diff --git a/helm/templates/marlowe-playground.yaml b/helm/templates/marlowe-playground.yaml
index 699c77745..629c91490 100644
--- a/helm/templates/marlowe-playground.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/marlowe-playground.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: marlowe-playground-test
   namespace: marlowe-staging
-  annotations:
-    app.oam.dev/publishVersion: {{ $.Values.images.stagingTag }}
 spec:
   components:
   - name: marlowe-playground-test