diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/labels.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/labels.go
index 4ee13e7337d..2aaa1743ac6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/labels.go
@@ -18,17 +18,13 @@ package kuberuntime
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
-	sc "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/securitycontext"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -42,12 +38,6 @@ const (
 	containerTerminationMessagePolicyLabel = "io.kubernetes.container.terminationMessagePolicy"
 	containerPreStopHandlerLabel           = "io.kubernetes.container.preStopHandler"
 	containerPortsLabel                    = "io.kubernetes.container.ports"
-
-	// TODO: remove this annotation when moving to beta for Windows hostprocess containers
-	// xref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99576/commits/42fb66073214eed6fe43fa8b1586f396e30e73e3#r635392090
-	// Currently, ContainerD on Windows does not yet fully support HostProcess containers
-	// but will pass annotations to hcsshim which does have support.
-	windowsHostProcessContainer = "microsoft.com/hostprocess-container"
 )
 
 type labeledPodSandboxInfo struct {
@@ -99,23 +89,7 @@ func newPodLabels(pod *v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 
 // newPodAnnotations creates pod annotations from v1.Pod.
 func newPodAnnotations(pod *v1.Pod) map[string]string {
-	annotations := map[string]string{}
-
-	// Get annotations from v1.Pod
-	for k, v := range pod.Annotations {
-		annotations[k] = v
-	}
-
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.WindowsHostProcessContainers) {
-		if kubecontainer.HasWindowsHostProcessContainer(pod) {
-			// While WindowsHostProcessContainers is in alpha pass 'microsoft.com/hostprocess-container' annotation
-			// to pod sandbox creations request. ContainerD on Windows does not yet fully support HostProcess
-			// containers but will pass annotations to hcsshim which does have support.
-			annotations[windowsHostProcessContainer] = "true"
-		}
-	}
-
-	return annotations
+	return pod.Annotations
 }
 
 // newContainerLabels creates container labels from v1.Container and v1.Pod.
@@ -169,15 +143,6 @@ func newContainerAnnotations(container *v1.Container, pod *v1.Pod, restartCount
 		}
 	}
 
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.WindowsHostProcessContainers) {
-		if sc.HasWindowsHostProcessRequest(pod, container) {
-			// While WindowsHostProcessContainers is in alpha pass 'microsoft.com/hostprocess-container' annotation
-			// to create containers request. ContainerD on Windows does not yet fully support HostProcess containers
-			// but will pass annotations to hcsshim which does have support.
-			annotations[windowsHostProcessContainer] = "true"
-		}
-	}
-
 	return annotations
 }