diff --git a/api/api-rules/apiextensions_violation_exceptions.list b/api/api-rules/apiextensions_violation_exceptions.list
index 4916ad72d07..5788ea4bc0a 100644
--- a/api/api-rules/apiextensions_violation_exceptions.list
+++ b/api/api-rules/apiextensions_violation_exceptions.list
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,InternalEve
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,MicroTime,Time
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,StatusCause,Type
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,Time,Time
-API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,RawExtension,Raw
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentEncoding
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentType
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,Raw
diff --git a/api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list b/api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list
index 706941307e7..a3ce3b689e7 100644
--- a/api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list
+++ b/api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,InternalEve
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,MicroTime,Time
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,StatusCause,Type
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,Time,Time
-API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,RawExtension,Raw
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentEncoding
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentType
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,Raw
diff --git a/api/api-rules/sample_apiserver_violation_exceptions.list b/api/api-rules/sample_apiserver_violation_exceptions.list
index 5ba84d7d44e..96fc7df76ee 100644
--- a/api/api-rules/sample_apiserver_violation_exceptions.list
+++ b/api/api-rules/sample_apiserver_violation_exceptions.list
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,InternalEve
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,MicroTime,Time
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,StatusCause,Type
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,Time,Time
-API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,RawExtension,Raw
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentEncoding
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentType
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,Raw
diff --git a/api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list b/api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list
index 6d74b68bbad..969cebf237b 100644
--- a/api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list
+++ b/api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,InternalEve
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,MicroTime,Time
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,StatusCause,Type
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1,Time,Time
-API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,RawExtension,Raw
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentEncoding
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,ContentType
 API rule violation: names_match,k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime,Unknown,Raw
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 023f5838c06..c80aec50d5c 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -19466,16 +19466,6 @@
     },
     "io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.runtime.RawExtension": {
       "description": "RawExtension is used to hold extensions in external versions.\n\nTo use this, make a field which has RawExtension as its type in your external, versioned struct, and Object in your internal struct. You also need to register your various plugin types.\n\n// Internal package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.Object `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// External package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.RawExtension `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// On the wire, the JSON will look something like this: {\n\t\"kind\":\"MyAPIObject\",\n\t\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\n\t\"myPlugin\": {\n\t\t\"kind\":\"PluginA\",\n\t\t\"aOption\":\"foo\",\n\t},\n}\n\nSo what happens? Decode first uses json or yaml to unmarshal the serialized data into your external MyAPIObject. That causes the raw JSON to be stored, but not unpacked. The next step is to copy (using pkg/conversion) into the internal struct. The runtime package's DefaultScheme has conversion functions installed which will unpack the JSON stored in RawExtension, turning it into the correct object type, and storing it in the Object. (TODO: In the case where the object is of an unknown type, a runtime.Unknown object will be created and stored.)",
-      "properties": {
-        "Raw": {
-          "description": "Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.",
-          "format": "byte",
-          "type": "string"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "Raw"
-      ],
       "type": "object"
     },
     "io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.util.intstr.IntOrString": {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 15805fb78a5..21e33e701a2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -2970,16 +2970,6 @@ func schema_k8sio_apimachinery_pkg_runtime_RawExtension(ref common.ReferenceCall
 			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 				Description: "RawExtension is used to hold extensions in external versions.\n\nTo use this, make a field which has RawExtension as its type in your external, versioned struct, and Object in your internal struct. You also need to register your various plugin types.\n\n// Internal package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.Object `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// External package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.RawExtension `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// On the wire, the JSON will look something like this: {\n\t\"kind\":\"MyAPIObject\",\n\t\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\n\t\"myPlugin\": {\n\t\t\"kind\":\"PluginA\",\n\t\t\"aOption\":\"foo\",\n\t},\n}\n\nSo what happens? Decode first uses json or yaml to unmarshal the serialized data into your external MyAPIObject. That causes the raw JSON to be stored, but not unpacked. The next step is to copy (using pkg/conversion) into the internal struct. The runtime package's DefaultScheme has conversion functions installed which will unpack the JSON stored in RawExtension, turning it into the correct object type, and storing it in the Object. (TODO: In the case where the object is of an unknown type, a runtime.Unknown object will be created and stored.)",
 				Type:        []string{"object"},
-				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
-					"Raw": {
-						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.",
-							Type:        []string{"string"},
-							Format:      "byte",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Required: []string{"Raw"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/types.go
index 3d3ebe5f9d1..2f0b6c9e55b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/types.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type RawExtension struct {
 	// Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.
 	//
 	// TODO: Determine how to detect ContentType and ContentEncoding of 'Raw' data.
-	Raw []byte `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=raw"`
+	Raw []byte `json:"-" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=raw"`
 	// Object can hold a representation of this extension - useful for working with versioned
 	// structs.
 	Object Object `json:"-"`
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/_examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/_examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 795787e0df4..627c283e9e9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/_examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/_examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -2176,16 +2176,6 @@ func schema_k8sio_apimachinery_pkg_runtime_RawExtension(ref common.ReferenceCall
 			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 				Description: "RawExtension is used to hold extensions in external versions.\n\nTo use this, make a field which has RawExtension as its type in your external, versioned struct, and Object in your internal struct. You also need to register your various plugin types.\n\n// Internal package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.Object `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// External package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.RawExtension `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// On the wire, the JSON will look something like this: {\n\t\"kind\":\"MyAPIObject\",\n\t\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\n\t\"myPlugin\": {\n\t\t\"kind\":\"PluginA\",\n\t\t\"aOption\":\"foo\",\n\t},\n}\n\nSo what happens? Decode first uses json or yaml to unmarshal the serialized data into your external MyAPIObject. That causes the raw JSON to be stored, but not unpacked. The next step is to copy (using pkg/conversion) into the internal struct. The runtime package's DefaultScheme has conversion functions installed which will unpack the JSON stored in RawExtension, turning it into the correct object type, and storing it in the Object. (TODO: In the case where the object is of an unknown type, a runtime.Unknown object will be created and stored.)",
 				Type:        []string{"object"},
-				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
-					"Raw": {
-						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.",
-							Type:        []string{"string"},
-							Format:      "byte",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Required: []string{"Raw"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index a5ba4a56a4d..0e5e31ed32a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -2180,16 +2180,6 @@ func schema_k8sio_apimachinery_pkg_runtime_RawExtension(ref common.ReferenceCall
 			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 				Description: "RawExtension is used to hold extensions in external versions.\n\nTo use this, make a field which has RawExtension as its type in your external, versioned struct, and Object in your internal struct. You also need to register your various plugin types.\n\n// Internal package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.Object `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// External package: type MyAPIObject struct {\n\truntime.TypeMeta `json:\",inline\"`\n\tMyPlugin runtime.RawExtension `json:\"myPlugin\"`\n} type PluginA struct {\n\tAOption string `json:\"aOption\"`\n}\n\n// On the wire, the JSON will look something like this: {\n\t\"kind\":\"MyAPIObject\",\n\t\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\n\t\"myPlugin\": {\n\t\t\"kind\":\"PluginA\",\n\t\t\"aOption\":\"foo\",\n\t},\n}\n\nSo what happens? Decode first uses json or yaml to unmarshal the serialized data into your external MyAPIObject. That causes the raw JSON to be stored, but not unpacked. The next step is to copy (using pkg/conversion) into the internal struct. The runtime package's DefaultScheme has conversion functions installed which will unpack the JSON stored in RawExtension, turning it into the correct object type, and storing it in the Object. (TODO: In the case where the object is of an unknown type, a runtime.Unknown object will be created and stored.)",
 				Type:        []string{"object"},
-				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
-					"Raw": {
-						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.",
-							Type:        []string{"string"},
-							Format:      "byte",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Required: []string{"Raw"},
 			},
 		},
 	}