diff --git a/pkg/cmd/help/help.go b/pkg/cmd/help/help.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cf8843dbc..000000000
--- a/pkg/cmd/help/help.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2016 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 help
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n"
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
-)
-
-var helpLong = templates.LongDesc(i18n.T(`
-	Help provides help for any command in the application.
-	Simply type kubectl help [path to command] for full details.`))
-
-// NewCmdHelp returns the help Cobra command
-func NewCmdHelp() *cobra.Command {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:                   "help [command] | STRING_TO_SEARCH",
-		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
-		Short:                 i18n.T("Help about any command"),
-		Long:                  helpLong,
-
-		Run: RunHelp,
-	}
-
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// RunHelp checks given arguments and executes command
-func RunHelp(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	foundCmd, _, err := cmd.Root().Find(args)
-
-	// NOTE(andreykurilin): actually, I did not find any cases when foundCmd can be nil,
-	//   but let's make this check since it is included in original code of initHelpCmd
-	//   from github.com/spf13/cobra
-	if foundCmd == nil {
-		cmd.Printf("Unknown help topic %#q.\n", args)
-		cmd.Root().Usage()
-	} else if err != nil {
-		// print error message at first, since it can contain suggestions
-		cmd.Println(err)
-
-		argsString := strings.Join(args, " ")
-		var matchedMsgIsPrinted = false
-		for _, foundCmd := range foundCmd.Commands() {
-			if strings.Contains(foundCmd.Short, argsString) {
-				if !matchedMsgIsPrinted {
-					cmd.Printf("Matchers of string '%s' in short descriptions of commands: \n", argsString)
-					matchedMsgIsPrinted = true
-				}
-				cmd.Printf("  %-14s %s\n", foundCmd.Name(), foundCmd.Short)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !matchedMsgIsPrinted {
-			// if nothing is found, just print usage
-			cmd.Root().Usage()
-		}
-	} else {
-		if len(args) == 0 {
-			// help message for help command :)
-			foundCmd = cmd
-		}
-		helpFunc := foundCmd.HelpFunc()
-		helpFunc(foundCmd, args)
-	}
-}