diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
index 65617ac5790..06b695d89a4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/BUILD
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/api/v1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/lifecycle:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/types:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/quota:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index 8d55989faa3..4726df19fa7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats"
-	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 )
 
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAd
 	// the node has memory pressure, admit if not best-effort
 	if hasNodeCondition(m.nodeConditions, v1.NodeMemoryPressure) {
 		notBestEffort := v1.PodQOSBestEffort != qos.GetPodQOS(attrs.Pod)
-		if notBestEffort || kubetypes.IsCriticalPod(attrs.Pod) {
+		if notBestEffort {
 			return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{Admit: true}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager_test.go
index e441b4204bb..f6e74bbe077 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	statsapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/lifecycle"
-	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/clock"
 )
 
 // mockPodKiller is used to testing which pod is killed
@@ -212,8 +213,6 @@ func TestMemoryPressure(t *testing.T) {
 	// create a best effort pod to test admission
 	bestEffortPodToAdmit, _ := podMaker("best-admit", newResourceList("", ""), newResourceList("", ""), "0Gi")
 	burstablePodToAdmit, _ := podMaker("burst-admit", newResourceList("100m", "100Mi"), newResourceList("200m", "200Mi"), "0Gi")
-	criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit, _ := podMaker("critical-best-admit", newResourceList("", ""), newResourceList("", ""), "0Gi")
-	criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit.ObjectMeta.Annotations = map[string]string{kubetypes.CriticalPodAnnotationKey: ""}
 
 	// synchronize
 	manager.synchronize(diskInfoProvider, activePodsFunc)
@@ -224,8 +223,8 @@ func TestMemoryPressure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// try to admit our pods (they should succeed)
-	expected := []bool{true, true, true}
-	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit, criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit} {
+	expected := []bool{true, true}
+	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit} {
 		if result := manager.Admit(&lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod}); expected[i] != result.Admit {
 			t.Errorf("Admit pod: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v", pod, expected[i], result.Admit)
 		}
@@ -300,10 +299,9 @@ func TestMemoryPressure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Manager chose to kill pod with incorrect grace period.  Expected: %d, actual: %d", 0, observedGracePeriod)
 	}
 
-	// the best-effort pod without critical annotation should not admit,
-	// burstable and critical pods should
-	expected = []bool{false, true, true}
-	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit, criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit} {
+	// the best-effort pod should not admit, burstable should
+	expected = []bool{false, true}
+	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit} {
 		if result := manager.Admit(&lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod}); expected[i] != result.Admit {
 			t.Errorf("Admit pod: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v", pod, expected[i], result.Admit)
 		}
@@ -325,9 +323,9 @@ func TestMemoryPressure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Manager chose to kill pod: %v when no pod should have been killed", podKiller.pod.Name)
 	}
 
-	// the best-effort pod should not admit, burstable and critical pods should
-	expected = []bool{false, true, true}
-	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit, criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit} {
+	// the best-effort pod should not admit, burstable should
+	expected = []bool{false, true}
+	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit} {
 		if result := manager.Admit(&lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod}); expected[i] != result.Admit {
 			t.Errorf("Admit pod: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v", pod, expected[i], result.Admit)
 		}
@@ -350,8 +348,8 @@ func TestMemoryPressure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// all pods should admit now
-	expected = []bool{true, true, true}
-	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit, criticalBestEffortPodToAdmit} {
+	expected = []bool{true, true}
+	for i, pod := range []*v1.Pod{bestEffortPodToAdmit, burstablePodToAdmit} {
 		if result := manager.Admit(&lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes{Pod: pod}); expected[i] != result.Admit {
 			t.Errorf("Admit pod: %v, expected: %v, actual: %v", pod, expected[i], result.Admit)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
index dd069b0fa3e..39d9e3c4791 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pod/pod_manager.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/secret"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 )
 
 // Manager stores and manages access to pods, maintaining the mappings
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
index c91077c1c23..b99ec9de6ae 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ const ConfigMirrorAnnotationKey = "kubernetes.io/config.mirror"
 const ConfigFirstSeenAnnotationKey = "kubernetes.io/config.seen"
 const ConfigHashAnnotationKey = "kubernetes.io/config.hash"
 
-// This key needs to sync with the key used by the rescheduler, which currently
-// lives in contrib. Its presence indicates 2 things, as far as the kubelet is
-// concerned:
-// 1. Resource related admission checks will prioritize the admission of
-//    pods bearing the key, over pods without the key, regardless of QoS.
-// 2. The OOM score of pods bearing the key will be <= pods without
-//    the key (where the <= part is determied by QoS).
-const CriticalPodAnnotationKey = "scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod"
-
 // PodOperation defines what changes will be made on a pod configuration.
 type PodOperation int