diff --git a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
index fc9a30da8..7dabad4b5 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/kv"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
 
diff --git a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv.go b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv.go
index 8ba1e5f4a..1ad4264e7 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/kv"
 )
 
 func keyValuesFromLiteralSources(sources []string) ([]kv.KVPair, error) {
diff --git a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv_test.go b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b7fe5c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/kv_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package configmapandsecret
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/fs"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/loader"
+)
+
+func TestKeyValuesFromFileSources(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		description string
+		sources     []string
+		expected    []kv.KVPair
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "create kvs from file sources",
+			sources:     []string{"files/app-init.ini"},
+			expected: []kv.KVPair{
+				{
+					Key:   "app-init.ini",
+					Value: "FOO=bar",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	fSys := fs.MakeFakeFS()
+	fSys.WriteFile("/files/app-init.ini", []byte("FOO=bar"))
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		kvs, err := keyValuesFromFileSources(loader.NewFileLoaderAtRoot(fSys), tc.sources)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs, tc.expected) {
+			t.Fatalf("in testcase: %q updated:\n%#v\ndoesn't match expected:\n%#v\n", tc.description, kvs, tc.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/secretfactory.go b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/secretfactory.go
index e3a95f329..cc5d68b42 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/secretfactory.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/configmapandsecret/secretfactory.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/k8sdeps/kv"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/ifc"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/kv"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kv.go b/k8sdeps/kv/kv.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kv/kv.go
rename to k8sdeps/kv/kv.go
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kv_test.go b/k8sdeps/kv/kv_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/kv/kv_test.go
rename to k8sdeps/kv/kv_test.go