diff --git a/cli/command/system/version.go b/cli/command/system/version.go
index 2e2ae2ee3a..62170ca06d 100644
--- a/cli/command/system/version.go
+++ b/cli/command/system/version.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/templates"
+	kubeapi "github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ func getKubernetesVersion(dockerCli command.Cli, kubeConfig string) *kubernetesV
 		err          error
 	)
 	if dockerCli.CurrentContext() == "" {
-		clientConfig = kubernetes.NewKubernetesConfig(kubeConfig)
+		clientConfig = kubeapi.NewKubernetesConfig(kubeConfig)
 	} else {
 		clientConfig, err = kubecontext.ConfigFromContext(dockerCli.CurrentContext(), dockerCli.ContextStore())
 	}
diff --git a/cli/context/kubernetes/load.go b/cli/context/kubernetes/load.go
index 97dded9b42..c218d94dee 100644
--- a/cli/context/kubernetes/load.go
+++ b/cli/context/kubernetes/load.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package kubernetes
 import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/context"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/store"
-	"github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes"
+	api "github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes/api"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
 )
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ func ConfigFromContext(name string, s store.Reader) (clientcmd.ClientConfig, err
 		return ep.KubernetesConfig(), nil
 	}
 	// context has no kubernetes endpoint
-	return kubernetes.NewKubernetesConfig(""), nil
+	return api.NewKubernetesConfig(""), nil
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes/config.go b/kubernetes/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ec85c2195..0000000000
--- a/kubernetes/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package kubernetes
-
-import api "github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes/api"
-
-// NewKubernetesConfig resolves the path to the desired Kubernetes configuration file based on
-// the KUBECONFIG environment variable and command line flags.
-// Deprecated: Use github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes/api.NewKubernetesConfig instead
-var NewKubernetesConfig = api.NewKubernetesConfig