diff --git a/pkg/diff/diff.go b/pkg/diff/diff.go
index eb96c762c..2278222c3 100644
--- a/pkg/diff/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/diff/diff.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/resource"
 	jsonutil "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/json"
 	gescheme "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube/scheme"
-	kubescheme "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube/scheme"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -487,7 +486,7 @@ func generateSchemeDefaultPatch(kubeObj runtime.Object) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// 1) Call scheme defaulter functions on a clone of our k8s resource object
 	patched := kubeObj.DeepCopyObject()
-	kubescheme.Scheme.Default(patched)
+	gescheme.Scheme.Default(patched)
 
 	// 2) Compare the original object (pre-defaulter funcs) with patched object (post-default funcs),
 	// and generate a patch that can be applied against the original