diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/BUILD
index e3f94317a7..ac2ccb3ead 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/BUILD
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/status:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/equal:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/log:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/panic:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/equal:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/log:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/panic:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test:all-srcs",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/BUILD
index 44be634730..c5c69f5712 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/BUILD
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/log:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore.go
index 710683fdf2..a56c4ec165 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint"
 	utilfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files"
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
 	utillog "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/log"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore_test.go
index 09c743dc37..939ffb2ad5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store/fsstore_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint"
 	utilfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files"
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
 	utiltest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 const testCheckpointsDir = "/test-checkpoints-dir"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/BUILD
index bba05666bb..90ea3d176b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/BUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles.go
index 68a118aea2..b3c763c162 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig"
 	kubeletscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/scheme"
 	utilcodec "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/codec"
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 const kubeletFile = "kubelet"
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles_test.go
index 2e8017a47c..af354907f3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles/configfiles_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	kubeletscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/scheme"
 	kubeletconfigv1alpha1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1alpha1"
 	utilfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files"
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
 	utiltest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 func addFile(fs utilfs.Filesystem, path string, file string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/controller.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/controller.go
index af08192a53..32b3145d1e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/controller.go
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/checkpoint/store"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/configfiles"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/status"
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
 	utillog "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/log"
 	utilpanic "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/panic"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/BUILD
index 9c4c8cffcb..f03ed24586 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ load(
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
     srcs = ["files.go"],
-    deps = ["//pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem:go_default_library"],
+    deps = ["//pkg/util/filesystem:go_default_library"],
 )
 
 filegroup(
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/files.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/files.go
index 99c7de851d..b8d4653314 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/files.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files/files.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/filesystem"
+	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 const defaultPerm = 0666
diff --git a/pkg/util/BUILD b/pkg/util/BUILD
index d8a7be64ef..da8c411f18 100644
--- a/pkg/util/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/util/BUILD
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/util/ebtables:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/env:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/file:all-srcs",
+        "//pkg/util/filesystem:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/flock:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/goroutinemap:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util/hash:all-srcs",