diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
index c1d130f9f..8d0058951 100644
--- a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package kunstruct
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ func (kf *KunstructurerFactoryImpl) SliceFromBytes(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func isEmptyYamlError(err error) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is missing in 'null'")
+}
+
 // FromMap returns an instance of Kunstructured.
 func (kf *KunstructurerFactoryImpl) FromMap(
 	m map[string]interface{}) ifc.Kunstructured {
diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
index 968597707..922aead81 100644
--- a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
@@ -104,7 +104,3 @@ func getFieldValue(m map[string]interface{}, pathToField []string) (string, erro
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%#v is not expected to be a primitive type", typedV)
 	}
 }
-
-func isEmptyYamlError(err error) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is missing in 'null'")
-}