diff --git a/parsl/providers/kubernetes/kube.py b/parsl/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
index fd9fe64f0..689af7d95 100644
--- a/parsl/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
+++ b/parsl/providers/kubernetes/kube.py
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ def submit(self, cmd_string: str, tasks_per_node: int, job_name: str = "parsl.ku
         pod_name = pod_name.rstrip(".-")  # Remove trailing dot or hyphen after trim
         pod_name = f"{pod_name}.{job_id}"
 
-        pod_name = _sanitizeDNS1123(pod_name)
-
         formatted_cmd = template_string.format(command=cmd_string,
                                                worker_init=self.worker_init)
 
@@ -359,25 +357,3 @@ def label(self):
     @property
     def status_polling_interval(self):
         return 60
-
-
-# this is based on:
-# https://github.com/kubernetes/apimachinery/blob/703232ea6da48aed7ac22260dabc6eac01aab896/pkg/util/validation/validation.go#L177C32-L177C62
-DNS_LABEL_REGEXP = "^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?$"
-
-
-def _sanitizeDNS1123(raw: str) -> str:
-    """Rewrite input string to be a valid RFC1123 DNS label.
-    This is required for Kubernetes pod names.
-    """
-
-    # label must be lowercase
-    raw = raw.lower()
-
-    # label can only contain [-a-z0-9] characters - replace everything
-    # else with -
-    raw = re.sub("[^-a-z0-9]", "-", raw)
-
-    # TODO: sanitize against first and last symbols (no - at start or end?)
-    assert re.match(DNS_LABEL_REGEXP, raw), "sanitized DNS1123 label has not been properly sanitized: " + raw
-    return raw