diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
index 29939e2a2..6746d4171 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package configmapandsecret
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/fs"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
@@ -47,28 +43,6 @@ func NewConfigMapFactory(
 	return &ConfigMapFactory{fSys: fSys, ldr: l}
 }
 
-// MakeUnstruct returns an configmap in unstructured representation.
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeUnstruct(
-	args *types.ConfigMapArgs) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
-	cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	unstructuredCM, err := objectToUnstructured(cm)
-	return unstructuredCM, err
-}
-
-func objectToUnstructured(in runtime.Object) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
-	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(in)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	var out unstructured.Unstructured
-	err = out.UnmarshalJSON(marshaled)
-	out.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
-	return &out, err
-}
-
 func (f *ConfigMapFactory) makeFreshConfigMap(
 	args *types.ConfigMapArgs) *corev1.ConfigMap {
 	cm := &corev1.ConfigMap{}
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
index 8dbda254d..2b7514365 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
@@ -148,33 +148,3 @@ func TestConstructConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestObjectConvertToUnstructured(t *testing.T) {
-	type testCase struct {
-		description string
-		input       *corev1.ConfigMap
-		expected    *unstructured.Unstructured
-	}
-
-	testCases := []testCase{
-		{
-			description: "convert config map",
-			input:       makeEnvConfigMap("envConfigMap"),
-			expected:    makeUnstructuredEnvConfigMap("envConfigMap"),
-		},
-		{
-			description: "convert secret",
-			input:       makeEnvConfigMap("envSecret"),
-			expected:    makeUnstructuredEnvConfigMap("envSecret"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		actual, err := objectToUnstructured(tc.input)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: unexpected error: %v", tc.description, err)
-		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, tc.expected) {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: %#v\ndoesn't match expected\n%#v\n", tc.description, actual, tc.expected)
-		}
-	}
-}