diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/doc.go b/pkg/apis/apps/doc.go
index f3d76d9217d..e216ed6fd8d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/doc.go
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
-// +groupName=apps.k8s.io
 
 package apps // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps"
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/doc.go
index e2da2b7cfba..157cc063ae8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/doc.go
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
-// +groupName=apps.k8s.io
 
 package v1beta1 // import "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1"