diff --git a/pkg/resource/helpers.go b/pkg/resource/helpers.go
index 31239b0755b..720ab1b932b 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/helpers.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 )
 
+var Scheme = scheme.Scheme
+
 func newUnknownGVK() *schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	return &schema.GroupVersionKind{
 		Group:   "unknown",
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ func GetObjectGVK(object runtime.Object) (*schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
 		return &gvk, nil
 	}
 
-	kinds, _, err := scheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(object)
+	kinds, _, err := Scheme.ObjectKinds(object)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ func GetObjectGVKOrUnknown(obj runtime.Object) *schema.GroupVersionKind {
 		return &gvk
 	}
 
-	kinds, _, err := scheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
+	kinds, _, err := Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
 	if err != nil || len(kinds) == 0 {
 		t := reflect.TypeOf(obj)
 		if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
diff --git a/pkg/util/resource/helpers.go b/pkg/util/resource/helpers.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a1c1755e45..00000000000
--- a/pkg/util/resource/helpers.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2021 ScyllaDB
-
-package resource
-
-import (
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-)
-
-func GetObjectGVK(object runtime.Object) (*schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
-	gvk := object.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
-	if len(gvk.Kind) > 0 {
-		return &gvk, nil
-	}
-
-	kinds, _, err := scheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(object)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(kinds) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("no kind found")
-	}
-
-	return &kinds[0], nil
-}