diff --git a/pkg/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
index 8543ab96..3a0d2481 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ func (o *GetOptions) printGeneric(r *resource.Result) error {
 		}
 		if listMeta, err := meta.ListAccessor(obj); err == nil {
 			list.Object["metadata"] = map[string]interface{}{
-				"selfLink":        listMeta.GetSelfLink(),
 				"resourceVersion": listMeta.GetResourceVersion(),
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/get/get_test.go b/pkg/cmd/get/get_test.go
index 8605baa2..db083d3a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/get/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/get/get_test.go
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ func TestGetEmptyTable(t *testing.T) {
 "kind":"Table",
 "apiVersion":"meta.k8s.io/v1beta1",
 "metadata":{
-	"selfLink":"/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods",
 	"resourceVersion":"346"
 },
 "columnDefinitions":[
@@ -1297,8 +1296,7 @@ func TestGetMixedGenericObjects(t *testing.T) {
     ],
     "kind": "List",
     "metadata": {
-        "resourceVersion": "",
-        "selfLink": ""
+        "resourceVersion": ""
     }
 }
 `
@@ -1476,8 +1474,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsAsList(t *testing.T) {
     ],
     "kind": "List",
     "metadata": {
-        "resourceVersion": "",
-        "selfLink": ""
+        "resourceVersion": ""
     }
 }
 `
diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index f2cd2323..63c09071 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -3929,16 +3929,14 @@ func TestDescribeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 		"NodeDescriber": &NodeDescriber{
 			fake.NewSimpleClientset(&corev1.Node{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:     "bar",
-					SelfLink: "/api/v1/nodes/bar",
+					Name: "bar",
 				},
 			}, events),
 		},
 		"PersistentVolumeDescriber": &PersistentVolumeDescriber{
 			fake.NewSimpleClientset(&corev1.PersistentVolume{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:     "bar",
-					SelfLink: "/api/v1/persistentvolumes/bar",
+					Name: "bar",
 				},
 			}, events),
 		},
@@ -3947,7 +3945,6 @@ func TestDescribeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "bar",
 					Namespace: "foo",
-					SelfLink:  "/api/v1/namespaces/foo/pods/bar",
 				},
 			}, events),
 		},