diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index d34f598afaa..8cccf923d26 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -637,16 +637,3 @@ rules:
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
     name: release-1.15
     go: 1.12.5
-    dependencies:
-    - repository: api
-      branch: release-1.15
-    - repository: apimachinery
-      branch: release-1.15
-    - repository: client-go
-      branch: release-12.0
-    - repository: code-generator
-      branch: release-1.15
-    - repository: component-base
-      branch: release-1.15      
-    - repository: metrics
-      branch: release-1.15