diff --git a/pkg/meta/store.go b/pkg/meta/store.go
index 6ff13ae1..15cde5d1 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/store.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/store.go
@@ -116,23 +116,15 @@ func (c *crdMetadataStore) Create(ctx context.Context, pkgRevMeta PackageRevisio
 	}
 	labels[PkgRevisionRepoLabel] = repoName
 
-	ownerReferences := append(pkgRevMeta.OwnerReferences, metav1.OwnerReference{
-		APIVersion: packageRevisionGVK.GroupVersion().String(),
-		Kind:       packageRevisionGVK.Kind,
-		Name:       pkgRevMeta.Name,
-		UID:        pkgRevUID,
-	})
-
 	finalizers := append(pkgRevMeta.Finalizers, PkgRevisionFinalizer)
 
 	internalPkgRev := internalapi.PackageRev{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:            pkgRevMeta.Name,
-			Namespace:       pkgRevMeta.Namespace,
-			Labels:          labels,
-			Annotations:     pkgRevMeta.Annotations,
-			Finalizers:      finalizers,
-			OwnerReferences: ownerReferences,
+			Name:        pkgRevMeta.Name,
+			Namespace:   pkgRevMeta.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: pkgRevMeta.Annotations,
+			Finalizers:  finalizers,
 		},
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Creating packagerev %s/%s", internalPkgRev.Namespace, internalPkgRev.Name)