diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index 39100441684..ac0744fc91d 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -1991,6 +1991,5 @@ rules:
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission
   library: true
 recursive-delete-patterns:
-- Gopkg.toml
 - '*/.gitattributes'
 default-go-version: 1.19.1