diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/transformers/overlay.go b/pkg/kinflate/transformers/overlay.go
index 3294a9a51..636dd72b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/transformers/overlay.go
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/transformers/overlay.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/kinflate/resource"
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 )
 
 // overlayTransformer contains a map of overlay objects
diff --git a/pkg/scheme/scheme.go b/pkg/scheme/scheme.go
deleted file mode 100644
index db36a8aad..000000000
--- a/pkg/scheme/scheme.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package scheme
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-)
-
-// Scheme is the default instance of runtime.Scheme to which types in the Kubernetes API are already registered.
-var Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-
-func init() {
-	// Register external types for Scheme
-	v1.AddToGroupVersion(Scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"})
-	scheme.AddToScheme(Scheme)
-}