diff --git a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
index 71b5270c9b6..75c92690f1f 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
@@ -64,8 +64,3 @@ var _ rest.CategoriesProvider = &REST{}
 func (r *REST) Categories() []string {
 	return []string{"api-extensions"}
 }
-
-// ShortNames implements the ShortNamesProvider interface. Returns a list of short names for a resource.
-func (r *REST) ShortNames() []string {
-	return []string{"mwc"}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b47ce8b097..00000000000
--- a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/mutatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package storage
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
-	etcd3testing "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admissionregistration"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/registrytest"
-
-	// Ensure that admissionregistration package is initialized.
-	_ "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/install"
-)
-
-func newStorage(t *testing.T) (*REST, *etcd3testing.EtcdTestServer) {
-	etcdStorage, server := registrytest.NewEtcdStorage(t, admissionregistration.GroupName)
-	restOptions := generic.RESTOptions{
-		StorageConfig:           etcdStorage,
-		Decorator:               generic.UndecoratedStorage,
-		DeleteCollectionWorkers: 1,
-		ResourcePrefix:          "mutatingwebhookconfigurations"}
-	storage, err := NewREST(restOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from REST storage: %v", err)
-	}
-	return storage, server
-}
-
-func TestShortNames(t *testing.T) {
-	storage, server := newStorage(t)
-	defer server.Terminate(t)
-	defer storage.Store.DestroyFunc()
-	expected := []string{"mwc"}
-	registrytest.AssertShortNames(t, storage, expected)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
index 8f05ec514f3..6312f6a0cd0 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage.go
@@ -64,8 +64,3 @@ var _ rest.CategoriesProvider = &REST{}
 func (r *REST) Categories() []string {
 	return []string{"api-extensions"}
 }
-
-// ShortNames implements the ShortNamesProvider interface. Returns a list of short names for a resource.
-func (r *REST) ShortNames() []string {
-	return []string{"vwc"}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go
index 53ed68fbffc..cc16752bf3f 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/admissionregistration/validatingwebhookconfiguration/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -199,11 +199,3 @@ func TestCategories(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []string{"api-extensions"}
 	registrytest.AssertCategories(t, storage, expected)
 }
-
-func TestShortNames(t *testing.T) {
-	storage, server := newStorage(t)
-	defer server.Terminate(t)
-	defer storage.Store.DestroyFunc()
-	expected := []string{"vwc"}
-	registrytest.AssertShortNames(t, storage, expected)
-}