diff --git a/pkg/apis/apiserver/doc.go b/pkg/apis/apiserver/doc.go
index 46880d5cb..a89863a35 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apiserver/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apiserver/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 
 // Package apiserver is the internal version of the API.
 // +groupName=apiserver.k8s.io
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/doc.go
index 10cc03cfe..7dd031a79 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apiserver/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/apiserver
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/doc.go
index b7020f207..27cc4c5ea 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
diff --git a/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/doc.go
index 226d9263a..388147258 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta
diff --git a/pkg/apis/example/doc.go b/pkg/apis/example/doc.go
index cb410d443..2676eee81 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/example/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/example/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +groupName=example.k8s.io
 //
 // package example contains an example API used to demonstrate how to create api groups. Moreover, this is
diff --git a/pkg/apis/example/v1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/example/v1/doc.go
index 819ae5ef7..4b22d37fb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/example/v1/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/example/v1/doc.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +k8s:conversion-gen=k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=false
 // +k8s:defaulter-gen=TypeMeta