diff --git a/cmd/crictl/constants.go b/cmd/crictl/constants.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bfb962300..0000000000
--- a/cmd/crictl/constants.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 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 main
-
-const (
-	// This labels are copied from kubelet directly, and may change
-	// without warning in the future.
-	kubePodNameLabel      = "io.kubernetes.pod.name"
-	kubePodNamespaceLabel = "io.kubernetes.pod.namespace"
-)
diff --git a/cmd/crictl/sandbox.go b/cmd/crictl/sandbox.go
index 176ea380e4..caaa7558dd 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/sandbox.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/sandbox.go
@@ -433,10 +433,10 @@ func ListPodSandboxes(client pb.RuntimeServiceClient, opts listOptions) error {
 	}
 	for _, pod := range r.Items {
 		// Filter by pod name/namespace regular expressions.
-		if !podMatchesRegex(opts.podNameRegexp, pod.Labels[kubePodNameLabel]) {
+		if !podMatchesRegex(opts.podNameRegexp, pod.Metadata.Name) {
 			continue
 		}
-		if !podMatchesRegex(opts.podNamespaceRegexp, pod.Labels[kubePodNamespaceLabel]) {
+		if !podMatchesRegex(opts.podNamespaceRegexp, pod.Metadata.Namespace) {
 			continue
 		}