diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
index a9cd926b5a..7b2560b5a5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ go_library(
         "//build/visible_to:pkg_kubectl_resource_CONSUMERS",
     ],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/kubectl/validation:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/text/transform:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ go_test(
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/apis/core/install:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/assert:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
index 71bb3253e5..e92b2b4893 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/restmapper"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/validation"
 )
 
 var FileExtensions = []string{".json", ".yaml", ".yml"}
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 
 	export bool
 
-	schema validation.Schema
+	schema ContentValidator
 
 	// fakeClientFn is used for testing
 	fakeClientFn FakeClientFunc
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ func NewBuilder(restClientGetter RESTClientGetter) *Builder {
 	).AddError(mapperErr).AddError(discoveryErr)
 }
 
-func (b *Builder) Schema(schema validation.Schema) *Builder {
+func (b *Builder) Schema(schema ContentValidator) *Builder {
 	b.schema = schema
 	return b
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
index f13f280b65..c702fdf073 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/builder_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -47,11 +48,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
 	restclientwatch "k8s.io/client-go/rest/watch"
 	utiltesting "k8s.io/client-go/util/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 
-	// install the pod scheme into the legacy scheme for test typer resolution
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/install"
+	// TODO we need to remove this linkage and create our own scheme
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/interfaces.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/interfaces.go
index c776eb6bfe..1a26ec9cc8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/interfaces.go
@@ -78,3 +78,8 @@ func (c *clientOptions) Delete() *rest.Request {
 func (c *clientOptions) Put() *rest.Request {
 	return c.modify(c.c.Put())
 }
+
+// ContentValidator is an interface that knows how to validate an API object serialized to a byte array.
+type ContentValidator interface {
+	ValidateBytes(data []byte) error
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
index 20550940eb..55031a470b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/validation"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ func (l EagerVisitorList) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
 
-func ValidateSchema(data []byte, schema validation.Schema) error {
+func ValidateSchema(data []byte, schema ContentValidator) error {
 	if schema == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -433,7 +432,7 @@ func ignoreFile(path string, extensions []string) bool {
 }
 
 // FileVisitorForSTDIN return a special FileVisitor just for STDIN
-func FileVisitorForSTDIN(mapper *mapper, schema validation.Schema) Visitor {
+func FileVisitorForSTDIN(mapper *mapper, schema ContentValidator) Visitor {
 	return &FileVisitor{
 		Path:          constSTDINstr,
 		StreamVisitor: NewStreamVisitor(nil, mapper, constSTDINstr, schema),
@@ -443,7 +442,7 @@ func FileVisitorForSTDIN(mapper *mapper, schema validation.Schema) Visitor {
 // ExpandPathsToFileVisitors will return a slice of FileVisitors that will handle files from the provided path.
 // After FileVisitors open the files, they will pass an io.Reader to a StreamVisitor to do the reading. (stdin
 // is also taken care of). Paths argument also accepts a single file, and will return a single visitor
-func ExpandPathsToFileVisitors(mapper *mapper, paths string, recursive bool, extensions []string, schema validation.Schema) ([]Visitor, error) {
+func ExpandPathsToFileVisitors(mapper *mapper, paths string, recursive bool, extensions []string, schema ContentValidator) ([]Visitor, error) {
 	var visitors []Visitor
 	err := filepath.Walk(paths, func(path string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -513,11 +512,11 @@ type StreamVisitor struct {
 	*mapper
 
 	Source string
-	Schema validation.Schema
+	Schema ContentValidator
 }
 
 // NewStreamVisitor is a helper function that is useful when we want to change the fields of the struct but keep calls the same.
-func NewStreamVisitor(r io.Reader, mapper *mapper, source string, schema validation.Schema) *StreamVisitor {
+func NewStreamVisitor(r io.Reader, mapper *mapper, source string, schema ContentValidator) *StreamVisitor {
 	return &StreamVisitor{
 		Reader: r,
 		mapper: mapper,