diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
index e664167148..9112decf7e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ const (
 
 // A Reaper handles terminating an object as gracefully as possible.
 // timeout is how long we'll wait for the termination to be successful
-// gracePeriod is time given to an API object for it to delete itself cleanly (e.g. pod shutdown)
+// gracePeriod is time given to an API object for it to delete itself cleanly,
+// e.g., pod shutdown. It may or may not be supported by the API object.
 type Reaper interface {
 	Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Duration, gracePeriod *api.DeleteOptions) error
 }
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ func (reaper *ReplicaSetReaper) Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Durati
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := rsc.Delete(name, gracePeriod); err != nil {
+	if err := rsc.Delete(name, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ func (reaper *JobReaper) Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Duration, gra
 		return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errList)
 	}
 	// once we have all the pods removed we can safely remove the job itself
-	return jobs.Delete(name, gracePeriod)
+	return jobs.Delete(name, nil)
 }
 
 func (reaper *DeploymentReaper) Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Duration, gracePeriod *api.DeleteOptions) error {
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ func (reaper *DeploymentReaper) Stop(namespace, name string, timeout time.Durati
 
 	// Delete deployment at the end.
 	// Note: We delete deployment at the end so that if removing RSs fails, we atleast have the deployment to retry.
-	return deployments.Delete(name, gracePeriod)
+	return deployments.Delete(name, nil)
 }
 
 type updateDeploymentFunc func(d *extensions.Deployment)
diff --git a/test/e2e/job.go b/test/e2e/job.go
index bf20cf6a22..50e9ff19b0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/job.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func createJob(c *client.Client, ns string, job *extensions.Job) (*extensions.Jo
 }
 
 func deleteJob(c *client.Client, ns, name string) error {
-	return c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete(name, api.NewDeleteOptions(0))
+	return c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete(name, nil)
 }
 
 // Wait for all pods to become Running.  Only use when pods will run for a long time, or it will be racy.
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index 0ad66da711..b4a71ca21c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				execOrDie()
 			Expect(runOutput).To(ContainSubstring("abcd1234"))
 			Expect(runOutput).To(ContainSubstring("stdin closed"))
-			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test", api.NewDeleteOptions(0))).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test", nil)).To(BeNil())
 
 			By("executing a command with run and attach without stdin")
 			runOutput = newKubectlCommand(fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns), "run", "run-test-2", "--image=busybox", "--restart=Never", "--attach=true", "--leave-stdin-open=true", "--", "sh", "-c", "cat && echo 'stdin closed'").
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				execOrDie()
 			Expect(runOutput).ToNot(ContainSubstring("abcd1234"))
 			Expect(runOutput).To(ContainSubstring("stdin closed"))
-			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test-2", api.NewDeleteOptions(0))).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test-2", nil)).To(BeNil())
 
 			By("executing a command with run and attach with stdin with open stdin should remain running")
 			runOutput = newKubectlCommand(nsFlag, "run", "run-test-3", "--image=busybox", "--restart=Never", "--attach=true", "--leave-stdin-open=true", "--stdin", "--", "sh", "-c", "cat && echo 'stdin closed'").
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubectl client", func() {
 			}
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
-			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test-3", api.NewDeleteOptions(0))).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(c.Extensions().Jobs(ns).Delete("run-test-3", nil)).To(BeNil())
 		})
 
 		It("should support port-forward", func() {