diff --git a/build/push-ci-build.sh b/build/push-ci-build.sh
index aa42970715..60075dc0d1 100755
--- a/build/push-ci-build.sh
+++ b/build/push-ci-build.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ KUBE_GCS_NO_CACHING=n
 KUBE_GCS_MAKE_PUBLIC=y
 KUBE_GCS_UPLOAD_RELEASE=y
 KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET=kubernetes-release
-KUBE_GCS_PROJECT=google-containers
 KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_PREFIX="ci/${LATEST}"
 KUBE_GCS_LATEST_FILE="ci/latest.txt"
 KUBE_GCS_LATEST_CONTENTS=${LATEST}
diff --git a/build/push-official-release.sh b/build/push-official-release.sh
index 5eb5a7222f..34dbaef73c 100755
--- a/build/push-official-release.sh
+++ b/build/push-official-release.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ KUBE_GCS_NO_CACHING=n
 KUBE_GCS_MAKE_PUBLIC=y
 KUBE_GCS_UPLOAD_RELEASE=y
 KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_BUCKET=kubernetes-release
-KUBE_GCS_PROJECT=google-containers
 KUBE_GCS_RELEASE_PREFIX=release/${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION}
 KUBE_GCS_LATEST_FILE="release/latest.txt"
 KUBE_GCS_LATEST_CONTENTS=${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION}