diff --git a/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-statefulset.yaml b/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-statefulset.yaml
index 739d771..91ab6de 100644
--- a/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-statefulset.yaml
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ spec:
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: datadir
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
     spec:
       accessModes:
         - "ReadWriteOnce"
diff --git a/storage/cassandra/README.md b/storage/cassandra/README.md
index 5055fd8..d32b5f4 100644
--- a/storage/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/storage/cassandra/README.md
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ spec:
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: cassandra-data
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
     spec:
       accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
       resources:
diff --git a/storage/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml b/storage/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
index 489094a..7d4f91e 100644
--- a/storage/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/storage/cassandra/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ spec:
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: cassandra-data
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
     spec:
       accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
       resources:
diff --git a/volumes/nfs/provisioner/nfs-server-gce-pv.yaml b/volumes/nfs/provisioner/nfs-server-gce-pv.yaml
index 92f9f57..cccb9a4 100644
--- a/volumes/nfs/provisioner/nfs-server-gce-pv.yaml
+++ b/volumes/nfs/provisioner/nfs-server-gce-pv.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: nfs-pv-provisioning-demo
   labels:
     demo: nfs-pv-provisioning
-  annotations:
-    volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: any
 spec:
   accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
   resources: