diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
index a6952484c..adaf8901f 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addpatch.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/edit/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/kustfile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/util"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/patch"
 )
 
 type addPatchOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/patch/strategicmerge.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go
rename to kustomize/internal/commands/edit/patch/strategicmerge.go
diff --git a/pkg/patch/strategicmerge_test.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/patch/strategicmerge_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/patch/strategicmerge_test.go
rename to kustomize/internal/commands/edit/patch/strategicmerge_test.go
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
index 9a561f3a8..a260c6164 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/edit/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/kustfile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/util"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/pgmconfig"
 )
 
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch_test.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch_test.go
index 2a48702f0..61e0a0a9e 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch_test.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/remove/removepatch_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/edit/patch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/testutils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/api/filesys"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/pkg/patch"
 )
 
 const (