diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
index 3f0c84c42a8..08c9e0eb594 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ var stripSet = fieldpath.NewSet(
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "name"),
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "namespace"),
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "creationTimestamp"),
-	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "deletionTimestamp"),
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "selfLink"),
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "uid"),
 	fieldpath.MakePathOrDie("metadata", "clusterName"),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
index b9b768c8551..cf6cb18db67 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ func TestApplyStripsFields(t *testing.T) {
 			"name": "b",
 			"namespace": "b",
 			"creationTimestamp": "2016-05-19T09:59:00Z",
-			"deletionTimestamp": "2016-05-19T09:59:00Z",
 			"selfLink": "b",
 			"uid": "b",
 			"clusterName": "b",