diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
index f347e368a..b7b34f99e 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ func determineFieldOrder() []string {
 		"CommonLabels",
 		"CommonAnnotations",
 		"PatchesStrategicMerge",
-		"PatchesJson6902",
 		"Patches",
 		"ConfigMapGenerator",
 		"SecretGenerator",
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
index 5fc29770d..c5135b807 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ func TestFieldOrder(t *testing.T) {
 		"CommonLabels",
 		"CommonAnnotations",
 		"PatchesStrategicMerge",
-		"PatchesJson6902",
 		"Patches",
 		"ConfigMapGenerator",
 		"SecretGenerator",