diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/well_known_labels.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/well_known_labels.go
index bdc14c5130..b87c4bf7d3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/well_known_labels.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/well_known_labels.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ const (
 	labelInstanceTypeGA      = "kubernetes.io/instance-type"
 )
 
-// When the --failure-domains scheduler flag is not specified,
-// DefaultFailureDomains defines the set of label keys used when TopologyKey is empty in PreferredDuringScheduling anti-affinity.
-var DefaultFailureDomains string = v1.LabelHostname + "," + v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain + "," + v1.LabelZoneRegion
-
 var kubeletLabels = sets.NewString(
 	v1.LabelHostname,
 	v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/BUILD
index 1d778ff9f6..87559a2475 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/BUILD
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/apis:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/master/ports:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/apis/config:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/defaults.go b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/defaults.go
index f6a08af34a..9fa898f544 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/apis/config/v1alpha1/defaults.go
@@ -20,16 +20,20 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	componentbaseconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1"
 	kubescedulerconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1"
 
 	// this package shouldn't really depend on other k8s.io/kubernetes code
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
-	kubeletapis "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/master/ports"
 )
 
+// When the --failure-domains scheduler flag is not specified,
+// DefaultFailureDomains defines the set of label keys used when TopologyKey is empty in PreferredDuringScheduling anti-affinity.
+var defaultFailureDomains string = v1.LabelHostname + "," + v1.LabelZoneFailureDomain + "," + v1.LabelZoneRegion
+
 func addDefaultingFuncs(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	return RegisterDefaults(scheme)
 }
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(obj *kubescedulerconfigv1alpha1.Kube
 	}
 
 	if len(obj.FailureDomains) == 0 {
-		obj.FailureDomains = kubeletapis.DefaultFailureDomains
+		obj.FailureDomains = defaultFailureDomains
 	}
 
 	if len(obj.ClientConnection.ContentType) == 0 {