diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index d835d4661ea..39100441684 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -1991,10 +1991,6 @@ rules:
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission
   library: true
 recursive-delete-patterns:
-- BUILD
-- '*/BUILD'
-- BUILD.bazel
-- '*/BUILD.bazel'
 - Gopkg.toml
 - '*/.gitattributes'
 default-go-version: 1.19.1