diff --git a/roles/openshift/project/templates/role-appowners.yml b/roles/openshift/project/templates/role-appowners.yml
index c2f7a74eb0..bb4db5d9ee 100644
--- a/roles/openshift/project/templates/role-appowners.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift/project/templates/role-appowners.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ kind: Role
 metadata:
   annotations:
     openshift.io/description: An application owner. Can view everything but ConfigMaps.
-    rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "false"
   name: appowner
   namespace: "{{ app }}"
 rules: