diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 8b183deb7c4..56018ca632d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -412,10 +412,6 @@ const (
 
 	// MountOptionAnnotation defines mount option annotation used in PVs
 	MountOptionAnnotation = "volume.beta.kubernetes.io/mount-options"
-
-	// AlphaStorageNodeAffinityAnnotation defines node affinity policies for a PersistentVolume.
-	// Value is a string of the json representation of type NodeAffinity
-	AlphaStorageNodeAffinityAnnotation = "volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/node-affinity"
 )
 
 // +genclient
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 08ef4194ea0..85b83de04b6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -458,10 +458,6 @@ const (
 
 	// MountOptionAnnotation defines mount option annotation used in PVs
 	MountOptionAnnotation = "volume.beta.kubernetes.io/mount-options"
-
-	// AlphaStorageNodeAffinityAnnotation defines node affinity policies for a PersistentVolume.
-	// Value is a string of the json representation of type NodeAffinity
-	AlphaStorageNodeAffinityAnnotation = "volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/node-affinity"
 )
 
 // +genclient