diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/master_config.go b/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/master_config.go
index eeb3bf7f2f67..951e5a20780f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/master_config.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/master/master_config.go
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/flagtypes"
 	configapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/server/apis/config"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/server/election"
-	nodeclient "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/node/client"
 	cmdutil "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/util"
 	cmdflags "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/util/flags"
 	oauthutil "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/oauth/util"
@@ -175,6 +174,12 @@ func BuildKubeAPIserverOptions(masterConfig configapi.MasterConfig) (*kapiserver
 	}
 
 	server.KubeletConfig.ReadOnlyPort = 0
+	server.KubeletConfig.Port = masterConfig.KubeletClientInfo.Port
+	server.KubeletConfig.PreferredAddressTypes = []string{"Hostname", "InternalIP", "ExternalIP"}
+	server.KubeletConfig.EnableHttps = true
+	server.KubeletConfig.CAFile = masterConfig.KubeletClientInfo.CA
+	server.KubeletConfig.CertFile = masterConfig.KubeletClientInfo.ClientCert.CertFile
+	server.KubeletConfig.KeyFile = masterConfig.KubeletClientInfo.ClientCert.KeyFile
 
 	server.ProxyClientCertFile = masterConfig.AggregatorConfig.ProxyClientInfo.CertFile
 	server.ProxyClientKeyFile = masterConfig.AggregatorConfig.ProxyClientInfo.KeyFile
@@ -507,7 +512,7 @@ func buildKubeApiserverConfig(
 
 			EventTTL: apiserverOptions.EventTTL,
 
-			KubeletClientConfig: *nodeclient.GetKubeletClientConfig(masterConfig),
+			KubeletClientConfig: apiserverOptions.KubeletConfig,
 
 			EnableLogsSupport: false, // don't expose server logs
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/node/client/client.go b/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/node/client/client.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e72d67a1d57..000000000000
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/kubernetes/node/client/client.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package client
-
-import (
-	kubeletclient "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/client"
-
-	configapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/server/apis/config"
-)
-
-func GetKubeletClientConfig(options configapi.MasterConfig) *kubeletclient.KubeletClientConfig {
-	config := &kubeletclient.KubeletClientConfig{
-		Port: options.KubeletClientInfo.Port,
-		PreferredAddressTypes: []string{
-			string("Hostname"),
-			string("InternalIP"),
-			string("ExternalIP"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	if len(options.KubeletClientInfo.CA) > 0 {
-		config.EnableHttps = true
-		config.CAFile = options.KubeletClientInfo.CA
-	}
-
-	if len(options.KubeletClientInfo.ClientCert.CertFile) > 0 {
-		config.EnableHttps = true
-		config.CertFile = options.KubeletClientInfo.ClientCert.CertFile
-		config.KeyFile = options.KubeletClientInfo.ClientCert.KeyFile
-	}
-
-	return config
-}