diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
index a5fc8a2a71c..bb09cbec91e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/autoscale/autoscale.go
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ func NewCmdAutoscale(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *
 	// bind flag structs
 	o.RecordFlags.AddFlags(cmd)
 	o.PrintFlags.AddFlags(cmd)
-	cmd.Flags().String("generator", "horizontalpodautoscaler/v1", i18n.T("The name of the API generator to use. Currently there is only 1 generator."))
-	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("generator", "has no effect and will be removed in the future.")
 	cmd.Flags().Int32Var(&o.Min, "min", -1, "The lower limit for the number of pods that can be set by the autoscaler. If it's not specified or negative, the server will apply a default value.")
 	cmd.Flags().Int32Var(&o.Max, "max", -1, "The upper limit for the number of pods that can be set by the autoscaler. Required.")
 	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("max")