diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
index 4f3ce1e3b5..7bea6cf1f7 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-loadbalancing/glbc/default-svc-controller.yaml
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: l7-default-backend-v1.0
+  name: l7-default-backend
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v1.0
-    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     kubernetes.io/name: "GLBC"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
-    k8s-app: glbc
-    version: v1.0
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: glbc
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: glbc
-        version: v1.0
         name: glbc
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: default-http-backend
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index 6211f70d4b..17f89842be 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 {% set base_metrics_memory = "140Mi" -%}
-{% set metrics_memory = base_metrics_memory -%}
 {% set base_metrics_cpu = "80m" -%}
-{% set metrics_cpu = base_metrics_cpu -%}
 {% set base_eventer_memory = "190Mi" -%}
-{% set eventer_memory = base_eventer_memory -%}
 {% set metrics_memory_per_node = 4 -%}
 {% set metrics_cpu_per_node = 0.5 -%}
 {% set eventer_memory_per_node = 500 -%}
@@ -11,9 +8,6 @@
 {% set nanny_memory = "90Mi" -%}
 {% set nanny_memory_per_node = 200 -%}
 {% if num_nodes >= 0 -%}
-  {% set metrics_memory = (200 + num_nodes * metrics_memory_per_node)|string + "Mi" -%}
-  {% set metrics_cpu = (80 + num_nodes * metrics_cpu_per_node)|string + "m" -%}
-  {% set eventer_memory = (200 * 1024 + num_nodes * eventer_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
   {% set nanny_memory = (90 * 1024 + num_nodes * nanny_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
@@ -51,14 +45,6 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             initialDelaySeconds: 180
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
           command:
             - /heapster
             - --source=kubernetes.summary_api:''
@@ -69,14 +55,6 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0
           name: eventer
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
           command:
             - /eventer
             - --source=kubernetes:''
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
index a5e55cca1c..81fb8980fb 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 {% set base_metrics_memory = "140Mi" -%}
-{% set metrics_memory = base_metrics_memory -%}
 {% set base_metrics_cpu = "80m" -%}
-{% set metrics_cpu = base_metrics_cpu -%}
 {% set base_eventer_memory = "190Mi" -%}
-{% set eventer_memory = base_eventer_memory -%}
 {% set metrics_memory_per_node = 4 -%}
 {% set metrics_cpu_per_node = 0.5 -%}
 {% set eventer_memory_per_node = 500 -%}
@@ -11,9 +8,6 @@
 {% set nanny_memory = "90Mi" -%}
 {% set nanny_memory_per_node = 200 -%}
 {% if num_nodes >= 0 -%}
-  {% set metrics_memory = (200 + num_nodes * metrics_memory_per_node)|string + "Mi" -%}
-  {% set metrics_cpu = (80 + num_nodes * metrics_cpu_per_node)|string + "m" -%}
-  {% set eventer_memory = (200 * 1024 + num_nodes * eventer_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
   {% set nanny_memory = (90 * 1024 + num_nodes * nanny_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
@@ -51,14 +45,6 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             initialDelaySeconds: 180
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
           command:
             - /heapster
             - --source=kubernetes.summary_api:''
@@ -70,14 +56,6 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0
           name: eventer
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
           command:
             - /eventer
             - --source=kubernetes:''
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
index 5161cae4ae..718d2c56f3 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 {% set base_metrics_memory = "140Mi" -%}
-{% set metrics_memory = base_metrics_memory -%}
 {% set base_metrics_cpu = "80m" -%}
-{% set metrics_cpu = base_metrics_cpu -%}
 {% set base_eventer_memory = "190Mi" -%}
-{% set eventer_memory = base_eventer_memory -%}
 {% set metrics_memory_per_node = 4 -%}
 {% set metrics_cpu_per_node = 0.5|float -%}
 {% set eventer_memory_per_node = 500 -%}
@@ -11,9 +8,6 @@
 {% set nanny_memory = "90Mi" -%}
 {% set nanny_memory_per_node = 200 -%}
 {% if num_nodes >= 0 -%}
-  {% set metrics_memory = (200 + num_nodes * metrics_memory_per_node)|string + "Mi" -%}
-  {% set metrics_cpu = (80 + num_nodes * metrics_cpu_per_node)|string + "m" -%}
-  {% set eventer_memory = (200 * 1024 + num_nodes * eventer_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
   {% set nanny_memory = (90 * 1024 + num_nodes * nanny_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
@@ -51,28 +45,12 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             initialDelaySeconds: 180
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
           command:
             - /heapster
             - --source=kubernetes.summary_api:''
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0
           name: eventer
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: 100m
-              memory: {{ eventer_memory }}
           command:
             - /eventer
             - --source=kubernetes:''
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
index 6b80d41a51..a216f483ac 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 {% set base_metrics_memory = "140Mi" -%}
-{% set metrics_memory = base_metrics_memory -%}
 {% set metrics_memory_per_node = 4 -%}
 {% set base_metrics_cpu = "80m" -%}
-{% set metrics_cpu = base_metrics_cpu -%}
 {% set metrics_cpu_per_node = 0.5 -%}
 {% set num_nodes = pillar.get('num_nodes', -1) -%}
 {% set nanny_memory = "90Mi" -%}
 {% set nanny_memory_per_node = 200 -%}
 {% if num_nodes >= 0 -%}
-  {% set metrics_memory = (200 + num_nodes * metrics_memory_per_node)|string + "Mi" -%}
   {% set nanny_memory = (90 * 1024 + num_nodes * nanny_memory_per_node)|string + "Ki" -%}
-  {% set metrics_cpu = (80 + num_nodes * metrics_cpu_per_node)|string + "m" -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
 apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
@@ -47,14 +43,6 @@ spec:
               scheme: HTTP
             initialDelaySeconds: 180
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-          resources:
-            # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
-            limits:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: {{ metrics_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ metrics_memory }}
           command:
             - /heapster
             - --source=kubernetes.summary_api:''
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
index 28d82304fa..01446f8522 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 # This file should be kept in sync with cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kubernetes-dashboard-v1.4.0
+  name: kubernetes-dashboard
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
-    version: v1.4.0
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
-        version: v1.4.0
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
index 28cf7d7de1..e0dcd4572d 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.base
@@ -18,25 +18,26 @@
 
 # __MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__
 
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v20
+  name: kube-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: __PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__
+  # replicas: not specified here:
+  # 1. In order to make Addon Manager do not reconcile this replicas parameter.
+  # 2. Default is 1.
+  # 3. Will be tuned in real time if DNS horizontal auto-scaling is turned on.
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v20
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
index 616ade1731..036dc62b9d 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in
@@ -18,25 +18,26 @@
 
 # Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: skydns-rc.yaml.base
 
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v20
+  name: kube-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ pillar['dns_replicas'] }}
+  # replicas: not specified here:
+  # 1. In order to make Addon Manager do not reconcile this replicas parameter.
+  # 2. Default is 1.
+  # 3. Will be tuned in real time if DNS horizontal auto-scaling is turned on.
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v20
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
index be59bad988..835b170ca7 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed
@@ -18,25 +18,26 @@
 
 # Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: skydns-rc.yaml.base
 
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v20
+  name: kube-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: $DNS_REPLICAS
+  # replicas: not specified here:
+  # 1. In order to make Addon Manager do not reconcile this replicas parameter.
+  # 2. Default is 1.
+  # 3. Will be tuned in real time if DNS horizontal auto-scaling is turned on.
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v20
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2salt.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2salt.sed
index 4ce2e4988f..73cfafea42 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2salt.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2salt.sed
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/{{ pillar['dns_server'] }}/g
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__/{{ pillar['dns_replicas'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/{{ pillar['dns_domain'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__FEDERATIONS__DOMAIN__MAP__/{{ pillar['federations_domain_map'] }}/g
-s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
\ No newline at end of file
+s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2sed.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2sed.sed
index 2138854dfe..f969a2d5c6 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2sed.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/transforms2sed.sed
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/$DNS_SERVER_IP/g
-s/__PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__/$DNS_REPLICAS/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/$DNS_DOMAIN/g
 /__PILLAR__FEDERATIONS__DOMAIN__MAP__/d
-s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
\ No newline at end of file
+s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/kibana-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/kibana-controller.yaml
index 2c5748d143..ed4445f743 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/kibana-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/kibana-controller.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kibana-logging-v1
+  name: kibana-logging
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kibana-logging
-    version: v1
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kibana-logging
-    version: v1
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kibana-logging
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kibana-logging
-        version: v1
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: kibana-logging
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
index 58591bae60..35b6aa460d 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-default.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ fi
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="${DNS_SERVER_IP:-10.0.0.10}"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
index 1de0ce1ad7..5c0bbec29c 100755
--- a/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/config-test.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ fi
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="${DNS_SERVER_IP:-10.0.0.10}"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/common.sh b/cluster/common.sh
index 6d67772dbd..27b0ab4d00 100755
--- a/cluster/common.sh
+++ b/cluster/common.sh
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false})
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false})
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK: $(yaml-quote ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK:-})
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE: $(yaml-quote ${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE:-})
-DNS_REPLICAS: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_REPLICAS:-})
 DNS_SERVER_IP: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_SERVER_IP:-})
 DNS_DOMAIN: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_DOMAIN:-})
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false})
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index bd5abb8688..6a2d74b7e8 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ FEATURE_GATES="${KUBE_FEATURE_GATES:-}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="${KUBE_DNS_SERVER_IP:-10.0.0.10}"
 DNS_DOMAIN="${KUBE_DNS_DOMAIN:-cluster.local}"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 8b87b3fe9f..7920cca653 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ fi
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 168dd5b035..f6190b6a25 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ logging_destination: '$(echo "$LOGGING_DESTINATION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 elasticsearch_replicas: '$(echo "$ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_dns: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_registry: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-dns_replicas: '$(echo "$DNS_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_server: '$(echo "$DNS_SERVER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_domain: '$(echo "$DNS_DOMAIN" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_dns_horizontal_autoscaler: '$(echo "$ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
index b8a712ea36..eed9bdd9fe 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+# Keep this file in sync with addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  # Keep this file in sync with addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
-  name: kubernetes-dashboard-v1.4.0
+  name: kubernetes-dashboard
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
-    version: v1.4.0
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
-        version: v1.4.0
-        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: kubernetes-dashboard
diff --git a/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml b/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml
index 1fcdbedb2c..d80536b01f 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml
+++ b/cluster/gce/coreos/kube-manifests/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v20
+  name: kube-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: ${DNS_REPLICAS}
+  # replicas: not specified here:
+  # 1. In order to make Addon Manager do not reconcile this replicas parameter.
+  # 2. Default is 1.
+  # 3. Will be tuned in real time if DNS horizontal auto-scaling is turned on.
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v20
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 1daaa08799..91ca3a3093 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -985,11 +985,8 @@ function start-kube-addons {
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "${file_dir}"
     # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
     base_metrics_memory="140Mi"
-    metrics_memory="${base_metrics_memory}"
     base_eventer_memory="190Mi"
     base_metrics_cpu="80m"
-    metrics_cpu="${base_metrics_cpu}"
-    eventer_memory="${base_eventer_memory}"
     nanny_memory="90Mi"
     local -r metrics_memory_per_node="4"
     local -r metrics_cpu_per_node="0.5"
@@ -997,10 +994,7 @@ function start-kube-addons {
     local -r nanny_memory_per_node="200"
     if [[ -n "${NUM_NODES:-}" && "${NUM_NODES}" -ge 1 ]]; then
       num_kube_nodes="$((${NUM_NODES}+1))"
-      metrics_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${metrics_memory_per_node} + 200))Mi"
-      eventer_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${eventer_memory_per_node} + 200 * 1024))Ki"
       nanny_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${nanny_memory_per_node} + 90 * 1024))Ki"
-      metrics_cpu=$(echo - | awk "{print ${num_kube_nodes} * ${metrics_cpu_per_node} + 80}")m
     fi
     controller_yaml="${dst_dir}/${file_dir}"
     if [[ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-}" == "googleinfluxdb" ]]; then
@@ -1010,11 +1004,8 @@ function start-kube-addons {
     fi
     remove-salt-config-comments "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_metrics_memory *}}@${base_metrics_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_memory *}}@${metrics_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_metrics_cpu *}}@${base_metrics_cpu}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_cpu *}}@${metrics_cpu}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_eventer_memory *}}@${base_eventer_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *eventer_memory *}}@${eventer_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_memory_per_node *}}@${metrics_memory_per_node}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *eventer_memory_per_node *}}@${eventer_memory_per_node}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *nanny_memory *}}@${nanny_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
@@ -1027,7 +1018,6 @@ function start-kube-addons {
     mv "${dst_dir}/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in" "${dns_rc_file}"
     mv "${dst_dir}/dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in" "${dns_svc_file}"
     # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_replicas'\] *}}@${DNS_REPLICAS}@g" "${dns_rc_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_domain'\] *}}@${DNS_DOMAIN}@g" "${dns_rc_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_server'\] *}}@${DNS_SERVER_IP}@g" "${dns_svc_file}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
index 481bae943b..65a6ea350f 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/trusty/configure-helper.sh
@@ -827,11 +827,8 @@ start_kube_addons() {
     setup_addon_manifests "addons" "${file_dir}"
     # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
     base_metrics_memory="140Mi"
-    metrics_memory="${base_metrics_memory}"
     base_eventer_memory="190Mi"
     base_metrics_cpu="80m"
-    metrics_cpu="${base_metrics_cpu}"
-    eventer_memory="${base_eventer_memory}"
     nanny_memory="90Mi"
     readonly metrics_memory_per_node="4"
     readonly metrics_cpu_per_node="0.5"
@@ -839,10 +836,7 @@ start_kube_addons() {
     readonly nanny_memory_per_node="200"
     if [ -n "${NUM_NODES:-}" ] && [ "${NUM_NODES}" -ge 1 ]; then
       num_kube_nodes="$((${NUM_NODES}+1))"
-      metrics_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${metrics_memory_per_node} + 200))Mi"
-      eventer_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${eventer_memory_per_node} + 200 * 1024))Ki"
       nanny_memory="$((${num_kube_nodes} * ${nanny_memory_per_node} + 90 * 1024))Ki"
-      metrics_cpu=$(echo - | awk "{print ${num_kube_nodes} * ${metrics_cpu_per_node} + 80}")m
     fi
     controller_yaml="${addon_dst_dir}/${file_dir}"
     if [ "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-}" = "googleinfluxdb" ]; then
@@ -852,11 +846,8 @@ start_kube_addons() {
     fi
     remove_salt_config_comments "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_metrics_memory *}}@${base_metrics_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_memory *}}@${metrics_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_metrics_cpu *}}@${base_metrics_cpu}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_cpu *}}@${metrics_cpu}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *base_eventer_memory *}}@${base_eventer_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *eventer_memory *}}@${eventer_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *metrics_memory_per_node *}}@${metrics_memory_per_node}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *eventer_memory_per_node *}}@${eventer_memory_per_node}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *nanny_memory *}}@${nanny_memory}@g" "${controller_yaml}"
@@ -875,7 +866,6 @@ start_kube_addons() {
     mv "${addon_dst_dir}/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in" "${dns_rc_file}"
     mv "${addon_dst_dir}/dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in" "${dns_svc_file}"
     # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
-    sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_replicas'\] *}}@${DNS_REPLICAS}@g" "${dns_rc_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_domain'\] *}}@${DNS_DOMAIN}@g" "${dns_rc_file}"
     sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_server'\] *}}@${DNS_SERVER_IP}@g" "${dns_svc_file}"
 
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
index be8586e1e9..fae40b8894 100644
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ endif
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|BASEIMAGE|${BASEIMAGE}|g" Dockerfile
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|CACHEBUST|$(shell uuidgen)|g" Dockerfile
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|-amd64|-${ARCH}|g" addons/singlenode/*.yaml addons/multinode/*.yaml
-	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|__PILLAR__DNS__REPLICAS__|1|g;s|__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__|10.0.0.10|g;" addons/singlenode/skydns*.yaml addons/multinode/skydns*.yaml
+	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__|10.0.0.10|g" addons/singlenode/skydns*.yaml addons/multinode/skydns*.yaml
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && sed -i.back "s|__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__|cluster.local|g;s|__PILLAR__FEDERATIONS__DOMAIN__MAP__||g;" addons/singlenode/skydns*.yaml addons/multinode/skydns*.yaml
 	cd ${TEMP_DIR} && rm -f addons/singlenode/*.back addons/multinode/*.back static-pods/*.back
 
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/reactive/k8s.py b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/reactive/k8s.py
index bc96972a16..385e319388 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/reactive/k8s.py
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/reactive/k8s.py
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ def gather_sdn_data():
     else:
         # There is no SDN cider fall back to the kubernetes config cidr option.
         pillar['dns_server'] = get_dns_ip(hookenv.config().get('cidr'))
-    # The pillar['dns_server'] value is used the kubedns-svc.yaml file.
-    pillar['dns_replicas'] = 1
     # The pillar['dns_domain'] value is used in the kubedns-rc.yaml
     pillar['dns_domain'] = hookenv.config().get('dns_domain')
     # Use a 'pillar' dictionary so we can reuse the upstream kubedns templates.
diff --git a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/templates/kubedns-rc.yaml b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/templates/kubedns-rc.yaml
index ff430f8c27..3cdffd0527 100644
--- a/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/templates/kubedns-rc.yaml
+++ b/cluster/juju/layers/kubernetes/templates/kubedns-rc.yaml
@@ -14,25 +14,26 @@
 
 # Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: skydns-rc.yaml.base
 
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ReplicationController
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: kube-dns-v20
+  name: kube-dns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ pillar['dns_replicas'] }}
+  # replicas: not specified here:
+  # 1. In order to make Addon Manager do not reconcile this replicas parameter.
+  # 2. Default is 1.
+  # 3. Will be tuned in real time if DNS horizontal auto-scaling is turned on.
   selector:
-    k8s-app: kube-dns
-    version: v20
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kube-dns
-        version: v20
       annotations:
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
         scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerations: '[{"key":"CriticalAddonsOnly", "operator":"Exists"}]'
diff --git a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
index 05866ff7a8..53313407ba 100644
--- a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/config-default.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ LOGGING_DESTINATION=elasticsearch
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE%.*}.254"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/forShellEval.sed b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/forShellEval.sed
index b33357571b..c1efc97483 100644
--- a/cluster/libvirt-coreos/forShellEval.sed
+++ b/cluster/libvirt-coreos/forShellEval.sed
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 s/\"/\\"/g
 s/DNS_SERVER_IP/{DNS_SERVER_IP}/g
-s/DNS_REPLICAS/{DNS_REPLICAS}/g
 s/DNS_DOMAIN/{DNS_DOMAIN}/g
diff --git a/cluster/mesos/docker/config-default.sh b/cluster/mesos/docker/config-default.sh
index 41fcd6f6ed..e32086b545 100755
--- a/cluster/mesos/docker/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/mesos/docker/config-default.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ DOCKER_OPTS=""
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=true
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.10.10.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/mesos/docker/deploy-dns.sh b/cluster/mesos/docker/deploy-dns.sh
index cbe650a4fd..b7be313fcb 100755
--- a/cluster/mesos/docker/deploy-dns.sh
+++ b/cluster/mesos/docker/deploy-dns.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ kubectl="${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kubectl.sh"
 workspace=$(pwd)
 
 # Process salt pillar templates manually
-sed -e "s/{{ pillar\['dns_replicas'\] }}/${DNS_REPLICAS}/g;s/{{ pillar\['dns_domain'\] }}/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in" > "${workspace}/skydns-rc.yaml"
+sed -e "s/{{ pillar\['dns_domain'\] }}/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.in" > "${workspace}/skydns-rc.yaml"
 sed -e "s/{{ pillar\['dns_server'\] }}/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-svc.yaml.in" > "${workspace}/skydns-svc.yaml"
 
 # Federation specific values.
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ else
   sed -i -e "/{{ pillar\['federations_domain_map'\] }}/d" "${workspace}/skydns-rc.yaml"
 fi
 
-# Use kubectl to create skydns rc and service
+# Use kubectl to create kube-dns controller and service
 "${kubectl}" create -f "${workspace}/skydns-rc.yaml"
 "${kubectl}" create -f "${workspace}/skydns-svc.yaml"
diff --git a/cluster/openstack-heat/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-salt.yaml b/cluster/openstack-heat/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-salt.yaml
index f8ca3fb6f8..59abb9b4a2 100644
--- a/cluster/openstack-heat/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-salt.yaml
+++ b/cluster/openstack-heat/kubernetes-heat/fragments/configure-salt.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ write_files:
       logging_destination: elasticsearch
       elasticsearch_replicas: "1"
       enable_cluster_dns: "true"
-      dns_replicas: "1"
       dns_server: 10.246.0.10
       dns_domain: cluster.local
       enable_dns_horizontal_autoscaler: "false"
diff --git a/cluster/photon-controller/config-default.sh b/cluster/photon-controller/config-default.sh
index 68f6fc0757..b2f71dd8c5 100755
--- a/cluster/photon-controller/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/photon-controller/config-default.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.244.240.240"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/photon-controller/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/photon-controller/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 0bb568ff47..e07fcd9b05 100755
--- a/cluster/photon-controller/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/photon-controller/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ enable_node_logging: "${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:false}"
 logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 elasticsearch_replicas: $ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS
 enable_cluster_dns: "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}"
-dns_replicas: ${DNS_REPLICAS:-1}
 dns_server: $DNS_SERVER_IP
 dns_domain: $DNS_DOMAIN
 federations_domain_map: ''
diff --git a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
index 6afb4e37ff..2618b379b3 100755
--- a/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/rackspace/config-default.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
index 6f7d7003bf..c83b0b72dc 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/config-default.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 # DNS_SERVER_IP must be a IP in SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE
 DNS_SERVER_IP=${DNS_SERVER_IP:-"192.168.3.10"}
 DNS_DOMAIN=${DNS_DOMAIN:-"cluster.local"}
-DNS_REPLICAS=${DNS_REPLICAS:-1}
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/ubuntu/deployAddons.sh b/cluster/ubuntu/deployAddons.sh
index 245f91ed0e..48b4325ad5 100755
--- a/cluster/ubuntu/deployAddons.sh
+++ b/cluster/ubuntu/deployAddons.sh
@@ -41,29 +41,29 @@ function init {
 
 function deploy_dns {
   echo "Deploying DNS on Kubernetes"
-  sed -e "s/\\\$DNS_REPLICAS/${DNS_REPLICAS}/g;s/\\\$DNS_DOMAIN/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g;" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed" > skydns-rc.yaml
+  sed -e "s/\\\$DNS_DOMAIN/${DNS_DOMAIN}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-rc.yaml.sed" > skydns-rc.yaml
   sed -e "s/\\\$DNS_SERVER_IP/${DNS_SERVER_IP}/g" "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dns/skydns-svc.yaml.sed" > skydns-svc.yaml
 
   KUBEDNS=`eval "${KUBECTL} get services --namespace=kube-system | grep kube-dns | cat"`
-      
+
   if [ ! "$KUBEDNS" ]; then
     # use kubectl to create skydns rc and service
     ${KUBECTL} --namespace=kube-system create -f skydns-rc.yaml 
     ${KUBECTL} --namespace=kube-system create -f skydns-svc.yaml
 
-    echo "Kube-dns rc and service is successfully deployed."
+    echo "Kube-dns controller and service are successfully deployed."
   else
-    echo "Kube-dns rc and service is already deployed. Skipping."
+    echo "Kube-dns controller and service are already deployed. Skipping."
   fi
 
   echo
 }
 
 function deploy_dashboard {
-    if ${KUBECTL} get rc -l k8s-app=kubernetes-dashboard --namespace=kube-system | grep kubernetes-dashboard-v &> /dev/null; then
-        echo "Kubernetes Dashboard replicationController already exists"
+    if ${KUBECTL} get deployment -l k8s-app=kubernetes-dashboard --namespace=kube-system | grep kubernetes-dashboard-v &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Kubernetes Dashboard controller already exists"
     else
-        echo "Creating Kubernetes Dashboard replicationController"
+        echo "Creating Kubernetes Dashboard controller"
         ${KUBECTL} create -f ${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/addons/dashboard/dashboard-controller.yaml
     fi
 
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
index bc4946b550..bf8c14166e 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/config-default.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA="${KUBE_ENABLE_CPU_CFS_QUOTA:-true}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.247.0.10"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh b/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
index 12b56b8559..1b2573a2d2 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/provision-utils.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ enable_node_logging: '$(echo "$ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 logging_destination: '$(echo "$LOGGING_DESTINATION" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 elasticsearch_replicas: '$(echo "$ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 enable_cluster_dns: '$(echo "$ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
-dns_replicas: '$(echo "$DNS_REPLICAS" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_server: '$(echo "$DNS_SERVER_IP" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 dns_domain: '$(echo "$DNS_DOMAIN" | sed -e "s/'/''/g")'
 federations_domain_map: ''
diff --git a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
index ca1274ecb7..267962c8f9 100755
--- a/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/vagrant/util.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ function echo-kube-env() {
   echo "ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS='${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}'"
   echo "DNS_SERVER_IP='${DNS_SERVER_IP:-}'"
   echo "DNS_DOMAIN='${DNS_DOMAIN:-}'"
-  echo "DNS_REPLICAS='${DNS_REPLICAS:-}'"
   echo "RUNTIME_CONFIG='${RUNTIME_CONFIG:-}'"
   echo "ADMISSION_CONTROL='${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-}'"
   echo "DOCKER_OPTS='${EXTRA_DOCKER_OPTS:-}'"
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
index 96f859cd28..89ee2a1392 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/config-default.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.244.240.240"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
-DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
index 291b5555cd..6070fb6a1e 100755
--- a/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
+++ b/cluster/vsphere/templates/create-dynamic-salt-files.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ enable_node_logging: "${ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:false}"
 logging_destination: $LOGGING_DESTINATION
 elasticsearch_replicas: $ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS
 enable_cluster_dns: "${ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-false}"
-dns_replicas: ${DNS_REPLICAS:-1}
 dns_server: $DNS_SERVER_IP
 dns_domain: $DNS_DOMAIN
 federations_domain_map: ''