diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
index 989468d918..48c6066838 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/api_installer.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) Install() (ws *restful.WebService, errors []error) {
 	watchHandler := (&WatchHandler{
 		storage: a.group.storage,
 		codec:   a.group.codec,
-		prefix:  a.group.prefix,
 		linker:  a.group.linker,
 		info:    a.group.info,
 	})
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage RESTStorage
 			addParams(route, action.Params)
 			ws.Route(route)
 		case "WATCH": // Watch a resource.
-			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(restfulStripPrefix(a.prefix+"/watch", watchHandler)).
+			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(routeFunction(watchHandler)).
 				Filter(m).
 				Doc("watch a particular " + kind).
 				Operation("watch" + kind).
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage RESTStorage
 			addParams(route, action.Params)
 			ws.Route(route)
 		case "WATCHLIST": // Watch all resources of a kind.
-			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(restfulStripPrefix(a.prefix+"/watch", watchHandler)).
+			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(routeFunction(watchHandler)).
 				Filter(m).
 				Doc("watch a list of " + kind).
 				Operation("watch" + kind + "list").
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ func (a *APIInstaller) registerResourceHandlers(path string, storage RESTStorage
 			addParams(route, action.Params)
 			ws.Route(route)
 		case "REDIRECT": // Get the redirect URL for a resource.
-			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(restfulStripPrefix(a.prefix+"/redirect", redirectHandler)).
+			route := ws.GET(action.Path).To(routeFunction(redirectHandler)).
 				Filter(m).
 				Doc("redirect GET request to " + kind).
 				Operation("redirect" + kind).
@@ -542,15 +541,15 @@ func appendIf(actions []action, a action, shouldAppend bool) []action {
 	return actions
 }
 
-// Returns a restful RouteFunction that calls the given handler after stripping prefix from the request path.
-func restfulStripPrefix(prefix string, handler http.Handler) restful.RouteFunction {
+// Wraps a http.Handler function inside a restful.RouteFunction
+func routeFunction(handler http.Handler) restful.RouteFunction {
 	return func(restReq *restful.Request, restResp *restful.Response) {
-		http.StripPrefix(prefix, handler).ServeHTTP(restResp.ResponseWriter, restReq.Request)
+		handler.ServeHTTP(restResp.ResponseWriter, restReq.Request)
 	}
 }
 
 func addProxyRoute(ws *restful.WebService, method string, prefix string, path string, proxyHandler http.Handler, kind, resource string, params []*restful.Parameter) {
-	proxyRoute := ws.Method(method).Path(path).To(restfulStripPrefix(prefix+"/proxy", proxyHandler)).
+	proxyRoute := ws.Method(method).Path(path).To(routeFunction(proxyHandler)).
 		Filter(monitorFilter("PROXY", resource)).
 		Doc("proxy " + method + " requests to " + kind).
 		Operation("proxy" + method + kind).
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
index 5e58e199cc..2307c0ae4a 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func NewAPIGroupVersion(storage map[string]RESTStorage, codec runtime.Codec, roo
 		admit:   admissionControl,
 		context: contextMapper,
 		mapper:  mapper,
-		info:    &APIRequestInfoResolver{util.NewStringSet(root), latest.RESTMapper},
+		info:    &APIRequestInfoResolver{util.NewStringSet(strings.TrimPrefix(root, "/")), latest.RESTMapper},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/watch.go b/pkg/apiserver/watch.go
index 59d17cfff6..e7698182c9 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/watch.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/watch.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 type WatchHandler struct {
 	storage map[string]RESTStorage
 	codec   runtime.Codec
-	prefix  string
 	linker  runtime.SelfLinker
 	info    *APIRequestInfoResolver
 }
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func (h *WatchHandler) setSelfLinkAddName(obj runtime.Object, req *http.Request)
 		return err
 	}
 	newURL := *req.URL
-	newURL.Path = path.Join(h.prefix, req.URL.Path, name)
+	newURL.Path = path.Join(req.URL.Path, name)
 	newURL.RawQuery = ""
 	newURL.Fragment = ""
 	return h.linker.SetSelfLink(obj, newURL.String())