diff --git a/hack/deps.py b/hack/deps.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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.
-
-# This python script helps sync godeps from the k8s repos into our git submodules
-# It generates bash commands where changes are needed
-# We can probably also use it for deps when the time comes!
-
-import json
-import sys
-import subprocess
-from pprint import pprint
-from os.path import expanduser, join
-
-kops_dir = expanduser('~/k8s/src/k8s.io/kops')
-k8s_dir = expanduser('~/k8s/src/k8s.io/kubernetes')
-
-with open(join(k8s_dir, 'Godeps/Godeps.json')) as data_file:
-    godeps = json.load(data_file)
-
-#pprint(godeps)
-
-godep_map = {}
-
-for godep in godeps['Deps']:
-  #print("%s %s" % (godep['ImportPath'], godep['Rev']))
-  godep_map[godep['ImportPath']] = godep['Rev']
-
-
-process = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'submodule', 'status'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=kops_dir)
-submodule_status, err = process.communicate()
-for submodule_line in submodule_status.splitlines():
-  tokens = submodule_line.split()
-  dep = tokens[1]
-  dep = dep.replace('_vendor/', '')
-  sha = tokens[0]
-  sha = sha.replace('+', '')
-  godep_sha = godep_map.get(dep)
-  if not godep_sha:
-    for k in godep_map:
-      if k.startswith(dep):
-        godep_sha = godep_map[k]
-        break
-  if godep_sha:
-    if godep_sha != sha:
-      print("# update needed: %s vs %s" % (godep_sha, sha))
-      print("pushd _vendor/{dep}; git fetch; git checkout {sha}; popd".format(dep=dep, sha=godep_sha))
-  else:
-    print("# UNKNOWN dep %s" % dep)