diff --git a/build/lib/release.sh b/build/lib/release.sh
index 004cab5b03..4b61e5593d 100644
--- a/build/lib/release.sh
+++ b/build/lib/release.sh
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ function kube::release::package_kube_manifests_tarball() {
   cp "${src_dir}/kube-controller-manager.manifest" "${dst_dir}"
   cp "${src_dir}/kube-addon-manager.yaml" "${dst_dir}"
   cp "${src_dir}/glbc.manifest" "${dst_dir}"
-  cp "${src_dir}/rescheduler.manifest" "${dst_dir}/"
   cp "${src_dir}/e2e-image-puller.manifest" "${dst_dir}/"
   cp "${src_dir}/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.yaml" "${dst_dir}/"
   local internal_manifest
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
index 3a770822fb..cd5294b331 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
@@ -273,21 +273,6 @@ data:
       tag kube-scheduler
     </source>
 
-    # Example:
-    # I1104 10:36:20.242766       5 rescheduler.go:73] Running Rescheduler
-    <source>
-      @id rescheduler.log
-      @type tail
-      format multiline
-      multiline_flush_interval 5s
-      format_firstline /^\w\d{4}/
-      format1 /^(?<severity>\w)(?<time>\d{4} [^\s]*)\s+(?<pid>\d+)\s+(?<source>[^ \]]+)\] (?<message>.*)/
-      time_format %m%d %H:%M:%S.%N
-      path /var/log/rescheduler.log
-      pos_file /var/log/es-rescheduler.log.pos
-      tag rescheduler
-    </source>
-
     # Example:
     # I0603 15:31:05.793605       6 cluster_manager.go:230] Reading config from path /etc/gce.conf
     <source>
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap-old.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap-old.yaml
index 6cb3051b50..88125d1fa3 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap-old.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap-old.yaml
@@ -210,20 +210,6 @@ data:
       tag kube-scheduler
     </source>
 
-    # Example:
-    # I1104 10:36:20.242766       5 rescheduler.go:73] Running Rescheduler
-    <source>
-      @type tail
-      format multiline
-      multiline_flush_interval 5s
-      format_firstline /^\w\d{4}/
-      format1 /^(?<severity>\w)(?<time>\d{4} [^\s]*)\s+(?<pid>\d+)\s+(?<source>[^ \]]+)\] (?<message>.*)/
-      time_format %m%d %H:%M:%S.%N
-      path /var/log/rescheduler.log
-      pos_file /var/log/gcp-rescheduler.log.pos
-      tag rescheduler
-    </source>
-
     # Example:
     # I0603 15:31:05.793605       6 cluster_manager.go:230] Reading config from path /etc/gce.conf
     <source>
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
index e345d593f4..ab31e995ea 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
@@ -225,20 +225,6 @@ data:
       tag kube-scheduler
     </source>
 
-    # Example:
-    # I1104 10:36:20.242766       5 rescheduler.go:73] Running Rescheduler
-    <source>
-      @type tail
-      format multiline
-      multiline_flush_interval 5s
-      format_firstline /^\w\d{4}/
-      format1 /^(?<severity>\w)(?<time>\d{4} [^\s]*)\s+(?<pid>\d+)\s+(?<source>[^ \]]+)\] (?<message>.*)/
-      time_format %m%d %H:%M:%S.%N
-      path /var/log/rescheduler.log
-      pos_file /var/log/gcp-rescheduler.log.pos
-      tag rescheduler
-    </source>
-
     # Example:
     # I0603 15:31:05.793605       6 cluster_manager.go:230] Reading config from path /etc/gce.conf
     <source>
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 74bc1f2f5f..925bf05e97 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   AUTOSCALER_EXPANDER_CONFIG="${KUBE_AUTOSCALER_EXPANDER_CONFIG:---expander=price}"
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable Rescheduler
-ENABLE_RESCHEDULER="${KUBE_ENABLE_RESCHEDULER:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Enable allocation of pod IPs using IP aliases.
 #
 # BETA FEATURE.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d48177a70c..38284feaa5 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
   AUTOSCALER_EXPANDER_CONFIG="${KUBE_AUTOSCALER_EXPANDER_CONFIG:---expander=price}"
 fi
 
-# Optional: Enable Rescheduler
-ENABLE_RESCHEDULER="${KUBE_ENABLE_RESCHEDULER:-true}"
-
 # Optional: Enable allocation of pod IPs using IP aliases.
 #
 # BETA FEATURE.
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 8afe1d6a02..09aafbec85 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2543,16 +2543,6 @@ function start-lb-controller {
   fi
 }
 
-# Starts rescheduler.
-function start-rescheduler {
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_RESCHEDULER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-    echo "Start Rescheduler"
-    prepare-log-file /var/log/rescheduler.log
-    cp "${KUBE_HOME}/kube-manifests/kubernetes/gci-trusty/rescheduler.manifest" \
-       /etc/kubernetes/manifests/
-  fi
-}
-
 # Setup working directory for kubelet.
 function setup-kubelet-dir {
     echo "Making /var/lib/kubelet executable for kubelet"
@@ -2734,7 +2724,6 @@ function main() {
     start-kube-addons
     start-cluster-autoscaler
     start-lb-controller
-    start-rescheduler
   else
     if [[ "${KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET:-}" != "true" ]]; then
       start-kube-proxy
diff --git a/cluster/gce/manifests/BUILD b/cluster/gce/manifests/BUILD
index 7ae23d79a1..f2c3c279b7 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/manifests/BUILD
+++ b/cluster/gce/manifests/BUILD
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ filegroup(
         "kube-controller-manager.manifest",
         "kube-proxy.manifest",
         "kube-scheduler.manifest",
-        "rescheduler.manifest",
     ] + glob(["internal-*"]),
 )
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-proxy.manifest b/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-proxy.manifest
index 334150f682..821eefe91e 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-proxy.manifest
+++ b/cluster/gce/manifests/kube-proxy.manifest
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   # This annotation ensures that kube-proxy does not get evicted if the node
   # supports critical pod annotation based priority scheme.
   # Note that kube-proxy runs as a static pod so this annotation does NOT have
-  # any effect on rescheduler (default scheduler and rescheduler are not
-  # involved in scheduling kube-proxy).
+  # any effect on default scheduler which scheduling kube-proxy.
   annotations:
     scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
   labels:
diff --git a/cluster/gce/manifests/rescheduler.manifest b/cluster/gce/manifests/rescheduler.manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ab92315fa..0000000000
--- a/cluster/gce/manifests/rescheduler.manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: rescheduler-v0.4.0
-  namespace: kube-system
-  annotations:
-    scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: rescheduler
-    version: v0.4.0
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-    kubernetes.io/name: "Rescheduler"
-spec:
-  hostNetwork: true
-  containers:
-  - image: k8s.gcr.io/rescheduler:v0.4.0
-    name: rescheduler
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /var/log/rescheduler.log
-      name: logfile
-      readOnly: false
-    # TODO: Make resource requirements depend on the size of the cluster
-    resources:
-      requests:
-        cpu: 5m
-        memory: 100Mi
-    command:
-    # TODO: split this out into args when we no longer need to pipe stdout to a file #6428
-    - sh
-    - -c
-    - 'exec /rescheduler --running-in-cluster=false 1>>/var/log/rescheduler.log 2>&1'
-  volumes:
-  - hostPath:
-      path: /var/log/rescheduler.log
-      type: FileOrCreate
-    name: logfile
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 6bc22de9bb..97f6e136da 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR:-none}
 NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_VERSION:-})
 NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TAR_HASH:-})
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-false})
-ENABLE_RESCHEDULER: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_RESCHEDULER:-false})
 LOGGING_DESTINATION: $(yaml-quote ${LOGGING_DESTINATION:-})
 ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS: $(yaml-quote ${ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS:-})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false})
diff --git a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
index c4f3781a91..465d209f80 100755
--- a/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
+++ b/cluster/log-dump/log-dump.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ readonly master_ssh_supported_providers="gce aws kubernetes-anywhere"
 readonly node_ssh_supported_providers="gce gke aws kubernetes-anywhere"
 readonly gcloud_supported_providers="gce gke kubernetes-anywhere"
 
-readonly master_logfiles="kube-apiserver kube-apiserver-audit kube-scheduler rescheduler kube-controller-manager etcd etcd-events glbc cluster-autoscaler kube-addon-manager fluentd"
+readonly master_logfiles="kube-apiserver kube-apiserver-audit kube-scheduler kube-controller-manager etcd etcd-events glbc cluster-autoscaler kube-addon-manager fluentd"
 readonly node_logfiles="kube-proxy fluentd node-problem-detector"
 readonly node_systemd_services="node-problem-detector"
 readonly hollow_node_logfiles="kubelet-hollow-node-* kubeproxy-hollow-node-* npd-hollow-node-*"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
index d2cc4aff74..062d10e123 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/types/pod_update.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (sp SyncPodType) String() string {
 }
 
 // IsCriticalPod returns true if the pod bears the critical pod annotation key or if pod's priority is greater than
-// or equal to SystemCriticalPriority. Both the rescheduler(deprecated in 1.10) and the kubelet use this function
+// or equal to SystemCriticalPriority. Both the default scheduler and the kubelet use this function
 // to make admission and scheduling decisions.
 func IsCriticalPod(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.PodPriority) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
index 7b44dc3428..d8c211b9c0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ go_library(
         "predicates.go",
         "preemption.go",
         "priorities.go",
-        "rescheduler.go",
         "resource_quota.go",
         "ubernetes_lite.go",
         "ubernetes_lite_volumes.go",
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/scheduling",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/api/v1/pod:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/extensions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/scheduling:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/equivalence_cache_predicates.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/equivalence_cache_predicates.go
index d55cabc03b..3c52b9c953 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/equivalence_cache_predicates.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/equivalence_cache_predicates.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
+)
+
 var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("EquivalenceCache [Serial]", func() {
 	var cs clientset.Interface
 	var nodeList *v1.NodeList
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/rescheduler.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/rescheduler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8595b97606..0000000000
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/rescheduler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +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 scheduling
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
-	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-const (
-	defaultTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-)
-
-// This test requires Rescheduler to be enabled.
-var _ = SIGDescribe("Rescheduler [Serial]", func() {
-	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("rescheduler")
-	var ns string
-	var totalMillicores int
-
-	BeforeEach(func() {
-		framework.Skipf("Rescheduler is being deprecated soon in Kubernetes 1.10")
-		ns = f.Namespace.Name
-		nodes := framework.GetReadySchedulableNodesOrDie(f.ClientSet)
-		nodeCount := len(nodes.Items)
-		Expect(nodeCount).NotTo(BeZero())
-
-		cpu := nodes.Items[0].Status.Capacity[v1.ResourceCPU]
-		totalMillicores = int((&cpu).MilliValue()) * nodeCount
-	})
-
-	It("should ensure that critical pod is scheduled in case there is no resources available", func() {
-		By("reserving all available cpu")
-		err := reserveAllCpu(f, "reserve-all-cpu", totalMillicores)
-		defer framework.DeleteRCAndWaitForGC(f.ClientSet, ns, "reserve-all-cpu")
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-
-		By("creating a new instance of Dashboard and waiting for Dashboard to be scheduled")
-		label := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{"k8s-app": "kubernetes-dashboard"}))
-		listOpts := metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: label.String()}
-		deployments, err := f.ClientSet.ExtensionsV1beta1().Deployments(metav1.NamespaceSystem).List(listOpts)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		Expect(len(deployments.Items)).Should(Equal(1))
-
-		deployment := deployments.Items[0]
-		replicas := uint(*(deployment.Spec.Replicas))
-
-		err = framework.ScaleDeployment(f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, metav1.NamespaceSystem, deployment.Name, replicas+1, true)
-		defer framework.ExpectNoError(framework.ScaleDeployment(f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, metav1.NamespaceSystem, deployment.Name, replicas, true))
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-
-	})
-})
-
-func reserveAllCpu(f *framework.Framework, id string, millicores int) error {
-	timeout := 5 * time.Minute
-	replicas := millicores / 100
-
-	reserveCpu(f, id, 1, 100)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.ScaleRC(f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, f.Namespace.Name, id, uint(replicas), false))
-
-	for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < timeout; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
-		pods, err := framework.GetPodsInNamespace(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, framework.ImagePullerLabels)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if len(pods) != replicas {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		allRunningOrUnschedulable := true
-		for _, pod := range pods {
-			if !podRunningOrUnschedulable(pod) {
-				allRunningOrUnschedulable = false
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if allRunningOrUnschedulable {
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("Pod name %s: Gave up waiting %v for %d pods to come up", id, timeout, replicas)
-}
-
-func podRunningOrUnschedulable(pod *v1.Pod) bool {
-	_, cond := podutil.GetPodCondition(&pod.Status, v1.PodScheduled)
-	if cond != nil && cond.Status == v1.ConditionFalse && cond.Reason == "Unschedulable" {
-		return true
-	}
-	running, _ := testutils.PodRunningReady(pod)
-	return running
-}
-
-func reserveCpu(f *framework.Framework, id string, replicas, millicores int) {
-	By(fmt.Sprintf("Running RC which reserves %v millicores", millicores))
-	request := int64(millicores / replicas)
-	config := &testutils.RCConfig{
-		Client:         f.ClientSet,
-		InternalClient: f.InternalClientset,
-		Name:           id,
-		Namespace:      f.Namespace.Name,
-		Timeout:        defaultTimeout,
-		Image:          imageutils.GetPauseImageName(),
-		Replicas:       replicas,
-		CpuRequest:     request,
-	}
-	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.RunRC(*config))
-}
diff --git a/test/test_owners.json b/test/test_owners.json
index 805efcdcbd..cb6e3dda17 100644
--- a/test/test_owners.json
+++ b/test/test_owners.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   "Redis",
   "ReplicaSet",
   "ReplicationController",
-  "Rescheduler",
   "RethinkDB",
   "Secret",
   "Security",