diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4b2ef7..e05f557 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@ Specification descriptor:
     "namespace": null,
     "objects": {
         "deployments": {
-            "api_path": "apis/apps/v1beta1",
             "specification": {
                 "### Kubernetes deployment object spec goes here"
             }
         },
         "services": {
-            "api_path": "api/v1",
             "specification": {
                 "### Kubernetes service object spec goes here"
             }
diff --git a/examples/echoserver.json b/examples/echoserver.json
index fd89beb..c56f775 100644
--- a/examples/echoserver.json
+++ b/examples/echoserver.json
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
     "namespace": null,
     "objects": {
         "deployments": {
-            "api_path": "apis/apps/v1beta1",
             "specification": {
+                "kind": "Deployment",
+                "apiVersion": "apps/v1beta1",
                 "metadata": {
                     "name": "echoserver",
                     "creationTimestamp": null,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
                             "containers": [
                                 {
                                     "name": "echoserver",
-                                    "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.6",
+                                    "image": "gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.8",
                                     "ports": [
                                         {
                                             "containerPort": 8080,
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@
             }
         },
         "services": {
-            "api_path": "api/v1",
             "specification": {
+                "kind": "Service",
+                "apiVersion": "v1",
                 "metadata": {
                     "name": "echoserver",
                     "creationTimestamp": null,
diff --git a/k8s-deployer.py b/k8s-deployer.py
index 2898d2d..92b3fb8 100755
--- a/k8s-deployer.py
+++ b/k8s-deployer.py
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ def spec_validator(data):
                     'deployments': {
                         'type': 'object',
                         'properties': {
-                            'api_path': {
-                                'type': 'string'
-                            },
                             'specification': {
                                 'type': 'object'
                             }
@@ -110,9 +107,6 @@ def spec_validator(data):
                     'services': {
                         'type': 'object',
                         'properties': {
-                            'api_path': {
-                                'type': 'string'
-                            },
                             'specification': {
                                 'type': 'object'
                             }
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ def create_object(k8s_host, **kwargs):
     objects = kwargs['objects']
 
     for obj in objects:
-        api_path = objects[obj]['api_path']
+        api_path = K8S_API[obj]
         url = '{}/{}/namespaces/{}/{}'.format(
                     k8s_host, api_path,
                     namespace, obj
@@ -230,8 +224,8 @@ def delete_object(k8s_host, **kwargs):
     objects = kwargs['objects']
 
     for obj in objects.keys() + ['replicasets']:
+        api_path = K8S_API[obj]
         if obj == 'replicasets':
-            api_path = K8S_API['replicasets']
             rs_label_selector = (kwargs['objects']['deployments']
                     ['specification']['spec']['selector']['matchLabels']
                 )
@@ -245,7 +239,6 @@ def delete_object(k8s_host, **kwargs):
                 )
             obj_name = req('GET', url)['items'][0]['metadata']['name']
         else:
-            api_path = objects[obj]['api_path']
             obj_name = (kwargs['objects']['services']
                         ['specification']['metadata']['name']
                     )