diff --git a/cmd/ctl/pkg/convert/convert.go b/cmd/ctl/pkg/convert/convert.go
index 1add9f365..7ee71991a 100644
--- a/cmd/ctl/pkg/convert/convert.go
+++ b/cmd/ctl/pkg/convert/convert.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
 
-	cmapi "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1"
 	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/ctl"
 )
 
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ func (o *Options) Run() error {
 	builder := new(resource.Builder)
 
 	r := builder.
-		WithScheme(scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Group: cmapi.SchemeGroupVersion.Group, Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}).
+		WithScheme(scheme).
 		LocalParam(true).FilenameParam(false, &o.FilenameOptions).Flatten().Do()
 
 	if err := r.Err(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/scheme.go b/pkg/ctl/scheme.go
index f4771142f..65630401f 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/scheme.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func init() {
 	metainstall.Install(Scheme)
 
 	// This is used to add the List object type
-	coreGroupVersion := schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}
-	Scheme.AddKnownTypes(coreGroupVersion, &metainternalversion.List{})
+	listGroupVersion := schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal, Kind: "List"}
+	Scheme.AddKnownTypeWithName(listGroupVersion, &metainternalversion.List{})
 
 	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(Scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"})
 	utilruntime.Must(kscheme.AddToScheme(Scheme))