diff --git a/examples/third-party-resources/apis/tpr/v1/register.go b/examples/third-party-resources/apis/tpr/v1/register.go
index 100484a7..201310fe 100644
--- a/examples/third-party-resources/apis/tpr/v1/register.go
+++ b/examples/third-party-resources/apis/tpr/v1/register.go
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// We only register manually-written functions here. The registration of the
-	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
-	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
-	SchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes)
-}
-
 // addKnownTypes adds the set of types defined in this package to the supplied scheme.
 func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
 	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,