diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index 96303ac29..1e862f3fd 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.9
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../api
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 09a6f5fcb..33bb99859 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10 h1:CqbdK/qT7JE+uVETkrVMk7pQf0fPFXk9+QQ//Q7sAtc=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10/go.mod h1:ImeIkhUU7GIhamOtKPlkllt+fkBKL5f6/4NLhVwkinA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20/go.mod h1:TYWhGwW9vjoRh3rWqBwB/ZOXyEGRVWe7Ggc3+KZIO+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 2852bf320..69003c383 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.9
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.12
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ exclude (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.2.0
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 0f1498650..1c31b74a1 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10 h1:CqbdK/qT7JE+uVETkrVMk7pQf0fPFXk9+QQ//Q7sAtc=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10/go.mod h1:ImeIkhUU7GIhamOtKPlkllt+fkBKL5f6/4NLhVwkinA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.12 h1:hDLY4mxEqDLVSqxlJoamZZEhOM6TBysYR2wDlmW+iEo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.12/go.mod h1:hVG/nPSqccrnogZ4ehzw3cTSR2fT6hdWeyojILHZivA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=