diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
index 918c8df0768..5182e0768fa 100644
--- a/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func (e *events) PatchWithEventNamespace(incompleteEvent *v1.Event, data []byte)
 // object must match this event's client namespace unless the event client
 // was made with the "" namespace.
 func (e *events) Search(scheme *runtime.Scheme, objOrRef runtime.Object) (*v1.EventList, error) {
-	ref, err := api.GetReference(scheme, objOrRef)
+	ref, err := v1.GetReference(scheme, objOrRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
index be4664ded06..9b4490ea976 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1/event_expansion.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 )
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ func (e *events) PatchWithEventNamespace(incompleteEvent *v1.Event, data []byte)
 // object must match this event's client namespace unless the event client
 // was made with the "" namespace.
 func (e *events) Search(scheme *runtime.Scheme, objOrRef runtime.Object) (*v1.EventList, error) {
-	ref, err := api.GetReference(scheme, objOrRef)
+	ref, err := v1.GetReference(scheme, objOrRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}