diff --git a/sk-core/src/constants.rs b/sk-core/src/constants.rs
index dacbe0ec..849b50a1 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/constants.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/constants.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pub const CURRENT_TRACE_FORMAT_VERSION: u16 = 2;
 pub const KUBERNETES_IO_METADATA_NAME_KEY: &str = "kubernetes.io/metadata.name";
 pub const APP_KUBERNETES_IO_NAME_KEY: &str = "app.kubernetes.io/name";
 pub const APP_KUBERNETES_IO_COMPONENT_KEY: &str = "app.kubernetes.io/component";
+pub const LAST_APPLIED_CONFIG_LABEL_KEY: &str = "kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration";
+pub const DEPL_REVISION_LABEL_KEY: &str = "deployment.kubernetes.io/revision";
 
 // Annotations that go on the Simulation CR itself
 // TODO (SK-277) maybe this just belongs in the CRD specification?
diff --git a/sk-core/src/events.rs b/sk-core/src/events.rs
index d7f21186..c519d98c 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/events.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/events.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use anyhow::bail;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use k8s_openapi::api::batch::v1 as batchv1;
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
 use kube::Resource;
 use kube::runtime::events;
 use kube::runtime::events::{
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ use kube::runtime::events::{
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
 use mockall::automock;
+use sk_api::v1::Simulation;
 
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::errors::EmptyResult;
+use crate::k8s::KubeResourceExt;
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "mock", automock)]
 #[async_trait]
diff --git a/sk-core/src/hooks.rs b/sk-core/src/hooks.rs
index dc28c974..bc185e1b 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/hooks.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/hooks.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use anyhow::{
     bail,
 };
 use derive_more::Display;
-use sk_api::v1::SimulationHooksConfig;
+use sk_api::v1::{
+    Simulation,
+    SimulationHooksConfig,
+};
 use tokio::io::{
     AsyncWriteExt,
     BufWriter,
@@ -14,7 +17,8 @@ use tokio::io::{
 use tokio::process::Command;
 use tracing::*;
 
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::errors::EmptyResult;
+use crate::events::SkEventRecorder;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Display)]
 #[display("{_variant}")]
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/container_state.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/container_state.rs
index bae73d32..72dbf94b 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/container_state.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/container_state.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
 use tracing::*;
 
-use super::*;
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::k8s::{
+    KubernetesError,
+    StartEndTimeable,
+};
 
 // StartEndTimeable provides helper functions for computing the start and end times of a container
 // from its corresponding ContainerState object.  Note that as per the Kubernetes spec, it is an
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/gvk.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/gvk.rs
index 5c9d0eb6..eed8475d 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/gvk.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/gvk.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
-use kube::api::GroupVersionKind;
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as metav1;
+use kube::api::{
+    DynamicObject,
+    GroupVersionKind,
+    TypeMeta,
+};
 use serde::{
     Deserialize,
     Deserializer,
@@ -12,7 +17,6 @@ use serde::{
 };
 
 use crate::errors::*;
-use crate::prelude::*;
 
 // GVK is a "newtype" wrapper around the metav1::GroupVersionKind object that lets me provide
 // custom serialization methods.  We also add some handy helper/conversion functions.
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/lease.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/lease.rs
index d3a064f1..d7d5e0e2 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/lease.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/lease.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ use clockabilly::{
     Utc,
 };
 use k8s_openapi::api::coordination::v1 as coordinationv1;
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as metav1;
+use kube::ResourceExt;
 use kube::api::Patch;
 use serde_json::json;
+use sk_api::v1::{
+    Simulation,
+    SimulationRoot,
+};
 use tracing::*;
 
+use crate::constants::*;
+use crate::errors::EmptyResult;
 use crate::k8s::{
     KubernetesError,
     build_object_meta,
 };
-use crate::prelude::*;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum LeaseState {
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/mod.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/mod.rs
index c32c5157..a324a8c4 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/mod.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ mod util;
 
 pub use apiset::*;
 pub use gvk::*;
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as metav1;
+use kube::api::TypeMeta;
 pub use lease::*;
 pub use owners::OwnersCache;
 use serde::{
@@ -21,10 +24,6 @@ pub use util::*;
 
 use crate::errors::*;
 use crate::macros::partial_ord_eq_ref;
-use crate::prelude::*;
-
-const LAST_APPLIED_CONFIG_LABEL_KEY: &str = "kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration";
-const DEPL_REVISION_LABEL_KEY: &str = "deployment.kubernetes.io/revision";
 
 err_impl! {KubernetesError,
     #[error("field not found in struct: {0}")]
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/owners.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/owners.rs
index 92083fa3..3c0ec54f 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/owners.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/owners.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use async_recursion::async_recursion;
-use kube::Resource;
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as metav1;
 use kube::api::ListParams;
 use kube::discovery::{
     ApiCapabilities,
     Scope,
 };
+use kube::{
+    Resource,
+    ResourceExt,
+};
 use tracing::*;
 
-use super::*;
 use crate::k8s::{
     DynamicApiSet,
+    GVK,
+    KubeResourceExt,
     format_gvk_name,
 };
-use crate::prelude::*;
+
 
 // TODO I really want a way to mock out the OwnersCache, because
 // any tests that depend on it implicitly now have to depend on tokio
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_ext.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_ext.rs
index 7f042aa5..85095f1f 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_ext.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_ext.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-use super::*;
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use anyhow::bail;
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
+
+use crate::k8s::{
+    KubernetesError,
+    PodExt,
+};
 
 const KUBE_SVC_ACCOUNT_VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX: &str = "kube-api-access";
 
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_lifecycle.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_lifecycle.rs
index ac5f5dc4..0787dcff 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_lifecycle.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/pod_lifecycle.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ use std::cmp::{
     min,
 };
 
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
 use tracing::*;
 
-use super::*;
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::k8s::{
+    KubeResourceExt,
+    PodExt,
+    PodLifecycleData,
+    StartEndTimeable,
+};
 
 // A PodLifecycleData object is how we track the length of time a pod was running in a cluster.  It
 // has three states, Empty, Running, and Finished.  For each state, we track the timestamps that
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/sim.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/sim.rs
index f3ee996e..a82d945c 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/sim.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/sim.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use kube::ResourceExt;
 use sk_api::v1::{
     Simulation,
     SimulationMetricsConfig,
@@ -6,8 +7,8 @@ use sk_api::v1::{
     SimulationState,
 };
 
+use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::k8s::build_global_object_meta;
-use crate::prelude::*;
 
 pub fn metrics_ns(sim: &Simulation) -> String {
     match &sim.spec.metrics {
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/lease_test.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/lease_test.rs
index a3c6dd96..f095f1a3 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/lease_test.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/lease_test.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ use httpmock::Method::*;
 use k8s_openapi::api::coordination::v1 as coordinationv1;
 use kube::error::ErrorResponse;
 use serde_json::json;
+use sk_api::v1::{
+    Simulation,
+    SimulationRoot,
+};
 
 use super::*;
 
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/mod.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/mod.rs
index fd1b9cba..b381f714 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/mod.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ mod util_test;
 use sk_testutils::*;
 
 use super::*;
+use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::macros::*;
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/util_test.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/util_test.rs
index 3f02c286..3bd7f34e 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/util_test.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/tests/util_test.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use assertables::*;
 use clockabilly::Utc;
+use kube::api::DynamicObject;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use super::*;
diff --git a/sk-core/src/k8s/util.rs b/sk-core/src/k8s/util.rs
index 52a81a3c..d4f4d9f3 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/k8s/util.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/k8s/util.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
-use kube::api::Resource;
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1 as corev1;
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as metav1;
+use kube::ResourceExt;
+use kube::api::{
+    DynamicObject,
+    Resource,
+};
 use serde_json::{
     Map,
     Value,
 };
 
-use super::*;
 use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::errors::*;
+use crate::k8s::{
+    GVK,
+    KubeResourceExt,
+    KubernetesError,
+};
 
 const MAX_LABEL_LENGTH: usize = 63;
 
diff --git a/sk-core/src/trace/config.rs b/sk-core/src/trace/config.rs
index 976999f4..80262bf5 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/trace/config.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/trace/config.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde::{
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::*;
 
-use crate::constants::KNOWN_GVKS_METADATA;
+use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::k8s::GVK;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
diff --git a/sk-core/src/trace/tests/pod_owners_map_test.rs b/sk-core/src/trace/tests/pod_owners_map_test.rs
index 8f48c3db..ea277ba9 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/trace/tests/pod_owners_map_test.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/trace/tests/pod_owners_map_test.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use super::*;
-use crate::constants::DEPLOYMENT_GVK;
+use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::k8s::PodLifecycleData;
 use crate::trace::TraceIndex;
 use crate::trace::pod_owners_map::{
diff --git a/sk-core/src/trace/tests/trace_test.rs b/sk-core/src/trace/tests/trace_test.rs
index 349ee396..175327e5 100644
--- a/sk-core/src/trace/tests/trace_test.rs
+++ b/sk-core/src/trace/tests/trace_test.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use sk_testutils::{
 };
 
 use super::*;
-use crate::constants::DEPLOYMENT_GVK;
+use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::k8s::PodLifecycleData;
 use crate::trace::Trace;
 use crate::trace::event::TraceEvent;
diff --git a/sk-driver/src/runner.rs b/sk-driver/src/runner.rs
index e6811161..5341161e 100644
--- a/sk-driver/src/runner.rs
+++ b/sk-driver/src/runner.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use sk_core::prelude::*;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tracing::*;
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::DriverContext;
 use crate::util::{
     compute_step_size,
     wait_if_paused,