diff --git a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/destination.yaml b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/destination.yaml
index bac00ea27563f..ffa8da52ea576 100644
--- a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/destination.yaml
+++ b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/destination.yaml
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        {{- if empty .Values.cliVersion }}
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: {{.Release.Revision | quote}}
-        {{- end }}
         {{ include "partials.annotations.created-by" . }}
         {{- include "partials.proxy.annotations" . | nindent 8}}
         {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 8 }}{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/proxy-injector.yaml b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/proxy-injector.yaml
index de35d78604551..336d6064696ee 100644
--- a/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/proxy-injector.yaml
+++ b/charts/linkerd-control-plane/templates/proxy-injector.yaml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        {{- if empty .Values.cliVersion }}
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: {{.Release.Revision | quote}}
-        {{- end }}
         {{ include "partials.annotations.created-by" . }}
         {{- include "partials.proxy.annotations" . | nindent 8}}
         {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}{{ toYaml . | trim | nindent 8 }}{{- end }}
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output.golden
index 022da068ed1b1..23cc1eb0d1a61 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output.golden
@@ -1176,7 +1176,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
@@ -1605,7 +1604,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output_ha.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output_ha.golden
index 5de329a9812d2..2571a51870bd0 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output_ha.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_control_plane_output_ha.golden
@@ -1274,7 +1274,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
@@ -1739,7 +1738,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_labels.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_labels.golden
index 4c4970b6fbd92..171df7d940093 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_labels.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_labels.golden
@@ -1282,7 +1282,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
@@ -1755,7 +1754,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_namespace_selector.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_namespace_selector.golden
index ddf61c4aeb5dc..da9761e018971 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_namespace_selector.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_output_ha_namespace_selector.golden
@@ -1264,7 +1264,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"
@@ -1729,7 +1728,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        linkerd.io/helm-release-version: "0"
         linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
         linkerd.io/proxy-version: test-proxy-version
         cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "true"