diff --git a/example/deploy.yaml b/example/deploy.yaml
index 4afdd7d..36e2a64 100644
--- a/example/deploy.yaml
+++ b/example/deploy.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ metadata:
     app: default-request-adder
   name: default-request-adder
   namespace: kube-system
-  annotations:
-    kubernetes.io/change-cause: "${TIMESTAMP} Deployed commit id: ${COMMIT}"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector: