diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
index 9c3ea11028e..df624ede8e7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/slice:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/retry:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/podutils:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/integer:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/utils/pointer:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
index 8fefd4813ed..631224f05dd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubectl/describe:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/slice:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2:go_default_library",
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/fatih/camelcase:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/klog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 119946cb1a4..3fab8ff0362 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac"
 	resourcehelper "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	storageutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/slice"
 )
 
 // Each level has 2 spaces for PrefixWriter
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/history.go b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
index 382c6dd4463..b6c8e145576 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/history.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	clientappsv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/apps/v1"
 	deploymentutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/deployment"
+	sliceutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	kapps "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/apps"
 	describe "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned"
-	sliceutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/slice"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
index 098352f6b35..adc4394e555 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/util/BUILD
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ filegroup(
         ":package-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/logs:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/slice:all-srcs",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     visibility = ["//build/visible_to:pkg_kubectl_util_CONSUMERS"],
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
index eb57a39e8eb..2fed2c8d392 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource:all-srcs",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates:all-srcs",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/BUILD b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/BUILD
similarity index 81%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/BUILD
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/BUILD
index c786caaf9cf..7476a1581ba 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/BUILD
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ load(
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = ["slice.go"],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/slice",
+    importmap = "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice",
+    importpath = "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice",
 )
 
 go_test(
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kubectl/util/slice/slice_test.go
rename to staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice_test.go
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 32e224fe70c..705a9f869ef 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/printers
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource
+k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/term