diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0792ec..e8d31f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/networkservicemesh/api v1.3.2-0.20220509143420-a1414febd727
 	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk v0.5.1-0.20220509144219-1d4d4cca3172
-	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220509144811-65a8747c9e8e
+	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220511231607-f455879f4571
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.22.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f38a52b..ce5764c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ github.com/networkservicemesh/api v1.3.2-0.20220509143420-a1414febd727 h1:IonbJe
 github.com/networkservicemesh/api v1.3.2-0.20220509143420-a1414febd727/go.mod h1:hOF2844BSstH1311oDMDgqqXS+kdc77htZNPRKl9mf8=
 github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk v0.5.1-0.20220509144219-1d4d4cca3172 h1:TGXcwiTg8QA1tBZOr4eyaxEDNLFey+HKMu9K+9qd+7c=
 github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk v0.5.1-0.20220509144219-1d4d4cca3172/go.mod h1:DNe9LVK43qshgBNVexcylOwDS6Xup1t3wKbWS2HrZys=
-github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220509144811-65a8747c9e8e h1:4wsbrXWmQh4TUJEAMt4grhAIEYHs21IYtD8ByPjxsz0=
-github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220509144811-65a8747c9e8e/go.mod h1:QzlkftMz0wD96AI+BlU6FVUa4OnTjP7Bgj2gAZ1S1ME=
+github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220511231607-f455879f4571 h1:4g4N984x2futFjZhmqfLSI+vGaJVVY6CpSoZ4JU7UI0=
+github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20220511231607-f455879f4571/go.mod h1:azTqhn4z5lo98dedo/CI/mK34nZ8RPPVkH930MJCfBM=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqe
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.11.0 h1:cLDgIBTf4lLOlztkhzAEdQsJ4Lj+i5Wc9k6Nn0K1VyU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.11.0/go.mod h1:QpEjXPrNQzrFDZgoTo49dgHR9RYRSrg3NAKnUGl9YpQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12 h1:gZAh5/EyT/HQwlpkCy6wTpqfH9H8Lz8zbm3dZh+OyzA=
diff --git a/internal/pkg/imports/gen.go b/internal/pkg/imports/gen.go
index 34b8002..1373eeb 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/imports/gen.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/imports/gen.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+// Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 package imports
 
 //go:generate bash -c "rm -rf imports*.go"
-//go:generate bash -c "cd $(mktemp -d) && GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/edwarnicke/imports-gen@v1.1.0"
+//go:generate bash -c "cd $(mktemp -d) && GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/edwarnicke/imports-gen@v1.1.0"
 //go:generate bash -c "GOOS=linux ${GOPATH}/bin/imports-gen"
diff --git a/internal/pkg/imports/imports_linux.go b/internal/pkg/imports/imports_linux.go
index faa15e8..1d082f8 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/imports/imports_linux.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/imports/imports_linux.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package imports
 
 import (
 	_ "context"
-	_ "encoding/json"
 	_ "github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter"
 	_ "github.com/edwarnicke/grpcfd"
 	_ "github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
@@ -27,9 +26,6 @@ import (
 	_ "google.golang.org/grpc"
 	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	_ "io/ioutil"
-	_ "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	_ "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	_ "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	_ "net/url"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 04df672..21f992e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -39,9 +38,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2/workloadapi"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
@@ -181,27 +177,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	logger.Infof("successfully obtained kubernetes client")
 
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	codecFactory := serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
-	deserializer := codecFactory.UniversalDeserializer()
 	podYamlBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(config.PodDescriptionFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("can't read pod file: %+v", err)
 	}
 
-	var podDesc corev1.Pod
-	_, _, err = deserializer.Decode(podYamlBytes, nil, &podDesc)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("can't parse pod file: %+v", err)
-	}
-	logger.Infof("successfully parsed pod description")
-
-	podPrettyPrint, err := json.MarshalIndent(podDesc, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("can't pretty-print pod file: %+v", err)
-	}
-	logger.Infof(string(podPrettyPrint))
-
 	// ********************************************************************************
 	logger.Infof("executing phase 4: create supplier endpoint")
 	// ********************************************************************************
@@ -210,7 +190,7 @@ func main() {
 		endpoint.WithName(config.Name),
 		endpoint.WithAuthorizeServer(authorize.NewServer()),
 		endpoint.WithAdditionalFunctionality(
-			createpod.NewServer(ctx, client, &podDesc, createpod.WithNamespace(config.Namespace)),
+			createpod.NewServer(ctx, client, string(podYamlBytes), createpod.WithNamespace(config.Namespace)),
 		),
 	)