diff --git a/api/git/cloner.go b/api/internal/git/cloner.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/git/cloner.go
rename to api/internal/git/cloner.go
diff --git a/api/git/repospec.go b/api/internal/git/repospec.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/git/repospec.go
rename to api/internal/git/repospec.go
diff --git a/api/git/repospec_test.go b/api/internal/git/repospec_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/git/repospec_test.go
rename to api/internal/git/repospec_test.go
diff --git a/api/loader/fileloader.go b/api/loader/fileloader.go
index 2fdd04712..2248fb501 100644
--- a/api/loader/fileloader.go
+++ b/api/loader/fileloader.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/git"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/git"
 )
 
 // fileLoader is a kustomization's interface to files.
diff --git a/api/loader/fileloader_test.go b/api/loader/fileloader_test.go
index d70d2cf78..6109265f2 100644
--- a/api/loader/fileloader_test.go
+++ b/api/loader/fileloader_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/git"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/git"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
 )
 
diff --git a/api/loader/loader.go b/api/loader/loader.go
index 4e5fe4f65..c72a95965 100644
--- a/api/loader/loader.go
+++ b/api/loader/loader.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ package loader
 
 import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/git"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/git"
 )
 
 // NewLoader returns a Loader pointed at the given target.
diff --git a/examples/goGetterGeneratorPlugin.md b/examples/goGetterGeneratorPlugin.md
index 16a347f17..e136fb748 100644
--- a/examples/goGetterGeneratorPlugin.md
+++ b/examples/goGetterGeneratorPlugin.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Kustomize supports building a [remote target], but the URLs are limited to commo
 To extend the supported format, Kustomize has a [plugin] system that allows one to integrate third-party tools such as [hashicorp/go-getter] to "download things from a string URL suing a variety of protocols", extract the content and generated resources as part of kustomize build.
 
 [remote target]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/examples/remoteBuild.md
-[Git repository specs]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/pkg/git/repospec_test.go
+[Git repository specs]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/blob/master/api/internal/git/repospec_test.go
 [plugin]: ../docs/plugins
 [hashicorp/go-getter]: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter