diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 4a1b8d5e3..9f803625d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -623,12 +623,6 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getBackendServers() ([]*ingress.Backend, []*ingress
 				server = servers[defServerName]
 			}
 
-			// Add annotations to location of default backend (root context)
-			if len(server.Locations) > 0 {
-				loc := server.Locations[0]
-				mergeLocationAnnotations(loc, anns)
-			}
-
 			if rule.HTTP == nil &&
 				host != defServerName {
 				glog.V(3).Infof("ingress rule %v/%v does not contain HTTP rules, using default backend", ing.Namespace, ing.Name)