diff --git a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
index 1eeafec038a30a52a78d5bfa6ea0ffdad6c34ce6..8647a273732f4a122a040f56591c072016788864 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/helm"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/renderutil"
-	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/driver"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 const upgradeDesc = `
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (u *upgradeCmd) run() error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), driver.ErrReleaseNotFound(u.release).Error()) {
+		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(u.release).Error()) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(u.out, "Release %q does not exist. Installing it now.\n", u.release)
 			ic := &installCmd{
 				chartPath:    chartPath,
diff --git a/pkg/helm/fake.go b/pkg/helm/fake.go
index ffb5b40c9c41db1cac8c8f0e1d8aa4448cac3744..46be7d39875e24b00ffaeb558dcb41d6b28e1198 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/fake.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	rls "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/services"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/version"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/renderutil"
-	storage "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/driver"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 // FakeClient implements Interface
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *FakeClient) DeleteRelease(rlsName string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.U
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, storage.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
+	return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
 }
 
 // GetVersion returns a fake version
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (c *FakeClient) ReleaseStatus(rlsName string, opts ...StatusOption) (*rls.G
 			}, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, storage.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
+	return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
 }
 
 // ReleaseContent returns the configuration for the matching release name in the fake release client.
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (c *FakeClient) ReleaseContent(rlsName string, opts ...ContentOption) (resp
 			}, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return resp, storage.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
+	return resp, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(rlsName)
 }
 
 // ReleaseHistory returns a release's revision history.
diff --git a/pkg/helm/helm_test.go b/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
index fe7150cc02fb6b46c977ddf49194a34fc7466120..7fb794f543b6248144462942a7bbd437b7b2b6bd 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package helm // import "k8s.io/helm/pkg/helm"
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -361,3 +363,15 @@ func loadChart(t *testing.T, name string) *cpb.Chart {
 	}
 	return c
 }
+
+func TestDoesNotImportKubernetes(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "list", "-f", "{{.Deps}}", ".")
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to execute %s %s: %s", cmd.Path, strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "), err)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(string(output), "k8s.io/kubernetes") {
+		t.Fatal("k8s.io/helm/pkg/helm contains a dependency on k8s.io/kubernetes. See https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/4499 for more details.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go b/pkg/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go
index 3f5ee204afdf13a232513c515f8f2d636a8db723..a534b67acdf0b7b3f256e818c600cce6abcea0ba 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/internalversion"
 
 	rspb "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 var _ Driver = (*ConfigMaps)(nil)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func (cfgmaps *ConfigMaps) Get(key string) (*rspb.Release, error) {
 	obj, err := cfgmaps.impl.Get(key, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
+			return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
 		}
 
 		cfgmaps.Log("get: failed to get %q: %s", key, err)
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func (cfgmaps *ConfigMaps) Query(labels map[string]string) ([]*rspb.Release, err
 	}
 
 	if len(list.Items) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(labels["NAME"])
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(labels["NAME"])
 	}
 
 	var results []*rspb.Release
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func (cfgmaps *ConfigMaps) Create(key string, rls *rspb.Release) error {
 	// push the configmap object out into the kubiverse
 	if _, err := cfgmaps.impl.Create(obj); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			return ErrReleaseExists(key)
+			return storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists(key)
 		}
 
 		cfgmaps.Log("create: failed to create: %s", err)
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func (cfgmaps *ConfigMaps) Delete(key string) (rls *rspb.Release, err error) {
 	// fetch the release to check existence
 	if rls, err = cfgmaps.Get(key); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
+			return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
 		}
 
 		cfgmaps.Log("delete: failed to get release %q: %s", key, err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/driver.go b/pkg/storage/driver/driver.go
index d8c4122b5588ee04195ee08fda3ea9c43b103739..3bcbd4a7ed4f4df10b51fd22ab3ceb938cd02524 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/driver.go
@@ -17,18 +17,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 package driver // import "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/driver"
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	rspb "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 var (
-	// ErrReleaseNotFound indicates that a release is not found.
-	ErrReleaseNotFound = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q not found", release) }
-	// ErrReleaseExists indicates that a release already exists.
-	ErrReleaseExists = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q already exists", release) }
-	// ErrInvalidKey indicates that a release key could not be parsed.
-	ErrInvalidKey = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q invalid key", release) }
+	// ErrReleaseNotFound has been deprecated; please use storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound instead.
+	ErrReleaseNotFound = storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound
+	// ErrReleaseExists has been deprecated; please use storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists instead.
+	ErrReleaseExists = storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists
+	// ErrInvalidKey has been deprecated; please use storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey instead.
+	ErrInvalidKey = storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey
 )
 
 // Creator is the interface that wraps the Create method.
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/memory.go b/pkg/storage/driver/memory.go
index ea3faf26b44f63f86b2a20afbfcd0b9a35b527d1..700b87e0884937a21002de3111afe32c136b52eb 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/memory.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/memory.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	rspb "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 var _ Driver = (*Memory)(nil)
@@ -53,16 +54,16 @@ func (mem *Memory) Get(key string) (*rspb.Release, error) {
 	case 2:
 		name, ver := elems[0], elems[1]
 		if _, err := strconv.Atoi(ver); err != nil {
-			return nil, ErrInvalidKey(key)
+			return nil, storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey(key)
 		}
 		if recs, ok := mem.cache[name]; ok {
 			if r := recs.Get(key); r != nil {
 				return r.rls, nil
 			}
 		}
-		return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
 	default:
-		return nil, ErrInvalidKey(key)
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey(key)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func (mem *Memory) Update(key string, rls *rspb.Release) error {
 		rs.Replace(key, newRecord(key, rls))
 		return nil
 	}
-	return ErrReleaseNotFound(rls.Name)
+	return storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(rls.Name)
 }
 
 // Delete deletes a release or returns ErrReleaseNotFound.
@@ -141,12 +142,12 @@ func (mem *Memory) Delete(key string) (*rspb.Release, error) {
 	elems := strings.Split(key, ".v")
 
 	if len(elems) != 2 {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidKey(key)
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey(key)
 	}
 
 	name, ver := elems[0], elems[1]
 	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(ver); err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidKey(key)
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrInvalidKey(key)
 	}
 	if recs, ok := mem.cache[name]; ok {
 		if r := recs.Remove(key); r != nil {
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (mem *Memory) Delete(key string) (*rspb.Release, error) {
 			return r.rls, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
+	return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
 }
 
 // wlock locks mem for writing
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/records.go b/pkg/storage/driver/records.go
index bc793d8b3fb2bd68d5185c84ddb11d9c1fecf1f7..56d7d694f6406d3aab4ecf8a2ba54c542964c98e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/records.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/records.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 
 	rspb "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 // records holds a list of in-memory release records
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (rs *records) Add(r *record) error {
 	}
 
 	if rs.Exists(r.key) {
-		return ErrReleaseExists(r.key)
+		return storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists(r.key)
 	}
 
 	*rs = append(*rs, r)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/secrets.go b/pkg/storage/driver/secrets.go
index 1b8064e5375e1dfaa5f979feffe400926dd2634f..328da20c45814be50d22345d3f66bf232cce6a5f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/secrets.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/secrets.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/typed/core/internalversion"
 
 	rspb "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/release"
+	storageerrors "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
 )
 
 var _ Driver = (*Secrets)(nil)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func (secrets *Secrets) Get(key string) (*rspb.Release, error) {
 	obj, err := secrets.impl.Get(key, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
+			return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(key)
 		}
 
 		secrets.Log("get: failed to get %q: %s", key, err)
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func (secrets *Secrets) Query(labels map[string]string) ([]*rspb.Release, error)
 	}
 
 	if len(list.Items) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrReleaseNotFound(labels["NAME"])
+		return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseNotFound(labels["NAME"])
 	}
 
 	var results []*rspb.Release
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func (secrets *Secrets) Create(key string, rls *rspb.Release) error {
 	// push the secret object out into the kubiverse
 	if _, err := secrets.impl.Create(obj); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-			return ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
+			return storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
 		}
 
 		secrets.Log("create: failed to create: %s", err)
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func (secrets *Secrets) Delete(key string) (rls *rspb.Release, err error) {
 	// fetch the release to check existence
 	if rls, err = secrets.Get(key); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
+			return nil, storageerrors.ErrReleaseExists(rls.Name)
 		}
 
 		secrets.Log("delete: failed to get release %q: %s", key, err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/errors/errors.go b/pkg/storage/errors/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38662d1ca1d6a2c0c2fc3f3fa5aae58ca13c9584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/errors/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package errors // import "k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/errors"
+import "fmt"
+
+var (
+	// ErrReleaseNotFound indicates that a release is not found.
+	ErrReleaseNotFound = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q not found", release) }
+	// ErrReleaseExists indicates that a release already exists.
+	ErrReleaseExists = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q already exists", release) }
+	// ErrInvalidKey indicates that a release key could not be parsed.
+	ErrInvalidKey = func(release string) error { return fmt.Errorf("release: %q invalid key", release) }
+)