diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 651d32fa616..7e814919da1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -5493,7 +5493,6 @@ func ValidatePodResize(newPod, oldPod *core.Pod, opts PodValidationOptions) fiel
 	fldPath := field.NewPath("metadata")
 	allErrs := ValidateImmutableField(&newPod.ObjectMeta, &oldPod.ObjectMeta, fldPath)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validatePodMetadataAndSpec(newPod, opts)...)
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidatePodSpecificAnnotationUpdates(newPod, oldPod, fldPath.Child("annotations"), opts)...)
 
 	// static pods cannot be resized.
 	if _, ok := oldPod.Annotations[core.MirrorPodAnnotationKey]; ok {