diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/gvkparser.go b/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/gvkparser.go
similarity index 94%
rename from pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/gvkparser.go
rename to pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/gvkparser.go
index f8abcaf04..b30c423ab 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal/gvkparser.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/gvkparser.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package internal
+package fieldmanager
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -65,11 +65,15 @@ func NewGVKParser(models proto.Models, preserveUnknownFields bool) (*GvkParser,
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("ListModels returns a model that can't be looked-up for: %v", modelName))
 		}
 		gvkList := parseGroupVersionKind(model)
+		//fmt.Println("+++")
+		//fmt.Printf("gvkList = %+v\n", gvkList)
+		//fmt.Println("+++")
 		for _, gvk := range gvkList {
 			if len(gvk.Kind) > 0 {
 				_, ok := parser.gvks[gvk]
 				if ok {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate entry for %v", gvk)
+					//return nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate entry for %v", gvk)
+					fmt.Printf("duplicate entry for %v\n", gvk)
 				}
 				parser.gvks[gvk] = modelName
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/typeconverter.go b/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/typeconverter.go
index 8bb2f0c9e..6f4c2b550 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/typeconverter.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/typeconverter.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/internal"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/typed"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/value"
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func (DeducedTypeConverter) TypedToObject(value *typed.TypedValue) (runtime.Obje
 }
 
 type typeConverter struct {
-	parser *internal.GvkParser
+	parser *GvkParser
 }
 
 var _ TypeConverter = &typeConverter{}
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ var _ TypeConverter = &typeConverter{}
 // will automatically find the proper version of the object, and the
 // corresponding schema information.
 func NewTypeConverter(models proto.Models, preserveUnknownFields bool) (TypeConverter, error) {
-	parser, err := internal.NewGVKParser(models, preserveUnknownFields)
+	parser, err := NewGVKParser(models, preserveUnknownFields)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}