diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
index 4470684447..773a065772 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getServingInfoFor(crd *apiextensions.CustomResourceDefiniti
 		&metav1.GetOptions{},
 		&metav1.DeleteOptions{},
 	)
-	parameterScheme.AddGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs(metav1.GetGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs()...)
 	parameterCodec := runtime.NewParameterCodec(parameterScheme)
 
 	kind := schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: crd.Spec.Group, Version: crd.Spec.Version, Kind: crd.Status.AcceptedNames.Kind}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
index 6e449a436a..b300d37015 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/register.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func AddToGroupVersion(scheme *runtime.Scheme, groupVersion schema.GroupVersion)
 	)
 
 	// register manually. This usually goes through the SchemeBuilder, which we cannot use here.
-	scheme.AddGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs(GetGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs()...)
 	AddConversionFuncs(scheme)
 	RegisterDefaults(scheme)
 }
@@ -90,6 +89,5 @@ func init() {
 	)
 
 	// register manually. This usually goes through the SchemeBuilder, which we cannot use here.
-	scheme.AddGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs(GetGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs()...)
 	RegisterDefaults(scheme)
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/cloner.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/cloner.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c5dec1f31e..0000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/cloner.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package conversion
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-)
-
-// Cloner knows how to copy one type to another.
-type Cloner struct {
-	// Map from the type to a function which can do the deep copy.
-	deepCopyFuncs          map[reflect.Type]reflect.Value
-	generatedDeepCopyFuncs map[reflect.Type]func(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *Cloner) error
-}
-
-// NewCloner creates a new Cloner object.
-func NewCloner() *Cloner {
-	c := &Cloner{
-		deepCopyFuncs:          map[reflect.Type]reflect.Value{},
-		generatedDeepCopyFuncs: map[reflect.Type]func(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *Cloner) error{},
-	}
-	if err := c.RegisterDeepCopyFunc(byteSliceDeepCopy); err != nil {
-		// If one of the deep-copy functions is malformed, detect it immediately.
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
-// Prevent recursing into every byte...
-func byteSliceDeepCopy(in *[]byte, out *[]byte, c *Cloner) error {
-	if *in != nil {
-		*out = make([]byte, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	} else {
-		*out = nil
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Verifies whether a deep-copy function has a correct signature.
-func verifyDeepCopyFunctionSignature(ft reflect.Type) error {
-	if ft.Kind() != reflect.Func {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected func, got: %v", ft)
-	}
-	if ft.NumIn() != 3 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected three 'in' params, got %v", ft)
-	}
-	if ft.NumOut() != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected one 'out' param, got %v", ft)
-	}
-	if ft.In(0).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected pointer arg for 'in' param 0, got: %v", ft)
-	}
-	if ft.In(1) != ft.In(0) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected 'in' param 0 the same as param 1, got: %v", ft)
-	}
-	var forClonerType Cloner
-	if expected := reflect.TypeOf(&forClonerType); ft.In(2) != expected {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected '%v' arg for 'in' param 2, got: '%v'", expected, ft.In(2))
-	}
-	var forErrorType error
-	// This convolution is necessary, otherwise TypeOf picks up on the fact
-	// that forErrorType is nil
-	errorType := reflect.TypeOf(&forErrorType).Elem()
-	if ft.Out(0) != errorType {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected error return, got: %v", ft)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// RegisterGeneratedDeepCopyFunc registers a copying func with the Cloner.
-// deepCopyFunc must take three parameters: a type input, a pointer to a
-// type output, and a pointer to Cloner. It should return an error.
-//
-// Example:
-// c.RegisterGeneratedDeepCopyFunc(
-//         func(in Pod, out *Pod, c *Cloner) error {
-//                 // deep copy logic...
-//                 return nil
-//          })
-func (c *Cloner) RegisterDeepCopyFunc(deepCopyFunc interface{}) error {
-	fv := reflect.ValueOf(deepCopyFunc)
-	ft := fv.Type()
-	if err := verifyDeepCopyFunctionSignature(ft); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	c.deepCopyFuncs[ft.In(0)] = fv
-	return nil
-}
-
-// GeneratedDeepCopyFunc bundles an untyped generated deep-copy function of a type
-// with a reflection type object used as a key to lookup the deep-copy function.
-type GeneratedDeepCopyFunc struct {
-	Fn     func(in interface{}, out interface{}, c *Cloner) error
-	InType reflect.Type
-}
-
-// Similar to RegisterDeepCopyFunc, but registers deep copy function that were
-// automatically generated.
-func (c *Cloner) RegisterGeneratedDeepCopyFunc(fn GeneratedDeepCopyFunc) error {
-	c.generatedDeepCopyFuncs[fn.InType] = fn.Fn
-	return nil
-}
-
-// DeepCopy will perform a deep copy of a given object.
-func (c *Cloner) DeepCopy(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	// Can be invalid if we run DeepCopy(X) where X is a nil interface type.
-	// For example, we get an invalid value when someone tries to deep-copy
-	// a nil labels.Selector.
-	// This does not occur if X is nil and is a pointer to a concrete type.
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	inValue := reflect.ValueOf(in)
-	outValue, err := c.deepCopy(inValue)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return outValue.Interface(), nil
-}
-
-func (c *Cloner) deepCopy(src reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
-	inType := src.Type()
-
-	switch src.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Interface, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice:
-		if src.IsNil() {
-			return src, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	if fv, ok := c.deepCopyFuncs[inType]; ok {
-		return c.customDeepCopy(src, fv)
-	}
-	if fv, ok := c.generatedDeepCopyFuncs[inType]; ok {
-		var outValue reflect.Value
-		outValue = reflect.New(inType.Elem())
-		err := fv(src.Interface(), outValue.Interface(), c)
-		return outValue, err
-	}
-	return c.defaultDeepCopy(src)
-}
-
-func (c *Cloner) customDeepCopy(src, fv reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
-	outValue := reflect.New(src.Type().Elem())
-	args := []reflect.Value{src, outValue, reflect.ValueOf(c)}
-	result := fv.Call(args)[0].Interface()
-	// This convolution is necessary because nil interfaces won't convert
-	// to error.
-	if result == nil {
-		return outValue, nil
-	}
-	return outValue, result.(error)
-}
-
-func (c *Cloner) defaultDeepCopy(src reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
-	switch src.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Chan, reflect.Func, reflect.UnsafePointer, reflect.Uintptr:
-		return src, fmt.Errorf("cannot deep copy kind: %s", src.Kind())
-	case reflect.Array:
-		dst := reflect.New(src.Type())
-		for i := 0; i < src.Len(); i++ {
-			copyVal, err := c.deepCopy(src.Index(i))
-			if err != nil {
-				return src, err
-			}
-			dst.Elem().Index(i).Set(copyVal)
-		}
-		return dst.Elem(), nil
-	case reflect.Interface:
-		if src.IsNil() {
-			return src, nil
-		}
-		return c.deepCopy(src.Elem())
-	case reflect.Map:
-		if src.IsNil() {
-			return src, nil
-		}
-		dst := reflect.MakeMap(src.Type())
-		for _, k := range src.MapKeys() {
-			copyVal, err := c.deepCopy(src.MapIndex(k))
-			if err != nil {
-				return src, err
-			}
-			dst.SetMapIndex(k, copyVal)
-		}
-		return dst, nil
-	case reflect.Ptr:
-		if src.IsNil() {
-			return src, nil
-		}
-		dst := reflect.New(src.Type().Elem())
-		copyVal, err := c.deepCopy(src.Elem())
-		if err != nil {
-			return src, err
-		}
-		dst.Elem().Set(copyVal)
-		return dst, nil
-	case reflect.Slice:
-		if src.IsNil() {
-			return src, nil
-		}
-		dst := reflect.MakeSlice(src.Type(), 0, src.Len())
-		for i := 0; i < src.Len(); i++ {
-			copyVal, err := c.deepCopy(src.Index(i))
-			if err != nil {
-				return src, err
-			}
-			dst = reflect.Append(dst, copyVal)
-		}
-		return dst, nil
-	case reflect.Struct:
-		dst := reflect.New(src.Type())
-		for i := 0; i < src.NumField(); i++ {
-			if !dst.Elem().Field(i).CanSet() {
-				// Can't set private fields. At this point, the
-				// best we can do is a shallow copy. For
-				// example, time.Time is a value type with
-				// private members that can be shallow copied.
-				return src, nil
-			}
-			copyVal, err := c.deepCopy(src.Field(i))
-			if err != nil {
-				return src, err
-			}
-			dst.Elem().Field(i).Set(copyVal)
-		}
-		return dst.Elem(), nil
-
-	default:
-		// Value types like numbers, booleans, and strings.
-		return src, nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/deep_copy_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/deep_copy_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fdef856f29..0000000000
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/deep_copy_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package conversion
-
-import (
-	"math/rand"
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/gofuzz"
-)
-
-func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
-	semantic := EqualitiesOrDie()
-	f := fuzz.New().NilChance(.5).NumElements(0, 100)
-	table := []interface{}{
-		map[string]string{},
-		int(5),
-		"hello world",
-		struct {
-			A, B, C struct {
-				D map[string]int
-			}
-			X []int
-			Y []byte
-		}{},
-	}
-	for _, obj := range table {
-		obj2, err := NewCloner().DeepCopy(obj)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Error: couldn't copy %#v", obj)
-			continue
-		}
-		if e, a := obj, obj2; !semantic.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-			t.Errorf("expected %#v\ngot %#v", e, a)
-		}
-
-		obj3 := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(obj)).Interface()
-		f.Fuzz(obj3)
-		obj4, err := NewCloner().DeepCopy(obj3)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Error: couldn't copy %#v", obj)
-			continue
-		}
-		if e, a := obj3, obj4; !semantic.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-			t.Errorf("expected %#v\ngot %#v", e, a)
-		}
-		f.Fuzz(obj3)
-	}
-}
-
-func copyOrDie(t *testing.T, in interface{}) interface{} {
-	out, err := NewCloner().DeepCopy(in)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("DeepCopy failed: %#q: %v", in, err)
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-func TestDeepCopySliceSeparate(t *testing.T) {
-	x := []int{5}
-	y := copyOrDie(t, x).([]int)
-	x[0] = 3
-	if y[0] == 3 {
-		t.Errorf("deep copy wasn't deep: %#q %#q", x, y)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeepCopyArraySeparate(t *testing.T) {
-	x := [1]int{5}
-	y := copyOrDie(t, x).([1]int)
-	x[0] = 3
-	if y[0] == 3 {
-		t.Errorf("deep copy wasn't deep: %#q %#q", x, y)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeepCopyMapSeparate(t *testing.T) {
-	x := map[string]int{"foo": 5}
-	y := copyOrDie(t, x).(map[string]int)
-	x["foo"] = 3
-	if y["foo"] == 3 {
-		t.Errorf("deep copy wasn't deep: %#q %#q", x, y)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeepCopyPointerSeparate(t *testing.T) {
-	z := 5
-	x := &z
-	y := copyOrDie(t, x).(*int)
-	*x = 3
-	if *y == 3 {
-		t.Errorf("deep copy wasn't deep: %#q %#q", x, y)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDeepCopyStruct(t *testing.T) {
-	type Foo struct {
-		A int
-	}
-	type Bar struct {
-		Foo
-		F *Foo
-	}
-	a := &Bar{Foo{1}, &Foo{2}}
-	b := copyOrDie(t, a).(*Bar)
-	a.A = 3
-	a.F.A = 4
-
-	if b.A != 1 || b.F.A != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("deep copy wasn't deep: %#v, %#v", a, b)
-	}
-}
-
-var result interface{}
-
-func BenchmarkDeepCopy(b *testing.B) {
-	table := []interface{}{
-		map[string]string{},
-		int(5),
-		"hello world",
-		struct {
-			A, B, C struct {
-				D map[string]int
-			}
-			X []int
-			Y []byte
-		}{},
-	}
-
-	f := fuzz.New().RandSource(rand.NewSource(1)).NilChance(.5).NumElements(0, 100)
-	for i := range table {
-		out := table[i]
-		obj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(out)).Interface()
-		f.Fuzz(obj)
-		table[i] = obj
-	}
-
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	var r interface{}
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		for j := range table {
-			r, _ = NewCloner().DeepCopy(table[j])
-		}
-	}
-	result = r
-}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/register.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/register.go
index e14b82c1b1..9abf739ae0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/register.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/register.go
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@ func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 		&Policy{},
 		&PolicyList{},
 	)
-	scheme.AddGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs(GetGeneratedDeepCopyFuncs()...)
 	return nil
 }