diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers/provider.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers/provider.go
index 8da5b67..670d307 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers/provider.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers/provider.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/providers/register"
 )
 
 // NewCommand creates a new providers subcommand
@@ -33,12 +32,9 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			switch len(args) {
 			case 0:
-				ls := register.List()
-				for _, p := range ls {
-					fmt.Fprintln(cmd.OutOrStdout(), p)
-				}
+				fmt.Fprintln(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "alibabacloud")
 			case 1:
-				if !register.Exists(args[0]) {
+				if args[0] != "alibabacloud" {
 					fmt.Fprintln(cmd.OutOrStderr(), "no such provider", args[0])
 
 					// TODO(@cpuuy83): would be nice to not short-circuit the exit here
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/node.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/node.go
index 7285756..74227a6 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/node.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/node.go
@@ -20,21 +20,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/errdefs"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/providers"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/version"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-var (
-	// vkVersion is a concatenation of the Kubernetes version the VK is built against, the string "vk" and the VK release version.
-	// TODO @pires revisit after VK 1.0 is released as agreed in https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/pull/446#issuecomment-448423176.
-	vkVersion = strings.Join([]string{"v1.13.1", "vk", version.Version}, "-")
-)
-
 // NodeFromProvider builds a kubernetes node object from a provider
 // This is a temporary solution until node stuff actually split off from the provider interface itself.
-func NodeFromProvider(ctx context.Context, name string, taint *v1.Taint, p providers.Provider) *v1.Node {
+func NodeFromProvider(ctx context.Context, name string, taint *v1.Taint, p providers.Provider, version string) *v1.Node {
 	taints := make([]v1.Taint, 0)
 
 	if taint != nil {
@@ -59,7 +52,7 @@ func NodeFromProvider(ctx context.Context, name string, taint *v1.Taint, p provi
 			NodeInfo: v1.NodeSystemInfo{
 				OperatingSystem: p.OperatingSystem(),
 				Architecture:    "amd64",
-				KubeletVersion:  vkVersion,
+				KubeletVersion:  version,
 			},
 			Capacity:        p.Capacity(ctx),
 			Allocatable:     p.Capacity(ctx),
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/opts.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/opts.go
index 7b3c46d..e082970 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/opts.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/opts.go
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ type Opts struct {
 
 	// Startup Timeout is how long to wait for the kubelet to start
 	StartupTimeout time.Duration
+
+	Version string
 }
 
 // SetDefaultOpts sets default options for unset values on the passed in option struct.
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/root.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/root.go
index 037cb34..2c0d627 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/root.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root/root.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/alibabacloud-eci"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/errdefs"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/log"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/manager"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/node"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/providers"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/providers/register"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -120,16 +120,18 @@ func runRootCommand(ctx context.Context, c Opts) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	initConfig := register.InitConfig{
-		ConfigPath:      c.ProviderConfigPath,
-		NodeName:        c.NodeName,
-		OperatingSystem: c.OperatingSystem,
-		ResourceManager: rm,
-		DaemonPort:      int32(c.ListenPort),
-		InternalIP:      os.Getenv("VKUBELET_POD_IP"),
+	if c.Provider != "" && c.Provider != "alibabacloud" {
+		return errors.Errorf("provider not supported %q: alibabacloud is the only support provider", c.Provider)
 	}
 
-	p, err := register.GetProvider(c.Provider, initConfig)
+	p, err := alibabacloud.NewECIProvider(
+		c.ProviderConfigPath,
+		rm,
+		c.NodeName,
+		c.OperatingSystem,
+		os.Getenv("VKUBELET_POD_IP"),
+		c.ListenPort,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ func runRootCommand(ctx context.Context, c Opts) error {
 		leaseClient = client.CoordinationV1beta1().Leases(corev1.NamespaceNodeLease)
 	}
 
-	pNode := NodeFromProvider(ctx, c.NodeName, taint, p)
+	pNode := NodeFromProvider(ctx, c.NodeName, taint, p, c.Version)
 	nodeRunner, err := node.NewNodeController(
 		node.NaiveNodeProvider{},
 		pNode,
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version/version.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version/version.go
index 73f3e39..88e0bcf 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version/version.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version/version.go
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/version"
 )
 
 // NewCommand creates a new version subcommand command
-func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+func NewCommand(version, buildTime string) *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
 		Short: "Show the version of the program",
 		Long:  `Show the version of the program`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("Version: %s, Built: %s\n", version.Version, version.BuildTime)
+			fmt.Printf("Version: %s, Built: %s\n", version, buildTime)
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/main.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/main.go
index e3f462c..6b0cec9 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/main.go
@@ -19,20 +19,27 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version"
+	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/alibabacloud-eci/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/providers"
+	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/alibabacloud-eci/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/root"
+	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/alibabacloud-eci/cmd/virtual-kubelet/commands/version"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/log"
 	logruslogger "github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/log/logrus"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/trace"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/trace/opencensus"
 )
 
+var (
+	buildVersion = "N/A"
+	buildTime    = "N/A"
+	k8sVersion   = "v1.13.1" // This should follow the version of k8s.io/kubernetes we are importing
+)
+
 func main() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
@@ -47,9 +54,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	var opts root.Opts
 	optsErr := root.SetDefaultOpts(&opts)
+	opts.Version = strings.Join([]string{k8sVersion, "vk-alibabacloud", buildVersion}, "-")
 
 	rootCmd := root.NewCommand(ctx, filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), opts)
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(version.NewCommand(), providers.NewCommand())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(version.NewCommand(buildVersion, buildTime), providers.NewCommand())
 	preRun := rootCmd.PreRunE
 
 	var logLevel string
diff --git a/eci.go b/eci.go
index 6f5b3c2..b0b819a 100644
--- a/eci.go
+++ b/eci.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go/sdk/requests"
+	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/alibabacloud-eci/eci"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/errdefs"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/log"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/manager"
 	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/node/api"
-	"github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet/providers/alibabacloud/eci"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serr "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"