diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 04af998f5bd..efea95dc3af 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -13849,8 +13849,7 @@
         },
         "selector": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.LabelSelector",
-          "description": "Label query over pods whose evictions are managed by the disruption budget. A null selector selects no pods. An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods. In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace.",
-          "x-kubernetes-patch-strategy": "replace"
+          "description": "Label query over pods whose evictions are managed by the disruption budget. A null selector selects no pods. An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods. In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace."
         }
       },
       "type": "object"
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__policy__v1beta1_openapi.json b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__policy__v1beta1_openapi.json
index 45b33e341dd..d9a0c7bd2a4 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__policy__v1beta1_openapi.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/v3/apis__policy__v1beta1_openapi.json
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@
           },
           "selector": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.LabelSelector",
-            "description": "Label query over pods whose evictions are managed by the disruption budget. A null selector selects no pods. An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods. In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace.",
-            "x-kubernetes-patch-strategy": "replace"
+            "description": "Label query over pods whose evictions are managed by the disruption budget. A null selector selects no pods. An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods. In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace."
           }
         },
         "type": "object"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/generated.proto
index 133ba0493c6..8a2824b51bf 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/generated.proto
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ message PodDisruptionBudgetSpec {
   // A null selector selects no pods.
   // An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods.
   // In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace.
-  // +patchStrategy=replace
   // +optional
   optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.LabelSelector selector = 2;
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
index 553cb316dcf..486f93461af 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ type PodDisruptionBudgetSpec struct {
 	// A null selector selects no pods.
 	// An empty selector ({}) also selects no pods, which differs from standard behavior of selecting all pods.
 	// In policy/v1, an empty selector will select all pods in the namespace.
-	// +patchStrategy=replace
 	// +optional
-	Selector *metav1.LabelSelector `json:"selector,omitempty" patchStrategy:"replace" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=selector"`
+	Selector *metav1.LabelSelector `json:"selector,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=selector"`
 
 	// An eviction is allowed if at most "maxUnavailable" pods selected by
 	// "selector" are unavailable after the eviction, i.e. even in absence of