Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 47039, 53681, 53303, 53181, 53781). If you want to cherry-pick this change to another branch, please follow the instructions <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/cherry-picks.md">here</a>.
Get rid of pkg/api/util
Old helpers we can replace with apimachinery tools.