diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 39a62965e0..f3553fafa2 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 
 DEFAULT_KUBECONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/config"
 
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/logging.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/logging.sh"
 # KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION_REGEX matches things like "v1.2.3" or "v1.2.3-alpha.4"
 #
 # NOTE This must match the version_regex in build/common.sh
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index febdd71ee4..f57f953e59 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/${KUBE_CONFIG_FILE-"config-default.sh"}"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/common.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
 
 if [[ "${OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "debian" || "${OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "coreos" || "${OS_DISTRIBUTION}" == "trusty" ]]; then
   source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/gce/${OS_DISTRIBUTION}/helper.sh"
@@ -301,21 +302,6 @@ function detect-master () {
   echo "Using master: $KUBE_MASTER (external IP: $KUBE_MASTER_IP)"
 }
 
-# Wait for background jobs to finish. Exit with
-# an error status if any of the jobs failed.
-function wait-for-jobs {
-  local fail=0
-  local job
-  for job in $(jobs -p); do
-    wait "${job}" || fail=$((fail + 1))
-  done
-  if (( fail != 0 )); then
-    echo -e "${color_red}${fail} commands failed.  Exiting.${color_norm}" >&2
-    # Ignore failures for now.
-    # exit 2
-  fi
-}
-
 # Robustly try to create a static ip.
 # $1: The name of the ip to create
 # $2: The name of the region to create the ip in.
@@ -687,7 +673,9 @@ function kube-up {
   fi
 
   # Wait for last batch of jobs
-  wait-for-jobs
+  kube::util::wait-for-jobs || {
+    echo -e "${color_red}${fail} commands failed.${color_norm}" >&2
+  }
 
   echo "Creating minions."
 
@@ -1192,7 +1180,10 @@ function kube-push {
   for (( i=0; i<${#NODE_NAMES[@]}; i++)); do
     push-node "${NODE_NAMES[$i]}" &
   done
-  wait-for-jobs
+
+  kube::util::wait-for-jobs || {
+    echo -e "${color_red}${fail} commands failed.${color_norm}" >&2
+  }
 
   # TODO(zmerlynn): Re-create instance-template with the new
   # node-kube-env. This isn't important until the node-ip-range issue
diff --git a/hack/lib/logging.sh b/cluster/lib/logging.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from hack/lib/logging.sh
rename to cluster/lib/logging.sh
diff --git a/cluster/lib/util.sh b/cluster/lib/util.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..decfa81160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/lib/util.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Wait for background jobs to finish. Return with
+# an error status if any of the jobs failed.
+kube::util::wait-for-jobs() {
+  local fail=0
+  local job
+  for job in $(jobs -p); do
+    wait "${job}" || fail=$((fail + 1))
+  done
+  return ${fail}
+}
+
diff --git a/hack/lib/init.sh b/hack/lib/init.sh
index 7077f77766..9fa47ca2df 100644
--- a/hack/lib/init.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/init.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ KUBE_OUTPUT="${KUBE_ROOT}/${KUBE_OUTPUT_SUBPATH}"
 KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH="${KUBE_OUTPUT}/bin"
 
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/logging.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/util.sh"
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/lib/logging.sh"
 
 kube::log::install_errexit
 
diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 993e5d9cb6..00179f888e 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -176,17 +176,6 @@ kube::util::find-binary() {
   echo -n "${bin}"
 }
 
-# Wait for background jobs to finish. Return with
-# an error status if any of the jobs failed.
-kube::util::wait-for-jobs() {
-  local fail=0
-  local job
-  for job in $(jobs -p); do
-    wait "${job}" || fail=$((fail + 1))
-  done
-  return ${fail}
-}
-
 # Run all known doc generators (today gendocs, genman, and genbashcomp for kubectl)
 # $1 is the directory to put those generated documents
 kube::util::gen-docs() {
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
index 1c89e96417..ce896116df 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/exceptions.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ hack/jenkins/update-jobs.sh:    docker cp jenkins_jobs.ini job-builder:/etc/jenk
 hack/jenkins/update-jobs.sh:    echo "jenkins_jobs.ini not found in workspace" >&2
 hack/jenkins/update-jobs.sh:  # jenkins_jobs.ini contains administrative credentials for Jenkins.
 hack/jenkins/update-jobs.sh:  if [[ -e jenkins_jobs.ini ]]; then
-hack/lib/logging.sh:      local source_file=${BASH_SOURCE[$frame_no]}
-hack/lib/logging.sh:  local source_file=${BASH_SOURCE[$stack_skip]}
+cluster/lib/logging.sh:      local source_file=${BASH_SOURCE[$frame_no]}
+cluster/lib/logging.sh:  local source_file=${BASH_SOURCE[$stack_skip]}
 hack/local-up-cluster.sh:      runtime_config="--runtime-config=${RUNTIME_CONFIG}"
 hack/local-up-cluster.sh:    runtime_config=""
 hack/test-cmd.sh:  --runtime_config="extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true" \
diff --git a/test/component/scheduler/perf/test-performance.sh b/test/component/scheduler/perf/test-performance.sh
index 50257ecb12..c8c8a4b39a 100755
--- a/test/component/scheduler/perf/test-performance.sh
+++ b/test/component/scheduler/perf/test-performance.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 pushd "../../../.."
 source "./hack/lib/util.sh"
-source "./hack/lib/logging.sh"
+source "./cluster/lib/logging.sh"
 source "./hack/lib/etcd.sh"
 popd