diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
index bc0ef043cb7..ae10e5f14f9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ go_library(
         "service_basic.go",
         "serviceaccount.go",
         "sorting_printer.go",
-        "versioned_client.go",
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl",
     deps = [
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/versioned_client.go b/pkg/kubectl/versioned_client.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f381aed69d4..00000000000
--- a/pkg/kubectl/versioned_client.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package kubectl
-
-import (
-	clientappsv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1beta1"
-	clientextensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/extensions/v1beta1"
-	internalclientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
-)
-
-// TODO: get rid of this and plumb the caller correctly
-func versionedExtensionsClientV1beta1(internalClient internalclientset.Interface) clientextensionsv1beta1.ExtensionsV1beta1Interface {
-	if internalClient == nil {
-		return &clientextensionsv1beta1.ExtensionsV1beta1Client{}
-	}
-	return clientextensionsv1beta1.New(internalClient.Extensions().RESTClient())
-}
-
-// TODO: get rid of this and plumb the caller correctly
-func versionedAppsClientV1beta1(internalClient internalclientset.Interface) clientappsv1beta1.AppsV1beta1Interface {
-	if internalClient == nil {
-		return &clientappsv1beta1.AppsV1beta1Client{}
-	}
-	return clientappsv1beta1.New(internalClient.Apps().RESTClient())
-}