diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2f507d..b376a04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ top-level dir. For more details, see the related section in
 [building-spark.md](https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/docs/building-spark.md#building-a-runnable-distribution)
 
 
-The integration tests also need a local path to the directory that
-contains `Dockerfile`s. In the main spark repo, the path is
-`/spark/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles`.
- 
-Once you prepare the inputs, the integration tests can be executed with Maven or
+Once you prepare the tarball, the integration tests can be executed with Maven or
 your IDE. Note that when running tests from an IDE, the `pre-integration-test`
 phase must be run every time the Spark main code changes.  When running tests
 from the command line, the `pre-integration-test` phase should automatically be
@@ -41,8 +37,7 @@ With Maven, the integration test can be run using the following command:
 
 ```
 $ mvn clean integration-test  \
-    -Dspark-distro-tgz=spark/spark-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tgz  \
-    -Dspark-dockerfiles-dir=spark/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles
+    -Dspark-distro-tgz=spark/spark-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tgz
 ```
 
 # Running against an arbitrary cluster
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ In order to run against any cluster, use the following:
 ```sh
 $ mvn clean integration-test  \
     -Dspark-distro-tgz=spark/spark-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tgz  \
-    -Dspark-dockerfiles-dir=spark/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles
     -DextraScalaTestArgs="-Dspark.kubernetes.test.master=k8s://https://<master> -Dspark.docker.test.driverImage=<driver-image> -Dspark.docker.test.executorImage=<executor-image>"
 ```
 
@@ -67,7 +61,6 @@ property `spark.docker.test.persistMinikube` to the test process:
 ```
 $ mvn clean integration-test  \
     -Dspark-distro-tgz=spark/spark-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tgz  \
-    -Dspark-dockerfiles-dir=spark/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles
     -DextraScalaTestArgs=-Dspark.docker.test.persistMinikube=true
 ```
 
@@ -85,6 +78,5 @@ is an example:
 ```
 $ mvn clean integration-test  \
     -Dspark-distro-tgz=spark/spark-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tgz  \
-    -Dspark-dockerfiles-dir=spark/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles
     "-DextraScalaTestArgs=-Dspark.docker.test.persistMinikube=true -Dspark.docker.test.skipBuildImages=true"
 ```
diff --git a/integration-test/pom.xml b/integration-test/pom.xml
index bf9522c..bf48318 100644
--- a/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -139,22 +139,6 @@
               </arguments>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <!-- TODO: Remove this hack once the upstream is fixed -->
-            <id>copy-dockerfiles-if-missing</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>exec</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/spark-distro</workingDirectory>
-              <executable>/bin/sh</executable>
-              <arguments>
-                <argument>-c</argument>
-                <argument>test -d dockerfiles || cp -pr ${spark-dockerfiles-dir} dockerfiles</argument>
-              </arguments>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala b/integration-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
index 0ae0f3e..b3a359f 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/docker/SparkDockerImageBuilder.scala
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ private[spark] class SparkDockerImageBuilder
 
   private val DOCKER_BUILD_PATH = SPARK_DISTRO_PATH
   // Dockerfile paths must be relative to the build path.
-  private val BASE_DOCKER_FILE = "dockerfiles/spark-base/Dockerfile"
-  private val DRIVER_DOCKER_FILE = "dockerfiles/driver/Dockerfile"
-  private val EXECUTOR_DOCKER_FILE = "dockerfiles/executor/Dockerfile"
+  private val DOCKERFILES_DIR = "kubernetes/dockerfiles/"
+  private val BASE_DOCKER_FILE = DOCKERFILES_DIR + "spark-base/Dockerfile"
+  private val DRIVER_DOCKER_FILE = DOCKERFILES_DIR + "driver/Dockerfile"
+  private val EXECUTOR_DOCKER_FILE = DOCKERFILES_DIR + "executor/Dockerfile"
   private val TIMEOUT = PatienceConfiguration.Timeout(Span(2, Minutes))
   private val INTERVAL = PatienceConfiguration.Interval(Span(2, Seconds))
   private val dockerHost = dockerEnv.getOrElse("DOCKER_HOST",