diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 470e58a6be..4f676b01cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 - v1.15.x
 - v1.14.x
 
+### Improvements
+
+-   Provide detailed error for removed apiVersions. (https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kubernetes/pull/809).
+
 ## 1.1.0 (September 18, 2019)
 
 ### Supported Kubernetes versions
diff --git a/pkg/kinds/deprecated_test.go b/pkg/kinds/deprecated_test.go
index a439cff90e..6e3ab36404 100644
--- a/pkg/kinds/deprecated_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kinds/deprecated_test.go
@@ -87,32 +87,6 @@ func TestSuggestedApiVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// func TestRemovedApiVersion(t *testing.T) {
-// 	type args struct {
-// 		gvk     GroupVersionKind
-// 		version ServerVersion
-// 	}
-// 	tests := []struct {
-// 		name string
-// 		args args
-// 		want bool
-// 	}{
-// 		{"API exists", args{
-// 			GroupVersionKind{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Kind: "Deployment"},
-// 			ServerVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 16}}, false},
-// 		{"API removed", args{
-// 			GroupVersionKind{Group: "extensions", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "Deployment"},
-// 			ServerVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 16}}, true},
-// 	}
-// 	for _, tt := range tests {
-// 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-// 			if got := RemovedApiVersion(tt.args.gvk, tt.args.version); got != tt.want {
-// 				t.Errorf("RemovedApiVersion() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-// 			}
-// 		})
-// 	}
-// }
-
 func TestRemovedApiVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		gvk     GroupVersionKind
diff --git a/pkg/provider/provider.go b/pkg/provider/provider.go
index 4718faa5a4..07207c40d1 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/provider.go
@@ -447,12 +447,12 @@ func (k *kubeProvider) Check(ctx context.Context, req *pulumirpc.CheckRequest) (
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !k.suppressDeprecationWarnings && kinds.DeprecatedApiVersion(gvk) {
-		_ = k.host.Log(ctx, diag.Warning, urn, gen.ApiVersionComment(gvk))
-	}
 	if removed, version := kinds.RemovedApiVersion(gvk, k.k8sVersion); removed {
 		return nil, &kinds.RemovedApiError{GVK: gvk, Version: version}
 	}
+	if !k.suppressDeprecationWarnings && kinds.DeprecatedApiVersion(gvk) {
+		_ = k.host.Log(ctx, diag.Warning, urn, gen.ApiVersionComment(gvk))
+	}
 
 	// If a default namespace is set on the provider for this resource, check if the resource has Namespaced
 	// or Global scope. For namespaced resources, set the namespace to the default value if unset.