diff --git a/src/internal/packager/helm/chart.go b/src/internal/packager/helm/chart.go
index b145953173..3f0fc1ac8d 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager/helm/chart.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager/helm/chart.go
@@ -9,22 +9,24 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/helpers"
-
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config"
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/pkg/message"
+	plutoversionsfile "github.com/fairwindsops/pluto/v5"
+	plutoapi "github.com/fairwindsops/pluto/v5/pkg/api"
+	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action"
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil"
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/releaseutil"
-
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/releaseutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/storage/driver"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/pkg/helpers"
+
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config"
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/pkg/message"
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/types"
 )
 
 // InstallOrUpgradeChart performs a helm install of the given chart.
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ func (h *Helm) migrateDeprecatedAPIs(latestRelease *release.Release) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal manifest: %#v", err)
 		}
 
-		rawData, manifestModified, _ := h.cluster.HandleDeprecations(rawData, *kubeGitVersion)
+		rawData, manifestModified, _ := handleDeprecations(rawData, *kubeGitVersion)
 		manifestContent, err := yaml.Marshal(rawData)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal raw manifest after deprecation check: %#v", err)
@@ -437,3 +439,30 @@ func (h *Helm) migrateDeprecatedAPIs(latestRelease *release.Release) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// handleDeprecations takes in an unstructured object and the k8s version and returns the latest version of the object and if it was modified.
+func handleDeprecations(rawData *unstructured.Unstructured, kubernetesVersion semver.Version) (*unstructured.Unstructured, bool, error) {
+	deprecatedVersionContent := &plutoapi.VersionFile{}
+	err := goyaml.Unmarshal(plutoversionsfile.Content(), deprecatedVersionContent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rawData, false, err
+	}
+	for _, deprecation := range deprecatedVersionContent.DeprecatedVersions {
+		if deprecation.Component == "k8s" && deprecation.Kind == rawData.GetKind() && deprecation.Name == rawData.GetAPIVersion() {
+			removedVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(deprecation.RemovedIn)
+			if err != nil {
+				return rawData, false, err
+			}
+
+			if removedVersion.LessThan(&kubernetesVersion) {
+				if deprecation.ReplacementAPI != "" {
+					rawData.SetAPIVersion(deprecation.ReplacementAPI)
+					return rawData, true, nil
+				}
+
+				return nil, true, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return rawData, false, nil
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/k8s/deprecations.go b/src/pkg/k8s/deprecations.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ea43aa3c03..0000000000
--- a/src/pkg/k8s/deprecations.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-Present The Zarf Authors
-
-// Package k8s provides a client for interacting with a Kubernetes cluster.
-package k8s
-
-import (
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	plutoversionsfile "github.com/fairwindsops/pluto/v5"
-	"github.com/fairwindsops/pluto/v5/pkg/api"
-	goyaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-)
-
-const k8sDeprecationComponent = "k8s"
-
-// HandleDeprecations takes in an unstructured object and the version of kubernetes in a cluster and returns a converted version of that object and whether it was modified (if applicable)
-func (k *K8s) HandleDeprecations(rawData *unstructured.Unstructured, kubernetesVersion semver.Version) (*unstructured.Unstructured, bool, error) {
-	deprecatedVersionContent := &api.VersionFile{}
-	err := goyaml.Unmarshal(plutoversionsfile.Content(), deprecatedVersionContent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return rawData, false, err
-	}
-
-	for _, deprecation := range deprecatedVersionContent.DeprecatedVersions {
-		if deprecation.Component == k8sDeprecationComponent && deprecation.Kind == rawData.GetKind() && deprecation.Name == rawData.GetAPIVersion() {
-			removedVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(deprecation.RemovedIn)
-			if err != nil {
-				return rawData, false, err
-			}
-
-			if removedVersion.LessThan(&kubernetesVersion) {
-				if deprecation.ReplacementAPI != "" {
-					rawData.SetAPIVersion(deprecation.ReplacementAPI)
-					return rawData, true, nil
-				}
-
-				return nil, true, nil
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return rawData, false, nil
-}