diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/BUILD b/cmd/kubectl/BUILD
index 35f502bd7d..73a6613efc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ filegroup(
 
 filegroup(
     name = "all-srcs",
-    srcs = [
-        ":package-srcs",
-        "//cmd/kubectl/app:all-srcs",
-    ],
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     visibility = [
         "//build/visible_to:cmd_kubectl_CONSUMERS",
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/app/BUILD b/cmd/kubectl/app/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index ea19ac1d73..0000000000
--- a/cmd/kubectl/app/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-load(
-    "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
-    "go_library",
-)
-
-go_library(
-    name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["kubectl.go"],
-    importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubectl/app",
-    visibility = [
-        "//build/visible_to:cmd_kubectl_app_CONSUMERS",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        "//pkg/client/metrics/prometheus:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/kubectl/util/logs:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/version/prometheus:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth:go_default_library",
-    ],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "package-srcs",
-    srcs = glob(["**"]),
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "all-srcs",
-    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-    visibility = [
-        "//build/visible_to:cmd_kubectl_app_CONSUMERS",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go b/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ddcdfb9227..0000000000
--- a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +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 app
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"         // kubectl auth providers.
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics/prometheus" // for client metric registration
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
-	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/logs"
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version/prometheus" // for version metric registration
-)
-
-/*
-WARNING: this logic is duplicated, with minor changes, in cmd/hyperkube/kubectl.go
-Any salient changes here will need to be manually reflected in that file.
-*/
-
-// Run runs the kubectl program (creates and executes a new cobra command).
-func Run() error {
-	logs.InitLogs()
-	defer logs.FlushLogs()
-
-	cmd := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
-	return cmd.Execute()
-}