace,
-					SecurityContext:               &corev1.PodSecurityContext{},
-					SchedulerName:                 corev1.DefaultSchedulerName,
-					EnableServiceLinks:            &enableServiceLinks,
-				},
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{},
 			},
 		},
 		/* TODO: uncomment this test once Merge is updated to use
@@ -127,20 +119,12 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					Volumes: []corev1.Volume{
 						{
-							Name:         "v1",
-							VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
+							Name: "v1",
 						},
 						{
-							Name:         "v2",
-							VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
+							Name: "v2",
 						},
 					},
-					RestartPolicy:                 corev1.RestartPolicyAlways,
-					DNSPolicy:                     corev1.DNSClusterFirst,
-					TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &grace,
-					SecurityContext:               &corev1.PodSecurityContext{},
-					SchedulerName:                 corev1.DefaultSchedulerName,
-					EnableServiceLinks:            &enableServiceLinks,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -166,12 +150,9 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 					APIVersion: "v1",
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
-					SessionAffinity: "None",
-					Type:            corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
 					Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{
 						{
-							Protocol: corev1.ProtocolTCP,
-							Port:     0,
+							Port: 0,
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -192,8 +173,6 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 					APIVersion: "v1",
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
-					SessionAffinity: "None",
-					Type:            corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
 					Selector: map[string]string{
 						"version": "v2",
 					},
@@ -210,7 +189,7 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("testcase[%d], unexpected error: %v", i, err)
 			} else if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(test.expected, out) {
-				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%+v\nsaw:\n%+v", i, test.expected, out)
+				t.Errorf("\n\ntestcase[%d]\nexpected:\n%s", i, diff.ObjectReflectDiff(test.expected, out))
 			}
 		}
 		if test.expectErr && err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index 03e84b72324..ef0641d4cf0 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.AddKnownTypes(schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}, &TestPrintType{})
-	legacyscheme.Scheme.AddKnownTypes(schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}, &TestPrintType{})
-}
-
 var testData = TestStruct{
 	TypeMeta:   metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: "foo/bar", Kind: "TestStruct"},
 	Key:        "testValue",