diff --git a/pkg/api/BUILD b/pkg/api/BUILD
index a67b5f09397..50a0ca048b8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/api/BUILD
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets",
-        "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/helpers.go b/pkg/api/helpers.go
index 990c649728c..2a39e3473d4 100644
--- a/pkg/api/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helpers.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (c *ConversionError) Error() string {
 
 const (
 	// annotation key prefix used to identify non-convertible json paths.
-	NonConvertibleAnnotationPrefix = "kubernetes.io/non-convertible"
+	NonConvertibleAnnotationPrefix = "non-convertible.kubernetes.io"
 )
 
 // NonConvertibleFields iterates over the provided map and filters out all but