diff --git a/pkg/apis/storage/util/helpers.go b/pkg/apis/storage/util/helpers.go
index 796e90579b5..5d1fa8839b4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/storage/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/storage/util/helpers.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ const IsDefaultStorageClassAnnotation = "storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-c
 // TODO: remove Beta when no longer used
 const BetaIsDefaultStorageClassAnnotation = "storageclass.beta.kubernetes.io/is-default-class"
 
-// AlphaIsDefaultVolumeAttributesClassAnnotation is the alpha version of IsDefaultVolumeAttributesClassAnnotation.
-const AlphaIsDefaultVolumeAttributesClassAnnotation = "volumeattributesclass.alpha.kubernetes.io/is-default-class"
-
 // IsDefaultAnnotation returns a boolean if
 // the annotation is set
 // TODO: remove Beta when no longer needed
@@ -42,9 +39,3 @@ func IsDefaultAnnotation(obj metav1.ObjectMeta) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
-
-// IsDefaultAnnotationForVolumeAttributesClass returns a boolean if
-// the annotation is set
-func IsDefaultAnnotationForVolumeAttributesClass(obj metav1.ObjectMeta) bool {
-	return obj.Annotations[AlphaIsDefaultVolumeAttributesClassAnnotation] == "true"
-}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
index 7e77db0757d..acce88a3c2a 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
@@ -2618,12 +2618,7 @@ func printVolumeAttributesClass(obj *storage.VolumeAttributesClass, options prin
 		Object: runtime.RawExtension{Object: obj},
 	}
 
-	name := obj.Name
-	if storageutil.IsDefaultAnnotationForVolumeAttributesClass(obj.ObjectMeta) {
-		name += " (default)"
-	}
-
-	row.Cells = append(row.Cells, name, obj.DriverName, translateTimestampSince(obj.CreationTimestamp))
+	row.Cells = append(row.Cells, obj.Name, obj.DriverName, translateTimestampSince(obj.CreationTimestamp))
 
 	return []metav1.TableRow{row}, nil
 }