diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.test.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d4e60a1a3..0000000000
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import yaml from 'yaml';
-import { ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy } from './ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy';
-
-describe('ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy', () => {
-  let data: any;
-  let policy: ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    data = yaml.parse(`
-      apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
-      kind: Component
-      metadata:
-        uid: e01199ab-08cc-44c2-8e19-5c29ded82521
-        etag: lsndfkjsndfkjnsdfkjnsd==
-        generation: 13
-        name: my-component-yay
-        namespace: the-namespace
-        labels:
-          backstage.io/custom: ValueStuff
-        annotations:
-          example.com/bindings: are-secret
-        tags:
-          - java
-          - data
-      spec:
-        custom: stuff
-    `);
-    policy = new ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy();
-  });
-
-  it('works for the happy path', async () => {
-    await expect(policy.enforce(data)).resolves.toBe(data);
-  });
-
-  it('rejects reserved keys in the spec root', async () => {
-    data.spec.apiVersion = 'a/b';
-    await expect(policy.enforce(data)).rejects.toThrow(/spec.*apiVersion/i);
-  });
-
-  it('rejects reserved keys in labels', async () => {
-    data.metadata.labels.apiVersion = 'a';
-    await expect(policy.enforce(data)).rejects.toThrow(/label.*apiVersion/i);
-  });
-
-  it('rejects reserved keys in annotations', async () => {
-    data.metadata.annotations.apiVersion = 'a';
-    await expect(policy.enforce(data)).rejects.toThrow(
-      /annotation.*apiVersion/i,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('rejects core fields mistakenly placed in metadata', async () => {
-    data.metadata.owner = 'emma';
-    await expect(policy.enforce(data)).rejects.toThrow(/owner/i);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index edb63cf05c..0000000000
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { EntityPolicy } from '../../types';
-import { Entity } from '../Entity';
-
-const DEFAULT_RESERVED_ENTITY_FIELDS: string[] = [
-  'apiVersion',
-  'kind',
-  'spec',
-  'metadata.uid',
-  'metadata.etag',
-  'metadata.generation',
-  'metadata.name',
-  'metadata.namespace',
-  'metadata.description',
-  'metadata.labels',
-  'metadata.annotations',
-  'metadata.tags',
-  // The below items are known to appear in core kinds, and therefore should
-  // not be appearing in metadata (which would indicate that the user made a
-  // mistake in where to place them).
-  'spec.lifecycle',
-  'spec.owner',
-];
-
-/**
- * Ensures that fields are not given certain reserved names.
- */
-export class ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy implements EntityPolicy {
-  private readonly reservedFields: string[];
-
-  constructor(fields?: string[]) {
-    this.reservedFields = [
-      ...(fields ?? []),
-      ...DEFAULT_RESERVED_ENTITY_FIELDS,
-    ];
-  }
-
-  async enforce(entity: Entity): Promise<Entity> {
-    for (const path of this.reservedFields) {
-      const [where, name] = path.includes('.')
-        ? path.split('.')
-        : [undefined, path];
-
-      if (where !== 'metadata' && entity.metadata.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `The metadata may not contain the field ${name}, because it has reserved meaning`,
-        );
-      }
-      if (where !== 'spec' && entity.spec?.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `The spec may not contain the field ${name}, because it has reserved meaning`,
-        );
-      }
-      if (where !== 'labels' && entity.metadata.labels?.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `A label may not have the field ${name}, because it has reserved meaning`,
-        );
-      }
-      if (
-        where !== 'annotations' &&
-        entity.metadata.annotations?.hasOwnProperty(name)
-      ) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `An annotation may not have the field ${name}, because it has reserved meaning`,
-        );
-      }
-    }
-    return entity;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/index.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/index.ts
index eb7c0e8378..c381d29a23 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/index.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/policies/index.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@
 export { DefaultNamespaceEntityPolicy } from './DefaultNamespaceEntityPolicy';
 export { FieldFormatEntityPolicy } from './FieldFormatEntityPolicy';
 export { NoForeignRootFieldsEntityPolicy } from './NoForeignRootFieldsEntityPolicy';
-export { ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy } from './ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy';
 export { SchemaValidEntityPolicy } from './SchemaValidEntityPolicy';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
index aa4f97258d..c0af79e4f0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   locationEntityV1alpha1Policy,
   makeValidator,
   NoForeignRootFieldsEntityPolicy,
-  ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy,
   SchemaValidEntityPolicy,
   templateEntityV1alpha1Policy,
   userEntityV1alpha1Policy,
@@ -396,7 +395,6 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
           new FieldFormatEntityPolicy(
             makeValidator(this.fieldFormatValidators),
           ),
-          new ReservedFieldsEntityPolicy(),
           ...this.entityPolicies,
         ];