diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
index f65b2a2d136..72e10b58a96 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ import (
 
 // Utilities for dealing with Jobs and ScheduledJobs and time.
 
-const (
-	CreatedByAnnotation = "kubernetes.io/created-by"
-)
-
 func inActiveList(sj batch.ScheduledJob, uid types.UID) bool {
 	for _, j := range sj.Status.Active {
 		if j.UID == uid {
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ func deleteFromActiveList(sj *batch.ScheduledJob, uid types.UID) {
 
 // getParentUIDFromJob extracts UID of job's parent and whether it was found
 func getParentUIDFromJob(j batch.Job) (types.UID, bool) {
-	creatorRefJson, found := j.ObjectMeta.Annotations[CreatedByAnnotation]
+	creatorRefJson, found := j.ObjectMeta.Annotations[api.CreatedByAnnotation]
 	if !found {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Job with no created-by annotation, name %s namespace %s", j.Name, j.Namespace)
 		return types.UID(""), false
@@ -198,7 +194,7 @@ func getJobFromTemplate(sj *batch.ScheduledJob, scheduledTime time.Time) (*batch
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	annotations[CreatedByAnnotation] = string(createdByRefJson)
+	annotations[api.CreatedByAnnotation] = string(createdByRefJson)
 	// We want job names for a given nominal start time to have a deterministic name to avoid the same job being created twice
 	name := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", sj.Name, getTimeHash(scheduledTime))
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils_test.go b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils_test.go
index 0280b76bba4..a4b54ff74af 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/scheduledjob/utils_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestGetJobFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(job.ObjectMeta.Annotations) != 2 {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong number of annotations")
 	}
-	v, ok := job.ObjectMeta.Annotations["kubernetes.io/created-by"]
+	v, ok := job.ObjectMeta.Annotations[api.CreatedByAnnotation]
 	if !ok {
 		t.Errorf("Missing created-by annotation")
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestGetParentUIDFromJob(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		// Case 2: Has UID annotation
-		j.ObjectMeta.Annotations = map[string]string{"kubernetes.io/created-by": `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"default","name":"pi","uid":"5ef034e0-1890-11e6-8935-42010af0003e","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"427339"}}`}
+		j.ObjectMeta.Annotations = map[string]string{api.CreatedByAnnotation: `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"default","name":"pi","uid":"5ef034e0-1890-11e6-8935-42010af0003e","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"427339"}}`}
 
 		expectedUID := types.UID("5ef034e0-1890-11e6-8935-42010af0003e")
 
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ func TestGroupJobsByParent(t *testing.T) {
 	uid1 := types.UID("11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111")
 	uid2 := types.UID("22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222")
 	uid3 := types.UID("33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333")
-	createdBy1 := map[string]string{"kubernetes.io/created-by": `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"x","name":"pi","uid":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"111111"}}`}
-	createdBy2 := map[string]string{"kubernetes.io/created-by": `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"x","name":"pi","uid":"22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"222222"}}`}
-	createdBy3 := map[string]string{"kubernetes.io/created-by": `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"y","name":"pi","uid":"33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"333333"}}`}
+	createdBy1 := map[string]string{api.CreatedByAnnotation: `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"x","name":"pi","uid":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"111111"}}`}
+	createdBy2 := map[string]string{api.CreatedByAnnotation: `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"x","name":"pi","uid":"22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"222222"}}`}
+	createdBy3 := map[string]string{api.CreatedByAnnotation: `{"kind":"SerializedReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"ScheduledJob","namespace":"y","name":"pi","uid":"33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333","apiVersion":"extensions","resourceVersion":"333333"}}`}
 	noCreatedBy := map[string]string{}
 
 	{