diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/conversion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/conversion.go
index 804e182441..73e7d47562 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/conversion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/conversion.go
@@ -20,16 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 )
 
 func Convert_internalversion_ListOptions_To_v1_ListOptions(in *ListOptions, out *metav1.ListOptions, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := Convert_fields_Selector_To_string(&in.FieldSelector, &out.FieldSelector, s); err != nil {
+	if err := metav1.Convert_fields_Selector_To_string(&in.FieldSelector, &out.FieldSelector, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := Convert_labels_Selector_To_string(&in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector, s); err != nil {
+	if err := metav1.Convert_labels_Selector_To_string(&in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
@@ -39,10 +37,10 @@ func Convert_internalversion_ListOptions_To_v1_ListOptions(in *ListOptions, out
 }
 
 func Convert_v1_ListOptions_To_internalversion_ListOptions(in *metav1.ListOptions, out *ListOptions, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if err := Convert_string_To_fields_Selector(&in.FieldSelector, &out.FieldSelector, s); err != nil {
+	if err := metav1.Convert_string_To_fields_Selector(&in.FieldSelector, &out.FieldSelector, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := Convert_string_To_labels_Selector(&in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector, s); err != nil {
+	if err := metav1.Convert_string_To_labels_Selector(&in.LabelSelector, &out.LabelSelector, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
@@ -51,40 +49,6 @@ func Convert_v1_ListOptions_To_internalversion_ListOptions(in *metav1.ListOption
 	return nil
 }
 
-func Convert_string_To_labels_Selector(in *string, out *labels.Selector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	selector, err := labels.Parse(*in)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	*out = selector
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Convert_string_To_fields_Selector(in *string, out *fields.Selector, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	selector, err := fields.ParseSelector(*in)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	*out = selector
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Convert_labels_Selector_To_string(in *labels.Selector, out *string, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if *in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	*out = (*in).String()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Convert_fields_Selector_To_string(in *fields.Selector, out *string, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	if *in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	*out = (*in).String()
-	return nil
-}
-
 func Convert_map_to_v1_LabelSelector(in *map[string]string, out *metav1.LabelSelector, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	if in == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
index 6aeae230b7..368d6bb285 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/internalversion/register.go
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ func addToGroupVersion(scheme *runtime.Scheme, groupVersion schema.GroupVersion)
 		return err
 	}
 	scheme.AddConversionFuncs(
-		Convert_string_To_labels_Selector,
-		Convert_labels_Selector_To_string,
+		metav1.Convert_string_To_labels_Selector,
+		metav1.Convert_labels_Selector_To_string,
 
-		Convert_string_To_fields_Selector,
-		Convert_fields_Selector_To_string,
+		metav1.Convert_string_To_fields_Selector,
+		metav1.Convert_fields_Selector_To_string,
 
 		Convert_map_to_v1_LabelSelector,
 		Convert_v1_LabelSelector_to_map,