diff --git a/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/zookeeper.yaml b/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/zookeeper.yaml
index 29ea198e23..6fbce97825 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/zookeeper.yaml
+++ b/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/zookeeper.yaml
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ spec:
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: datadir
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
     spec:
       accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
       resources: