var versioner runtime.GroupVersioner
	if len(versions) == 0 {
		versioner = runtime.InternalGroupVersioner
	} else {
		versioner = schema.GroupVersions(versions)
	}
	return f.CodecForVersions(nil, f.universal, nil, versioner)
}

// CodecForVersions creates a codec with the provided serializer. If an object is decoded and its group is not in the list,

		// TODO remove this hack after we're past the intermediate steps
		if !skipProtobuf && externalGVK.Group != "kubeadm.k8s.io" {
			s := protobuf.NewSerializer(scheme, scheme)
			protobufCodec := codecFactory.CodecForVersions(s, s, externalGVK.GroupVersion(), nil)
			roundTrip(t, scheme, protobufCodec, object)
		}
	}
}