diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/BUILD b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/BUILD
index 58890da6347..eabed9df65a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/BUILD
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
index 763b8debdb3..ef8e487e4dc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/deployment_util.go
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	intstrutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	extensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/extensions/v1beta1"
-	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
-	extensionslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/extensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/integer"
 	internalextensions "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
@@ -677,56 +673,6 @@ func FindOldReplicaSets(deployment *extensions.Deployment, rsList []*extensions.
 	return requiredRSs, allRSs
 }
 
-// WaitForReplicaSetUpdated polls the replica set until it is updated.
-func WaitForReplicaSetUpdated(c extensionslisters.ReplicaSetLister, desiredGeneration int64, namespace, name string) error {
-	return wait.PollImmediate(1*time.Second, 1*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-		rs, err := c.ReplicaSets(namespace).Get(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		return rs.Status.ObservedGeneration >= desiredGeneration, nil
-	})
-}
-
-// WaitForPodsHashPopulated polls the replica set until updated and fully labeled.
-func WaitForPodsHashPopulated(c extensionslisters.ReplicaSetLister, desiredGeneration int64, namespace, name string) error {
-	return wait.PollImmediate(1*time.Second, 1*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
-		rs, err := c.ReplicaSets(namespace).Get(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		return rs.Status.ObservedGeneration >= desiredGeneration &&
-			rs.Status.FullyLabeledReplicas == *(rs.Spec.Replicas), nil
-	})
-}
-
-// LabelPodsWithHash labels all pods in the given podList with the new hash label.
-func LabelPodsWithHash(podList *v1.PodList, c clientset.Interface, podLister corelisters.PodLister, namespace, name, hash string) error {
-	for _, pod := range podList.Items {
-		// Ignore inactive Pods.
-		if !controller.IsPodActive(&pod) {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Only label the pod that doesn't already have the new hash
-		if pod.Labels[extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey] != hash {
-			_, err := UpdatePodWithRetries(c.CoreV1().Pods(namespace), podLister, pod.Namespace, pod.Name,
-				func(podToUpdate *v1.Pod) error {
-					// Precondition: the pod doesn't contain the new hash in its label.
-					if podToUpdate.Labels[extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey] == hash {
-						return errors.ErrPreconditionViolated
-					}
-					podToUpdate.Labels = labelsutil.AddLabel(podToUpdate.Labels, extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey, hash)
-					return nil
-				})
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error in adding template hash label %s to pod %q: %v", hash, pod.Name, err)
-			}
-			glog.V(4).Infof("Labeled pod %s/%s of ReplicaSet %s/%s with hash %s.", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, namespace, name, hash)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // SetFromReplicaSetTemplate sets the desired PodTemplateSpec from a replica set template to the given deployment.
 func SetFromReplicaSetTemplate(deployment *extensions.Deployment, template v1.PodTemplateSpec) *extensions.Deployment {
 	deployment.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta = template.ObjectMeta
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/replicaset_util.go b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/replicaset_util.go
index a0db8242e60..83e68a0a209 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment/util/replicaset_util.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment/util/replicaset_util.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	unversionedextensions "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/extensions/v1beta1"
 	extensionslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/extensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	labelsutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/labels"
 )
 
 // TODO: use client library instead when it starts to support update retries
@@ -62,10 +58,3 @@ func UpdateRSWithRetries(rsClient unversionedextensions.ReplicaSetInterface, rsL
 
 	return rs, retryErr
 }
-
-// GetReplicaSetHash returns the pod template hash of a ReplicaSet's pod template space
-func GetReplicaSetHash(rs *extensions.ReplicaSet, uniquifier *int32) (string, error) {
-	rsTemplate := rs.Spec.Template.DeepCopy()
-	rsTemplate.Labels = labelsutil.CloneAndRemoveLabel(rsTemplate.Labels, extensions.DefaultDeploymentUniqueLabelKey)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", controller.ComputeHash(rsTemplate, uniquifier)), nil
-}