diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/groupversion_info.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/groupversion_info.go
index 20180ad596..c38629da15 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ var (
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.
 	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group-qualified GroupResource.
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return GroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/register.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cad0586100..0000000000
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v1/register.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Kubeflow 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 v1
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-)
-
-// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these objects.
-var SchemeGroupVersion = GroupVersion
-
-// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group-qualified GroupResource.
-func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
-	return GroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
-}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/groupversion_info.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/groupversion_info.go
index a4cc2fd7d5..d6a4656b97 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ var (
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.
 	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group-qualified GroupResource.
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return GroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/register.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8659b757..0000000000
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow.org/v2alpha1/register.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 The Kubeflow 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 v2alpha1
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-)
-
-// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group-qualified GroupResource.
-func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
-	return GroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
-}