diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/app/application.go b/pkg/kinflate/app/application.go
index a2b0f0f63..13e8fa469 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/app/application.go
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/app/application.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package app
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 
 	manifest "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/apis/manifest/v1alpha1"
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ func New(loader loader.Loader) (Application, error) {
 	}
 
 	var m manifest.Manifest
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(manifestBytes, &m)
+	err = unmarshal(manifestBytes, &m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -221,3 +224,14 @@ func reindexResourceCollection(rc resource.ResourceCollection) resource.Resource
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+func unmarshal(y []byte, o interface{}) error {
+	j, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(y)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(j))
+	dec.DisallowUnknownFields()
+	return dec.Decode(o)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/app/application_test.go b/pkg/kinflate/app/application_test.go
index aad297246..c96fb5666 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/app/application_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/app/application_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ func setupTest(t *testing.T) loader.Loader {
 kind: Manifest
 metadata:
   name: nginx-app
-description: nginx app
 namePrefix: foo-
 objectLabels:
   app: nginx
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-base-only/in/Kube-manifest.yaml b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-base-only/in/Kube-manifest.yaml
index 9f35bbacd..bfd9e811e 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-base-only/in/Kube-manifest.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-base-only/in/Kube-manifest.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: manifest.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Manifest
 metadata:
   name: nginx-app
-description: nginx app for team foo
 namePrefix: team-foo-
 objectLabels:
   app: mynginx
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/overlay/Kube-manifest.yaml b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/overlay/Kube-manifest.yaml
index 965075872..b3b373b56 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/overlay/Kube-manifest.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/overlay/Kube-manifest.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: manifest.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Manifest
 metadata:
   name: nginx-app
-description: an overlay for staging env
 namePrefix: staging-
 objectLabels:
   env: staging
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/package/Kube-manifest.yaml b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
index 60ea5ec0a..18c4f4cd3 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/commands/testdata/testcase-single-overlay/in/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: manifest.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Manifest
 metadata:
   name: nginx-app
-description: nginx app for team foo
 namePrefix: team-foo-
 objectLabels:
   app: mynginx
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/instances/exampleinstance/Kube-manifest.yaml b/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/instances/exampleinstance/Kube-manifest.yaml
index c07964a7b..93489a459 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/instances/exampleinstance/Kube-manifest.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/instances/exampleinstance/Kube-manifest.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ apiVersion: manifest.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Manifest
 metadata:
   name: test-infra-mungebot
-description: Mungebot config for test-infra repo
 namePrefix: test-infra-
 # Labels to add to all objects and selectors.
 # These labels would also be used to form the selector for apply --prune
@@ -34,5 +33,4 @@ secretGenerators:
     tls.crt: "cat secret/tls.cert"
     tls.key: "cat secret/tls.key"
   type: "kubernetes.io/tls"
-recursive: false
 prune: true # I’d make this the default
diff --git a/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/package/Kube-manifest.yaml b/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
index 02cdf0ef7..e5ab6d507 100644
--- a/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kinflate/examples/simple/package/Kube-manifest.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,3 @@ objectAnnotations:
 resources:
 - deployment/deployment.yaml
 - service/service.yaml
-#Recursive would be similar to kubectl --recursive behavior, extended to look for Kube-manifest.yaml
-recursive: false
-#Whether PersistentVolumeClaims should be deleted with the other resources
-ownPersistentVolumeClaims: true