diff --git a/axlearn/cloud/gcp/job.py b/axlearn/cloud/gcp/job.py
index 5e08ba64..6fca2b50 100644
--- a/axlearn/cloud/gcp/job.py
+++ b/axlearn/cloud/gcp/job.py
@@ -538,20 +538,6 @@ def _build_pod(self) -> Nested[Any]:
                     PRE_PROVISIONER_LABEL: cfg.name,
                 }
             )
-        else:
-            # Used by GCP auto-provisioner.
-            selector.update(
-                {
-                    # NOTE: This is an arbitrary key, with a value that must be unique to the
-                    # jobset. This forces the jobset to be associated with its own node pool;
-                    # without this, the TPU provisioner may create a node pool and the scheduler may
-                    # schedule a different jobset onto the node pool, which can cause conflicts if
-                    # the original jobset attempts to restart (node pool conflict). This is more
-                    # reliable at the moment but doesn't take advantage of node pool sharing. GCP is
-                    # working on a fix.
-                    "provisioner-nodepool-id": cfg.name,
-                }
-            )
 
         annotations.update(
             {