diff --git a/grpc_client/grpc_client.py b/grpc_client/grpc_client.py
index 9a3224f..316970b 100644
--- a/grpc_client/grpc_client.py
+++ b/grpc_client/grpc_client.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks, returnValue
 from werkzeug.exceptions import ServiceUnavailable
 
-from chameleon.protos import third_party
 from chameleon.protos.schema_pb2_grpc import SchemaServiceStub
 from google.protobuf.empty_pb2 import Empty
 
@@ -236,9 +235,6 @@
         web server gateway python file *_gw.py.
         :return: None
         """
-        google_api_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(__file__), '../protos/third_party'
-        ))
 
         chameleon_base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__), '../..'
@@ -254,7 +250,6 @@
                 'env PATH=%s PYTHONPATH=%s '
                 'python -m grpc.tools.protoc '
                 '-I. '
-                '-I%s '
                 '--python_out=. '
                 '--grpc_python_out=. '
                 '--plugin=protoc-gen-gw=%s/gw_gen.py '
@@ -264,8 +259,7 @@
                 '%s' % (
                     self.work_dir,
                     ':'.join([os.environ['PATH'], self.plugin_dir]),
-                    ':'.join([google_api_dir, chameleon_base_dir]),
-                    google_api_dir,
+                    chameleon_base_dir,
                     self.plugin_dir,
                     self.plugin_dir,
                     '--swagger_out=. ' if need_swagger else '',
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2d06e53..8187d25 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 from chameleon.utils.nethelpers import get_my_primary_local_ipv4
 from chameleon.utils.structlog_setup import setup_logging
 
-base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-sys.path.append(base_dir)
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(base_dir, '/chameleon/protos/third_party'))
-
 from chameleon.grpc_client.grpc_client import GrpcClient
 from chameleon.web_server.web_server import WebServer
 
diff --git a/protoc_plugins/gw_gen.py b/protoc_plugins/gw_gen.py
index a6f9414..c63d776 100755
--- a/protoc_plugins/gw_gen.py
+++ b/protoc_plugins/gw_gen.py
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 from jinja2 import Template
 from simplejson import dumps
 
-from chameleon.protos.third_party.google.api import annotations_pb2, http_pb2
-_ = annotations_pb2, http_pb2  # to keep import line from being optimized out
-
+from chameleon.protos import annotations_pb2, http_pb2
 
 template = Template("""
 # Generated file; please do not edit
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@
             options = method.options
             assert isinstance(options, MethodOptions)
             for fd, http in options.ListFields():
-                if fd.full_name == 'google.api.http':
+                if fd.full_name == 'googleapi.http':
                     assert fd.name == 'http'
                     assert isinstance(http, http_pb2.HttpRule)
 
diff --git a/protoc_plugins/schema2dict.py b/protoc_plugins/schema2dict.py
index e644ba8..3a7a63b 100644
--- a/protoc_plugins/schema2dict.py
+++ b/protoc_plugins/schema2dict.py
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 """
 import json
 import sys
-from chameleon.protos.third_party.google.api import annotations_pb2
-_ = annotations_pb2
-from chameleon.protos import schema_pb2
+from chameleon.protos import schema_pb2, annotations_pb2
 from protobuf_to_dict import protobuf_to_dict
 
 
diff --git a/protoc_plugins/swagger_gen.py b/protoc_plugins/swagger_gen.py
index 67d6a9a..3b558d6 100755
--- a/protoc_plugins/swagger_gen.py
+++ b/protoc_plugins/swagger_gen.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from simplejson import dumps
 
 # without this import, http method annotations would not be recognized:
-from google.api import annotations_pb2, http_pb2
+from chameleon.protos import annotations_pb2, http_pb2
 
 from chameleon.protoc_plugins.descriptor_parser import DescriptorParser
 from swagger_template import native_descriptors_to_swagger
diff --git a/protos/Makefile b/protos/Makefile
index 363c22b..52e36b0 100644
--- a/protos/Makefile
+++ b/protos/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 default: build
 
-PROTO_FILES := $(wildcard *.proto) $(wildcard third_party/google/api/*proto)
+PROTO_FILES := $(wildcard *.proto)
 PROTO_PB2_FILES := $(foreach f,$(PROTO_FILES),$(subst .proto,_pb2.py,$(f)))
 PROTO_DESC_FILES := $(foreach f,$(PROTO_FILES),$(subst .proto,.desc,$(f)))
 
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 	@echo "Building protocol buffer artifacts from $<"
 	env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(PROTOC_LIBDIR) python -m grpc.tools.protoc \
 	    -I. \
-	    -I./third_party \
 	    --python_out=. \
 	    --grpc_python_out=. \
 	    $<
diff --git a/protos/third_party/google/api/annotations.proto b/protos/annotations.proto
similarity index 74%
rename from protos/third_party/google/api/annotations.proto
rename to protos/annotations.proto
index cbd18b8..2ed81a6 100644
--- a/protos/third_party/google/api/annotations.proto
+++ b/protos/annotations.proto
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015, Google Inc.
+// Modififications (C) 2018, Open Networking Foundation
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,16 +13,20 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+// See NOTE in http.proto for the modifications made to these files
+
 syntax = "proto3";
 
-package google.api;
+package googleapi;
 
-import "google/api/http.proto";
+import "http.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/descriptor.proto";
 
+option go_package = "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/annotations;annotations";
 option java_multiple_files = true;
 option java_outer_classname = "AnnotationsProto";
 option java_package = "com.google.api";
+option objc_class_prefix = "GAPI";
 
 extend google.protobuf.MethodOptions {
   // See `HttpRule`.
diff --git a/protos/http.proto b/protos/http.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99d0ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protos/http.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+// Modififications (C) 2018, Open Networking Foundation
+//
+// 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.
+
+// NOTE: On the provenance of and modifications to http.proto and
+// annotations.proto
+//
+// TL;DR: The files http.proto and annotations.proto are originally from here:
+//  https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis
+// They have been modified slightly to avoid a namespace conflict.
+//
+// Long winded explanation:
+// These files are designed to interact with Google's first party API's, and
+// the recommended way to use them is to compiled them to code with protoc and
+// included in your codebase before being used.  Due to the fact that we're not
+// using them that way, and because of how Chameleon and XOS work (dynamically
+// defining our own API's), we have to ship these *.proto files as a part of
+// our artifacts.
+//
+// The problems start when you try to include these specific .proto files in
+// python. The protoc compiler includes the `google.protobuf` classes, which
+// python can look up in the standard python library path. Unfortunately these
+// files are namespaced with `google.api` in the path and aren't shipped with
+// protoc.  This leads to a path conflict - you can't have two library paths
+// start with the same path component (`google` in this case) without getting
+// an "ImportError: No module named ..." on one of the paths when you import
+// them.
+//
+// Historically, various confusing hacks were implemented to override and
+// special-case the python `include` directive to include a file at a different
+// path than was specified. These hacks also failed when updating the base OS,
+// and would likely continue to fail in other, stranger ways as we update the
+// codebase.  Specifically, Python 3 reimplemented these features in the
+// importlib section of the standard library, so there's little confidence our
+// hacks would continue to work.  As an aside, there are various protobuf
+// `options` statements to deal with this sort of issue in other languages (see
+// the `go_package` and `java_package` below ) but these don't currently exist
+// for python: https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/973
+//
+// To avoid this entire psychotic namespace hellscape, it's much easier to
+// modify these files to remove the google.api path component, and have them
+// included directly at a path of our own choice.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package googleapi;
+
+option cc_enable_arenas = true;
+option go_package = "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/annotations;annotations";
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option java_outer_classname = "HttpProto";
+option java_package = "com.google.api";
+option objc_class_prefix = "GAPI";
+
+
+// Defines the HTTP configuration for an API service. It contains a list of
+// [HttpRule][google.api.HttpRule], each specifying the mapping of an RPC method
+// to one or more HTTP REST API methods.
+message Http {
+  // A list of HTTP configuration rules that apply to individual API methods.
+  //
+  // **NOTE:** All service configuration rules follow "last one wins" order.
+  repeated HttpRule rules = 1;
+
+  // When set to true, URL path parmeters will be fully URI-decoded except in
+  // cases of single segment matches in reserved expansion, where "%2F" will be
+  // left encoded.
+  //
+  // The default behavior is to not decode RFC 6570 reserved characters in multi
+  // segment matches.
+  bool fully_decode_reserved_expansion = 2;
+}
+
+// `HttpRule` defines the mapping of an RPC method to one or more HTTP
+// REST API methods. The mapping specifies how different portions of the RPC
+// request message are mapped to URL path, URL query parameters, and
+// HTTP request body. The mapping is typically specified as an
+// `google.api.http` annotation on the RPC method,
+// see "google/api/annotations.proto" for details.
+//
+// The mapping consists of a field specifying the path template and
+// method kind.  The path template can refer to fields in the request
+// message, as in the example below which describes a REST GET
+// operation on a resource collection of messages:
+//
+//
+//     service Messaging {
+//       rpc GetMessage(GetMessageRequest) returns (Message) {
+//         option (google.api.http).get = "/v1/messages/{message_id}/{sub.subfield}";
+//       }
+//     }
+//     message GetMessageRequest {
+//       message SubMessage {
+//         string subfield = 1;
+//       }
+//       string message_id = 1; // mapped to the URL
+//       SubMessage sub = 2;    // `sub.subfield` is url-mapped
+//     }
+//     message Message {
+//       string text = 1; // content of the resource
+//     }
+//
+// The same http annotation can alternatively be expressed inside the
+// `GRPC API Configuration` YAML file.
+//
+//     http:
+//       rules:
+//         - selector: <proto_package_name>.Messaging.GetMessage
+//           get: /v1/messages/{message_id}/{sub.subfield}
+//
+// This definition enables an automatic, bidrectional mapping of HTTP
+// JSON to RPC. Example:
+//
+// HTTP | RPC
+// -----|-----
+// `GET /v1/messages/123456/foo`  | `GetMessage(message_id: "123456" sub: SubMessage(subfield: "foo"))`
+//
+// In general, not only fields but also field paths can be referenced
+// from a path pattern. Fields mapped to the path pattern cannot be
+// repeated and must have a primitive (non-message) type.
+//
+// Any fields in the request message which are not bound by the path
+// pattern automatically become (optional) HTTP query
+// parameters. Assume the following definition of the request message:
+//
+//
+//     service Messaging {
+//       rpc GetMessage(GetMessageRequest) returns (Message) {
+//         option (google.api.http).get = "/v1/messages/{message_id}";
+//       }
+//     }
+//     message GetMessageRequest {
+//       message SubMessage {
+//         string subfield = 1;
+//       }
+//       string message_id = 1; // mapped to the URL
+//       int64 revision = 2;    // becomes a parameter
+//       SubMessage sub = 3;    // `sub.subfield` becomes a parameter
+//     }
+//
+//
+// This enables a HTTP JSON to RPC mapping as below:
+//
+// HTTP | RPC
+// -----|-----
+// `GET /v1/messages/123456?revision=2&sub.subfield=foo` | `GetMessage(message_id: "123456" revision: 2 sub: SubMessage(subfield: "foo"))`
+//
+// Note that fields which are mapped to HTTP parameters must have a
+// primitive type or a repeated primitive type. Message types are not
+// allowed. In the case of a repeated type, the parameter can be
+// repeated in the URL, as in `...?param=A&param=B`.
+//
+// For HTTP method kinds which allow a request body, the `body` field
+// specifies the mapping. Consider a REST update method on the
+// message resource collection:
+//
+//
+//     service Messaging {
+//       rpc UpdateMessage(UpdateMessageRequest) returns (Message) {
+//         option (google.api.http) = {
+//           put: "/v1/messages/{message_id}"
+//           body: "message"
+//         };
+//       }
+//     }
+//     message UpdateMessageRequest {
+//       string message_id = 1; // mapped to the URL
+//       Message message = 2;   // mapped to the body
+//     }
+//
+//
+// The following HTTP JSON to RPC mapping is enabled, where the
+// representation of the JSON in the request body is determined by
+// protos JSON encoding:
+//
+// HTTP | RPC
+// -----|-----
+// `PUT /v1/messages/123456 { "text": "Hi!" }` | `UpdateMessage(message_id: "123456" message { text: "Hi!" })`
+//
+// The special name `*` can be used in the body mapping to define that
+// every field not bound by the path template should be mapped to the
+// request body.  This enables the following alternative definition of
+// the update method:
+//
+//     service Messaging {
+//       rpc UpdateMessage(Message) returns (Message) {
+//         option (google.api.http) = {
+//           put: "/v1/messages/{message_id}"
+//           body: "*"
+//         };
+//       }
+//     }
+//     message Message {
+//       string message_id = 1;
+//       string text = 2;
+//     }
+//
+//
+// The following HTTP JSON to RPC mapping is enabled:
+//
+// HTTP | RPC
+// -----|-----
+// `PUT /v1/messages/123456 { "text": "Hi!" }` | `UpdateMessage(message_id: "123456" text: "Hi!")`
+//
+// Note that when using `*` in the body mapping, it is not possible to
+// have HTTP parameters, as all fields not bound by the path end in
+// the body. This makes this option more rarely used in practice of
+// defining REST APIs. The common usage of `*` is in custom methods
+// which don't use the URL at all for transferring data.
+//
+// It is possible to define multiple HTTP methods for one RPC by using
+// the `additional_bindings` option. Example:
+//
+//     service Messaging {
+//       rpc GetMessage(GetMessageRequest) returns (Message) {
+//         option (google.api.http) = {
+//           get: "/v1/messages/{message_id}"
+//           additional_bindings {
+//             get: "/v1/users/{user_id}/messages/{message_id}"
+//           }
+//         };
+//       }
+//     }
+//     message GetMessageRequest {
+//       string message_id = 1;
+//       string user_id = 2;
+//     }
+//
+//
+// This enables the following two alternative HTTP JSON to RPC
+// mappings:
+//
+// HTTP | RPC
+// -----|-----
+// `GET /v1/messages/123456` | `GetMessage(message_id: "123456")`
+// `GET /v1/users/me/messages/123456` | `GetMessage(user_id: "me" message_id: "123456")`
+//
+// # Rules for HTTP mapping
+//
+// The rules for mapping HTTP path, query parameters, and body fields
+// to the request message are as follows:
+//
+// 1. The `body` field specifies either `*` or a field path, or is
+//    omitted. If omitted, it indicates there is no HTTP request body.
+// 2. Leaf fields (recursive expansion of nested messages in the
+//    request) can be classified into three types:
+//     (a) Matched in the URL template.
+//     (b) Covered by body (if body is `*`, everything except (a) fields;
+//         else everything under the body field)
+//     (c) All other fields.
+// 3. URL query parameters found in the HTTP request are mapped to (c) fields.
+// 4. Any body sent with an HTTP request can contain only (b) fields.
+//
+// The syntax of the path template is as follows:
+//
+//     Template = "/" Segments [ Verb ] ;
+//     Segments = Segment { "/" Segment } ;
+//     Segment  = "*" | "**" | LITERAL | Variable ;
+//     Variable = "{" FieldPath [ "=" Segments ] "}" ;
+//     FieldPath = IDENT { "." IDENT } ;
+//     Verb     = ":" LITERAL ;
+//
+// The syntax `*` matches a single path segment. The syntax `**` matches zero
+// or more path segments, which must be the last part of the path except the
+// `Verb`. The syntax `LITERAL` matches literal text in the path.
+//
+// The syntax `Variable` matches part of the URL path as specified by its
+// template. A variable template must not contain other variables. If a variable
+// matches a single path segment, its template may be omitted, e.g. `{var}`
+// is equivalent to `{var=*}`.
+//
+// If a variable contains exactly one path segment, such as `"{var}"` or
+// `"{var=*}"`, when such a variable is expanded into a URL path, all characters
+// except `[-_.~0-9a-zA-Z]` are percent-encoded. Such variables show up in the
+// Discovery Document as `{var}`.
+//
+// If a variable contains one or more path segments, such as `"{var=foo/*}"`
+// or `"{var=**}"`, when such a variable is expanded into a URL path, all
+// characters except `[-_.~/0-9a-zA-Z]` are percent-encoded. Such variables
+// show up in the Discovery Document as `{+var}`.
+//
+// NOTE: While the single segment variable matches the semantics of
+// [RFC 6570](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570) Section 3.2.2
+// Simple String Expansion, the multi segment variable **does not** match
+// RFC 6570 Reserved Expansion. The reason is that the Reserved Expansion
+// does not expand special characters like `?` and `#`, which would lead
+// to invalid URLs.
+//
+// NOTE: the field paths in variables and in the `body` must not refer to
+// repeated fields or map fields.
+message HttpRule {
+  // Selects methods to which this rule applies.
+  //
+  // Refer to [selector][google.api.DocumentationRule.selector] for syntax details.
+  string selector = 1;
+
+  // Determines the URL pattern is matched by this rules. This pattern can be
+  // used with any of the {get|put|post|delete|patch} methods. A custom method
+  // can be defined using the 'custom' field.
+  oneof pattern {
+    // Used for listing and getting information about resources.
+    string get = 2;
+
+    // Used for updating a resource.
+    string put = 3;
+
+    // Used for creating a resource.
+    string post = 4;
+
+    // Used for deleting a resource.
+    string delete = 5;
+
+    // Used for updating a resource.
+    string patch = 6;
+
+    // The custom pattern is used for specifying an HTTP method that is not
+    // included in the `pattern` field, such as HEAD, or "*" to leave the
+    // HTTP method unspecified for this rule. The wild-card rule is useful
+    // for services that provide content to Web (HTML) clients.
+    CustomHttpPattern custom = 8;
+  }
+
+  // The name of the request field whose value is mapped to the HTTP body, or
+  // `*` for mapping all fields not captured by the path pattern to the HTTP
+  // body. NOTE: the referred field must not be a repeated field and must be
+  // present at the top-level of request message type.
+  string body = 7;
+
+  // Additional HTTP bindings for the selector. Nested bindings must
+  // not contain an `additional_bindings` field themselves (that is,
+  // the nesting may only be one level deep).
+  repeated HttpRule additional_bindings = 11;
+}
+
+// A custom pattern is used for defining custom HTTP verb.
+message CustomHttpPattern {
+  // The name of this custom HTTP verb.
+  string kind = 1;
+
+  // The path matched by this custom verb.
+  string path = 2;
+}
diff --git a/protos/third_party/__init__.py b/protos/third_party/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 240d334..0000000
--- a/protos/third_party/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2017 the original author or 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.
-#
-
-"""
-This helps loading http_pb2 and annotations_pb2.
-Without this, the Python importer will not be able to process the lines:
-from google.api import http_pb2 or
-from google.api import annotations_pb2
-(Without importing these, the protobuf loader will not recognize http options
-in the protobuf definitions.)
-"""
-
-from importlib import import_module
-import os
-import sys
-
-
-class GoogleApiImporter(object):
-
-    def find_module(self, full_name, path=None):
-        if full_name == 'google.api':
-            self.path = [os.path.dirname(__file__)]
-            return self
-
-    def load_module(self, name):
-        if name in sys.modules:
-            return sys.modules[name]
-        full_name = 'chameleon.protos.third_party.' + name
-        import_module(full_name)
-        module = sys.modules[full_name]
-        sys.modules[name] = module
-        return module
-
-
-sys.meta_path.append(GoogleApiImporter())
-from google.api import http_pb2, annotations_pb2
-_ = http_pb2, annotations_pb2
diff --git a/protos/third_party/google/LICENSE b/protos/third_party/google/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 261eeb9..0000000
--- a/protos/third_party/google/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
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-                           Version 2.0, January 2004
-                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/
-
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diff --git a/protos/third_party/google/__init__.py b/protos/third_party/google/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a13cdf..0000000
--- a/protos/third_party/google/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-# Copyright 2017 the original author or 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.
-#
diff --git a/protos/third_party/google/api/__init__.py b/protos/third_party/google/api/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 48398a3..0000000
--- a/protos/third_party/google/api/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# Copyright 2017 the original author or 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.
-#
-
-import http_pb2, annotations_pb2
diff --git a/protos/third_party/google/api/http.proto b/protos/third_party/google/api/http.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index ce07aa1..0000000
--- a/protos/third_party/google/api/http.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2015, Google Inc.
-//
-// 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.
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-package google.api;
-
-option java_multiple_files = true;
-option java_outer_classname = "HttpProto";
-option java_package = "com.google.api";
-
-
-// `HttpRule` defines the mapping of an RPC method to one or more HTTP REST API
-// methods. The mapping determines what portions of the request message are
-// populated from the path, query parameters, or body of the HTTP request.  The
-// mapping is typically specified as an `google.api.http` annotation, see
-// "google/api/annotations.proto" for details.
-//
-// The mapping consists of a mandatory field specifying a path template and an
-// optional `body` field specifying what data is represented in the HTTP request
-// body. The field name for the path indicates the HTTP method. Example:
-//
-// ```
-// package google.storage.v2;
-//
-// import "google/api/annotations.proto";
-//
-// service Storage {
-//   rpc CreateObject(CreateObjectRequest) returns (Object) {
-//     option (google.api.http) {
-//       post: "/v2/{bucket_name=buckets/*}/objects"
-//       body: "object"
-//     };
-//   };
-// }
-// ```
-//
-// Here `bucket_name` and `object` bind to fields of the request message
-// `CreateObjectRequest`.
-//
-// The rules for mapping HTTP path, query parameters, and body fields
-// to the request message are as follows:
-//
-// 1. The `body` field specifies either `*` or a field path, or is
-//    omitted. If omitted, it assumes there is no HTTP body.
-// 2. Leaf fields (recursive expansion of nested messages in the
-//    request) can be classified into three types:
-//     (a) Matched in the URL template.
-//     (b) Covered by body (if body is `*`, everything except (a) fields;
-//         else everything under the body field)
-//     (c) All other fields.
-// 3. URL query parameters found in the HTTP request are mapped to (c) fields.
-// 4. Any body sent with an HTTP request can contain only (b) fields.
-//
-// The syntax of the path template is as follows:
-//
-//     Template = "/" Segments [ Verb ] ;
-//     Segments = Segment { "/" Segment } ;
-//     Segment  = "*" | "**" | LITERAL | Variable ;
-//     Variable = "{" FieldPath [ "=" Segments ] "}" ;
-//     FieldPath = IDENT { "." IDENT } ;
-//     Verb     = ":" LITERAL ;
-//
-// `*` matches a single path component, `**` zero or more path components, and
-// `LITERAL` a constant.  A `Variable` can match an entire path as specified
-// again by a template; this nested template must not contain further variables.
-// If no template is given with a variable, it matches a single path component.
-// The notation `{var}` is henceforth equivalent to `{var=*}`.
-//
-// Use CustomHttpPattern to specify any HTTP method that is not included in the
-// pattern field, such as HEAD, or "*" to leave the HTTP method unspecified for
-// a given URL path rule. The wild-card rule is useful for services that provide
-// content to Web (HTML) clients.
-message HttpRule {
-
-  // Determines the URL pattern is matched by this rules. This pattern can be
-  // used with any of the {get|put|post|delete|patch} methods. A custom method
-  // can be defined using the 'custom' field.
-  oneof pattern {
-    // Used for listing and getting information about resources.
-    string get = 2;
-
-    // Used for updating a resource.
-    string put = 3;
-
-    // Used for creating a resource.
-    string post = 4;
-
-    // Used for deleting a resource.
-    string delete = 5;
-
-    // Used for updating a resource.
-    string patch = 6;
-
-    // Custom pattern is used for defining custom verbs.
-    CustomHttpPattern custom = 8;
-  }
-
-  // The name of the request field whose value is mapped to the HTTP body, or
-  // `*` for mapping all fields not captured by the path pattern to the HTTP
-  // body.
-  string body = 7;
-
-  // Additional HTTP bindings for the selector. Nested bindings must not
-  // specify a selector and must not contain additional bindings.
-  repeated HttpRule additional_bindings = 11;
-}
-
-// A custom pattern is used for defining custom HTTP verb.
-message CustomHttpPattern {
-  // The name of this custom HTTP verb.
-  string kind = 1;
-
-  // The path matched by this custom verb.
-  string path = 2;
-}
diff --git a/utils/dockerhelpers.py b/utils/dockerhelpers.py
index 2961e37..b924628 100644
--- a/utils/dockerhelpers.py
+++ b/utils/dockerhelpers.py
@@ -14,12 +14,31 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 import os
+import sys
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
-from docker import Client
 from structlog import get_logger
+log = get_logger()
+
+# handle the python docker v1 to v2 API differences
+try:
+    from docker import __version__ as docker_version
+
+    if LooseVersion(docker_version) < LooseVersion('2.0.0'):
+        log.error("Unsupported python docker module!"
+                  "Please upgrade to docker 2.x or later")
+
+        # <2.x compatible import
+        from docker import Client as DockerClient
+    else:
+        # >2.x compatible import
+        from docker import APIClient as DockerClient
+
+except ImportError:
+    log.error("Unable to load python docker module!")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 docker_socket = os.environ.get('DOCKER_SOCK', 'unix://tmp/docker.sock')
-log = get_logger()
 
 
 def get_my_containers_name():
@@ -33,7 +52,7 @@
     my_container_id = os.environ.get('HOSTNAME', None)
 
     try:
-        docker_cli = Client(base_url=docker_socket)
+        docker_cli = DockerClient(base_url=docker_socket)
         info = docker_cli.inspect_container(my_container_id)
 
     except Exception, e:
@@ -42,4 +61,4 @@
 
     name = info['Name'].lstrip('/')
 
-    return name
\ No newline at end of file
+    return name