diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
index 8a92082bef1a..47e400f930a3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/cmd.go
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ func Run(g *Generator) {
 	if len(g.Conditional) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "// +build %s\n\n", g.Conditional)
 	}
-	buf.Write(boilerplate)
 
 	for _, outputPackage := range outputPackages {
 		p := outputPackage.(*protobufPackage)