diff --git a/hack/update-staging-godeps.sh b/hack/update-staging-godeps.sh
index 784c5c6e3e72..d1d05bdb037a 100755
--- a/hack/update-staging-godeps.sh
+++ b/hack/update-staging-godeps.sh
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ function updateGodepManifest() {
 # move into staging and save the dependencies for everything in order
 mkdir -p "${TMP_GOPATH}/src/k8s.io"
 for repo in $(ls ${KUBE_ROOT}/staging/src/k8s.io); do
-  # we have to skip api because it does not depend on anything
-  if [ "${repo}" == "api" ]; then
-    continue
-  fi
   # we skip metrics because it's synced to the real repo manually
   if [ "${repo}" == "metrics" ]; then
     continue
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/Godeps/Godeps.json b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/Godeps/Godeps.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..307e26645de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{
+	"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
+	"GoVersion": "go1.8",
+	"GodepVersion": "v79",
+	"Packages": [
+		"./..."
+	],
+	"Deps": [
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell",
+			"Rev": "8a290539e2e8629dbc4e6bad948158f790ec31f4"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc",
+			"Rev": "5bd2802263f21d8788851d5305584c82a5c75d7e"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/emicklei/go-restful",
+			"Rev": "ff4f55a206334ef123e4f79bbf348980da81ca46"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/emicklei/go-restful/log",
+			"Rev": "ff4f55a206334ef123e4f79bbf348980da81ca46"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer",
+			"Rev": "46af16f9f7b149af66e5d1bd010e3574dc06de98"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference",
+			"Rev": "13c6e3589ad90f49bd3e3bbe2c2cb3d7a4142272"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/go-openapi/spec",
+			"Rev": "6aced65f8501fe1217321abf0749d354824ba2ff"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/go-openapi/swag",
+			"Rev": "1d0bd113de87027671077d3c71eb3ac5d7dbba72"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto",
+			"Rev": "c0656edd0d9eab7c66d1eb0c568f9039345796f7"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/gogo/protobuf/sortkeys",
+			"Rev": "c0656edd0d9eab7c66d1eb0c568f9039345796f7"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/golang/glog",
+			"Rev": "44145f04b68cf362d9c4df2182967c2275eaefed"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/google/gofuzz",
+			"Rev": "44d81051d367757e1c7c6a5a86423ece9afcf63c"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/mailru/easyjson/buffer",
+			"Rev": "d5b7844b561a7bc640052f1b935f7b800330d7e0"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/mailru/easyjson/jlexer",
+			"Rev": "d5b7844b561a7bc640052f1b935f7b800330d7e0"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/mailru/easyjson/jwriter",
+			"Rev": "d5b7844b561a7bc640052f1b935f7b800330d7e0"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/spf13/pflag",
+			"Rev": "9ff6c6923cfffbcd502984b8e0c80539a94968b7"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/ugorji/go/codec",
+			"Rev": "ded73eae5db7e7a0ef6f55aace87a2873c5d2b74"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/http2",
+			"Rev": "f2499483f923065a842d38eb4c7f1927e6fc6e6d"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack",
+			"Rev": "f2499483f923065a842d38eb4c7f1927e6fc6e6d"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/idna",
+			"Rev": "f2499483f923065a842d38eb4c7f1927e6fc6e6d"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/lex/httplex",
+			"Rev": "f2499483f923065a842d38eb4c7f1927e6fc6e6d"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/cases",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/internal/tag",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/language",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/runes",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/secure/bidirule",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/secure/precis",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/transform",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/unicode/bidi",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/text/width",
+			"Rev": "2910a502d2bf9e43193af9d68ca516529614eed3"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "gopkg.in/inf.v0",
+			"Rev": "3887ee99ecf07df5b447e9b00d9c0b2adaa9f3e4"
+		}
+	]
+}