diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/configmaperror.go b/internal/kusterr/configmaperror.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/configmaperror.go
rename to internal/kusterr/configmaperror.go
index 1d60d78a2..af1264dc7 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/configmaperror.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/configmaperror.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 // Package error has contextual error types.
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import "fmt"
 
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/configmaperror_test.go b/internal/kusterr/configmaperror_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/configmaperror_test.go
rename to internal/kusterr/configmaperror_test.go
index b98f65c55..d0a3a70fc 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/configmaperror_test.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/configmaperror_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"strings"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/patcherror.go b/internal/kusterr/patcherror.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/patcherror.go
rename to internal/kusterr/patcherror.go
index 60c9f80e5..b110e6085 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/patcherror.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/patcherror.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/patcherror_test.go b/internal/kusterr/patcherror_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/patcherror_test.go
rename to internal/kusterr/patcherror_test.go
index ac4a758b9..f5129eb7e 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/patcherror_test.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/patcherror_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"strings"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/resourceerror.go b/internal/kusterr/resourceerror.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/resourceerror.go
rename to internal/kusterr/resourceerror.go
index ef3566dd1..8701c9753 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/resourceerror.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/resourceerror.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import "fmt"
 
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/resourceerror_test.go b/internal/kusterr/resourceerror_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/resourceerror_test.go
rename to internal/kusterr/resourceerror_test.go
index ff7034cb7..62adbd487 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/resourceerror_test.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/resourceerror_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"strings"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/secreterror.go b/internal/kusterr/secreterror.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/secreterror.go
rename to internal/kusterr/secreterror.go
index cd72759ce..edf0be96d 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/secreterror.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/secreterror.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import "fmt"
 
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/secreterror_test.go b/internal/kusterr/secreterror_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/secreterror_test.go
rename to internal/kusterr/secreterror_test.go
index 9b9337403..05d9f279c 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/secreterror_test.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/secreterror_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"strings"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror.go b/internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror.go
rename to internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror.go
index 4c27d30d7..74b5ef33f 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 // Package error has contextual error types.
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror_test.go b/internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror_test.go
rename to internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror_test.go
index fb56da406..2354d1ca8 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/error/yamlformaterror_test.go
+++ b/internal/kusterr/yamlformaterror_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package error
+package kusterr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/loadertest/fakeloader.go b/internal/loadertest/fakeloader.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/internal/loadertest/fakeloader.go
rename to internal/loadertest/fakeloader.go
diff --git a/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go b/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
index 126d9d517..cb8837890 100644
--- a/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/patch/transformer/factory_test.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resid"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/execplugin_test.go b/pkg/plugins/execplugin_test.go
index 60a333a03..e5f423b13 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/execplugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/execplugin_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv/plugin"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/loader_test.go b/pkg/plugins/loader_test.go
index d0e0177c8..f2faf9438 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/loader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/loader_test.go
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ package plugins_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/plugintest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv/plugin"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/plugins"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/factory.go b/pkg/resmap/factory.go
index b178dbe53..e2a591258 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/factory.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/kusterr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	internal "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/error"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (rmF *Factory) FromFile(
 	}
 	res, err := rmF.NewResMapFromBytes(content)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, internal.Handler(err, path)
+		return nil, kusterr.Handler(err, path)
 	}
 	return res, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/factory_test.go b/pkg/resmap/factory_test.go
index 30c9b6080..5054df2b1 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/factory_test.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/fs"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resid"
 	. "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
diff --git a/pkg/resource/factory.go b/pkg/resource/factory.go
index 9c6c2131d..f3543a8df 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/factory.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/kusterr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	internal "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/error"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (rf *Factory) SliceFromPatches(
 		}
 		res, err := rf.SliceFromBytes(content)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, internal.Handler(err, string(path))
+			return nil, kusterr.Handler(err, string(path))
 		}
 		result = append(result, res...)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/factory_test.go b/pkg/resource/factory_test.go
index 8d9af62a3..54875a3f7 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/factory_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/patch"
 	. "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
index 900e07600..627e9dc8f 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resid"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttestharness_test.go b/pkg/target/kusttestharness_test.go
index 4fc5b729a..dc9ed1ed4 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttestharness_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttestharness_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv/plugin"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/transformer"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/pgmconfig"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/plugins"
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/config/factorycrd_test.go b/pkg/transformers/config/factorycrd_test.go
index 18ed5d7f3..b7db200d3 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/config/factorycrd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/config/factorycrd_test.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/loadertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/gvk"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/internal/loadertest"
 )
 
 // This defines two CRD's:  Bee and MyKind.