diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index f8961e922a..85ca9771ff 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	utilconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/config"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ const (
 type KubeletServer struct {
 	componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration
 
-	KubeConfig          util.StringFlag
+	KubeConfig          flag.StringFlag
 	BootstrapKubeconfig string
 
 	// If true, an invalid KubeConfig will result in the Kubelet exiting with an error.
 	RequireKubeConfig bool
-	AuthPath          util.StringFlag // Deprecated -- use KubeConfig instead
+	AuthPath          flag.StringFlag // Deprecated -- use KubeConfig instead
 	APIServerList     []string        // Deprecated -- use KubeConfig instead
 
 	// Insert a probability of random errors during calls to the master.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewKubeletServer() *KubeletServer {
 	config := componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration{}
 	api.Scheme.Convert(&v1alpha1.KubeletConfiguration{}, &config, nil)
 	return &KubeletServer{
-		KubeConfig:           util.NewStringFlag("/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"),
+		KubeConfig:           flag.NewStringFlag("/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"),
 		RequireKubeConfig:    false, // in 1.5, default to true
 		KubeletConfiguration: config,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo.go
index 82a2947cfa..d7ed513fe6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo.go
@@ -30,21 +30,20 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd/api"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 )
 
 type createAuthInfoOptions struct {
 	configAccess      clientcmd.ConfigAccess
 	name              string
-	authPath          util.StringFlag
-	clientCertificate util.StringFlag
-	clientKey         util.StringFlag
-	token             util.StringFlag
-	username          util.StringFlag
-	password          util.StringFlag
+	authPath          flag.StringFlag
+	clientCertificate flag.StringFlag
+	clientKey         flag.StringFlag
+	token             flag.StringFlag
+	username          flag.StringFlag
+	password          flag.StringFlag
 	embedCertData     flag.Tristate
-	authProvider      util.StringFlag
+	authProvider      flag.StringFlag
 
 	authProviderArgs         map[string]string
 	authProviderArgsToRemove []string
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo_test.go
index a973bdc510..bb10be356c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_authinfo_test.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 )
 
-func stringFlagFor(s string) util.StringFlag {
-	var f util.StringFlag
+func stringFlagFor(s string) flag.StringFlag {
+	var f flag.StringFlag
 	f.Set(s)
 	return f
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_cluster.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_cluster.go
index fba8ac447b..27c31c08de 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_cluster.go
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 )
 
 type createClusterOptions struct {
 	configAccess          clientcmd.ConfigAccess
 	name                  string
-	server                util.StringFlag
-	apiVersion            util.StringFlag
+	server                flag.StringFlag
+	apiVersion            flag.StringFlag
 	insecureSkipTLSVerify flag.Tristate
-	certificateAuthority  util.StringFlag
+	certificateAuthority  flag.StringFlag
 	embedCAData           flag.Tristate
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_context.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_context.go
index 85d02026c3..7555b7a443 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_context.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/create_context.go
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/clientcmd/api"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/flag"
 )
 
 type createContextOptions struct {
 	configAccess clientcmd.ConfigAccess
 	name         string
-	cluster      util.StringFlag
-	authInfo     util.StringFlag
-	namespace    util.StringFlag
+	cluster      flag.StringFlag
+	authInfo     flag.StringFlag
+	namespace    flag.StringFlag
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/util/string_flag.go b/pkg/util/flag/string_flag.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/util/string_flag.go
rename to pkg/util/flag/string_flag.go
index 9d6a00a159..331bdb66e2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/string_flag.go
+++ b/pkg/util/flag/string_flag.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package util
+package flag
 
 // StringFlag is a string flag compatible with flags and pflags that keeps track of whether it had a value supplied or not.
 type StringFlag struct {