diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/constants.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/constants.go
index 9769ef13d7a..3b4cf62425e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/constants.go
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package pipeline
 
 const (
+	// PipelineRunControllerName holds the name of the PipelineRun controller
+	// nolint: golint
+	PipelineRunControllerName = "PipelineRun"
+
+	// TaskRunControllerName holds the name of the PipelineRun controller
+	TaskRunControllerName = "TaskRun"
 
 	// PipelineResourceTypeGit indicates that this source is a GitHub repo.
 	ArtifactStorageBucketType = "bucket"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
index 1e0853c1115..143b1f04282 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelinerun_types.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/config"
-
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	pipelineRunControllerName = "PipelineRun"
-	groupVersionKind          = schema.GroupVersionKind{
+	groupVersionKind = schema.GroupVersionKind{
 		Group:   SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
 		Version: SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
-		Kind:    pipelineRunControllerName,
+		Kind:    pipeline.PipelineRunControllerName,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ func (pr *PipelineRun) IsCancelled() bool {
 // GetRunKey return the pipelinerun key for timeout handler map
 func (pr *PipelineRun) GetRunKey() string {
 	// The address of the pointer is a threadsafe unique identifier for the pipelinerun
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%p", pipelineRunControllerName, pr)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%p", pipeline.PipelineRunControllerName, pr)
 }
 
 // IsTimedOut returns true if a pipelinerun has exceeded its spec.Timeout based on its status.Timeout
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
index 1a676a7cbaf..99991dcef85 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/taskrun_types.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (tr *TaskRun) GetPipelineRunPVCName() string {
 		return ""
 	}
 	for _, ref := range tr.GetOwnerReferences() {
-		if ref.Kind == pipelineRunControllerName {
+		if ref.Kind == pipeline.PipelineRunControllerName {
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%s-pvc", ref.Name)
 		}
 	}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (tr *TaskRun) GetPipelineRunPVCName() string {
 // owner reference of type PipelineRun
 func (tr *TaskRun) HasPipelineRunOwnerReference() bool {
 	for _, ref := range tr.GetOwnerReferences() {
-		if ref.Kind == pipelineRunControllerName {
+		if ref.Kind == pipeline.PipelineRunControllerName {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/controller.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/controller.go
index 93c5fdcc594..cb6cc49eb20 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/controller.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func NewController(images pipeline.Images) func(context.Context, configmap.Watch
 			timeoutHandler:    timeoutHandler,
 			metrics:           metrics,
 		}
-		impl := controller.NewImpl(c, c.Logger, pipelineRunControllerName)
+		impl := controller.NewImpl(c, c.Logger, pipeline.PipelineRunControllerName)
 
 		timeoutHandler.SetPipelineRunCallbackFunc(impl.Enqueue)
 		timeoutHandler.CheckTimeouts(kubeclientset, pipelineclientset)
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
index 3c1ce9b2424..fcc8cafd25c 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ const (
 	ReasonInvalidGraph = "PipelineInvalidGraph"
 	// pipelineRunAgentName defines logging agent name for PipelineRun Controller
 	pipelineRunAgentName = "pipeline-controller"
-	// pipelineRunControllerName defines name for PipelineRun Controller
-	pipelineRunControllerName = "PipelineRun"
 
 	// Event reasons
 	eventReasonFailed    = "PipelineRunFailed"
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/controller.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/controller.go
index b4594732d94..d4e643faef8 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/controller.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func NewController(images pipeline.Images) func(context.Context, configmap.Watch
 			metrics:           metrics,
 			entrypointCache:   entrypointCache,
 		}
-		impl := controller.NewImpl(c, c.Logger, taskRunControllerName)
+		impl := controller.NewImpl(c, c.Logger, pipeline.TaskRunControllerName)
 
 		timeoutHandler.SetTaskRunCallbackFunc(impl.Enqueue)
 		timeoutHandler.CheckTimeouts(kubeclientset, pipelineclientset)
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun.go
index 244cae9a99c..a5a3867bba2 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun.go
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	// taskRunAgentName defines logging agent name for TaskRun Controller
 	taskRunAgentName = "taskrun-controller"
-	// taskRunControllerName defines name for TaskRun Controller
-	taskRunControllerName = "TaskRun"
-
-	// imageDigestExporterContainerName defines the name of the container that will collect the
-	// built images digest
 )
 
 // Reconciler implements controller.Reconciler for Configuration resources.