diff --git a/cmd/helm/template.go b/cmd/helm/template.go
index 97a49004507e8495908e5d8234706e07fde71656..a69cd6c6fa98cd34428c9fc91ea58faf4294e11e 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/template.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/template.go
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ func (o *templateOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot load requirements")
 	}
 	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{
-		Name:      o.releaseName,
-		Time:      time.Now(),
-		Namespace: getNamespace(),
+		Name: o.releaseName,
 	}
 
 	if err := chartutil.ProcessRequirementsEnabled(c, config); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-absolute.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-absolute.txt
index 3360f08bd0b6064c1ae8ad491728e686bb83fe4a..eede3b0b2b13cefa541fe1de9408255fa409ef25 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-absolute.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-absolute.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-kube-version.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-kube-version.txt
index 5b26fe08454c1c7a0bcf3cd7dab4ac5c16ce882c..21c9b7aa762493614860350089c17fd12a8a2cb5 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-kube-version.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-kube-version.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "6"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name-template.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name-template.txt
index 2ec6cbe33135a313fc2dcb05107d019a1eb36b4b..27e9afa72b76fc7dd36946c1075dfd61c31d1b81 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name-template.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name-template.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "foobar-YWJj-baz"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name.txt
index 78cd777bcb31c6e81a50f27be318fa75327d8a07..a7fc5c286a73f74ef93c8dba56a335b079fcc970 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-name.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "test"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-notes.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-notes.txt
index 8a20426ffccac921dc7169481a2cb44707cb110a..812e3680202fd93a9e8f034e20e81af58e8ccc4e 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-notes.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-notes.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-set.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-set.txt
index 3360f08bd0b6064c1ae8ad491728e686bb83fe4a..eede3b0b2b13cefa541fe1de9408255fa409ef25 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-set.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-set.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-values-files.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-values-files.txt
index 83acc98f406a5cc44259fe8118a6d49e93e187e7..bcb93148ae765d515f6ca01cdf5ae4f3e666ee3a 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-values-files.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-values-files.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template.txt
index 829abac032e6009a48c87d83502365b38f9ce01d..c9fb071383c3e8432d52c542ed19f84934d366f8 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ metadata:
   name: subchart1
   labels:
     chart: "subchart1-0.1.0"
-    namespace: "default"
     release-name: "RELEASE-NAME"
     kube-version/major: "1"
     kube-version/minor: "9"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 424920782f5bb42718fe9fa5ab6aa1aa70562b06..ee61f2056a5dbd1e40b7ac9d2827529f004e57b8 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ metadata:
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     chart: "{{.Chart.Name}}-{{.Chart.Version}}"
     values: {{.Values.test.Name}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": {{.Release.Time.Seconds | quote }}
 spec:
   # This shows how to use a simple value. This will look for a passed-in value
   # called restartPolicy. If it is not found, it will use the default value.
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/novals/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/novals/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index c15ab8efc0fe5c15b931ef97f52540fbfa2b623f..3c77e97b57afdc98fd9d023ead01584c6c3562e1 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/novals/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/novals/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ metadata:
     release: {{.Release.Name | quote }}
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     chart: "{{.Chart.Name}}-{{.Chart.Version}}"
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": {{.Release.Time.Seconds | quote }}
 spec:
   # This shows how to use a simple value. This will look for a passed-in value
   # called restartPolicy. If it is not found, it will use the default value.
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/docs/chart_template_guide/builtin_objects.md b/docs/chart_template_guide/builtin_objects.md
index 319f59a71a747f6acb79c3c288efdd91f1e6b876..de2145d05c05b01793a342b745747e1232b04edf 100644
--- a/docs/chart_template_guide/builtin_objects.md
+++ b/docs/chart_template_guide/builtin_objects.md
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ In the previous section, we use `{{.Release.Name}}` to insert the name of a rele
 
 - `Release`: This object describes the release itself. It has several objects inside of it:
   - `Release.Name`: The release name
-  - `Release.Time`: The time of the release
-  - `Release.Namespace`: The namespace to be released into (if the manifest doesn't override)
   - `Release.Service`: The name of the releasing service (always `Tiller`).
-  - `Release.Revision`: The revision number of this release. It begins at 1 and is incremented for each `helm upgrade`.
   - `Release.IsUpgrade`: This is set to `true` if the current operation is an upgrade or rollback.
   - `Release.IsInstall`: This is set to `true` if the current operation is an install.
 - `Values`: Values passed into the template from the `values.yaml` file and from user-supplied files. By default, `Values` is empty.
diff --git a/docs/chart_template_guide/named_templates.md b/docs/chart_template_guide/named_templates.md
index 33425d102bc4ae396e05794ff9f616fd4e614492..d214f867c93aa07f3ec95ac2153d62f1593bfc74 100644
--- a/docs/chart_template_guide/named_templates.md
+++ b/docs/chart_template_guide/named_templates.md
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Say we've defined a simple template that looks like this:
 ```yaml
 {{- define "mychart.app" -}}
 app_name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-app_version: "{{ .Chart.Version }}+{{ .Release.Time.Seconds }}"
+app_version: "{{ .Chart.Version }}"
 {{- end -}}
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/charts.md b/docs/charts.md
index 88ac464772587f12b732b532f1db6c33bde3a755..f4137704842c4b12bd9306e6fbdeee6f39d3d120 100644
--- a/docs/charts.md
+++ b/docs/charts.md
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ for greater detail.
 
 ## Chart Dependencies
 
-In Helm, one chart may depend on any number of other charts. 
+In Helm, one chart may depend on any number of other charts.
 These dependencies can be dynamically linked through the `requirements.yaml`
-file or brought in to the `charts/` directory and managed manually. 
+file or brought in to the `charts/` directory and managed manually.
 
 Although manually managing your dependencies has a few advantages some teams need,
 the preferred method of declaring dependencies is by using a
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ tags:
 
 In the above example all charts with the tag `front-end` would be disabled but since the
 `subchart1.enabled` path evaluates to 'true' in the parent's values, the condition will override the
-`front-end` tag and `subchart1` will be enabled.  
+`front-end` tag and `subchart1` will be enabled.
 
 Since `subchart2` is tagged with `back-end` and that tag evaluates to `true`, `subchart2` will be
 enabled. Also notes that although `subchart2` has a condition specified in `requirements.yaml`, there
-is no corresponding path and value in the parent's values so that condition has no effect.  
+is no corresponding path and value in the parent's values so that condition has no effect.
 
 ##### Using the CLI with Tags and Conditions
 
@@ -317,19 +317,19 @@ helm install --set tags.front-end=true --set subchart2.enabled=false
 
 #### Importing Child Values via requirements.yaml
 
-In some cases it is desirable to allow a child chart's values to propagate to the parent chart and be 
-shared as common defaults. An additional benefit of using the `exports` format is that it will enable future 
+In some cases it is desirable to allow a child chart's values to propagate to the parent chart and be
+shared as common defaults. An additional benefit of using the `exports` format is that it will enable future
 tooling to introspect user-settable values.
 
-The keys containing the values to be imported can be specified in the parent chart's `requirements.yaml` file 
-using a YAML list. Each item in the list is a key which is imported from the child chart's `exports` field. 
+The keys containing the values to be imported can be specified in the parent chart's `requirements.yaml` file
+using a YAML list. Each item in the list is a key which is imported from the child chart's `exports` field.
 
 To import values not contained in the `exports` key, use the [child-parent](#using-the-child-parent-format) format.
 Examples of both formats are described below.
 
 ##### Using the exports format
 
-If a child chart's `values.yaml` file contains an `exports` field at the root, its contents may be imported 
+If a child chart's `values.yaml` file contains an `exports` field at the root, its contents may be imported
 directly into the parent's values by specifying the keys to import as in the example below:
 
 ```yaml
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ exports:
     myint: 99
 ```
 
-Since we are specifying the key `data` in our import list, Helm looks in the `exports` field of the child 
-chart for `data` key and imports its contents. 
+Since we are specifying the key `data` in our import list, Helm looks in the `exports` field of the child
+chart for `data` key and imports its contents.
 
 The final parent values would contain our exported field:
 
@@ -358,16 +358,16 @@ myint: 99
 
 ```
 
-Please note the parent key `data` is not contained in the parent's final values. If you need to specify the 
-parent key, use the 'child-parent' format. 
+Please note the parent key `data` is not contained in the parent's final values. If you need to specify the
+parent key, use the 'child-parent' format.
 
 ##### Using the child-parent format
 
-To access values that are not contained in the `exports` key of the child chart's values, you will need to 
-specify the source key of the values to be imported (`child`) and the destination path in the parent chart's 
+To access values that are not contained in the `exports` key of the child chart's values, you will need to
+specify the source key of the values to be imported (`child`) and the destination path in the parent chart's
 values (`parent`).
 
-The `import-values` in the example below instructs Helm to take any values found at `child:` path and copy them 
+The `import-values` in the example below instructs Helm to take any values found at `child:` path and copy them
 to the parent's values at the path specified in `parent:`
 
 ```yaml
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ dependencies:
         parent: myimports
 ```
 In the above example, values found at `default.data` in the subchart1's values will be imported
-to the `myimports` key in the parent chart's values as detailed below: 
+to the `myimports` key in the parent chart's values as detailed below:
 
 ```yaml
 # parent's values.yaml file
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ myimports:
   myint: 0
   mybool: false
   mystring: "helm rocks!"
-  
+
 ```
 ```yaml
 # subchart1's values.yaml file
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ default:
   data:
     myint: 999
     mybool: true
-    
+
 ```
 The parent chart's resulting values would be:
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Furthermore, A is dependent on chart B that creates objects
 - replicaset "B-ReplicaSet"
 - service "B-Service"
 
-After installation/upgrade of chart A a single Helm release is created/modified. The release will 
+After installation/upgrade of chart A a single Helm release is created/modified. The release will
 create/update all of the above Kubernetes objects in the following order:
 
 - A-Namespace
@@ -478,16 +478,16 @@ create/update all of the above Kubernetes objects in the following order:
 - A-Service
 - B-Service
 
-This is because when Helm installs/upgrades charts, 
-the Kubernetes objects from the charts and all its dependencies are 
+This is because when Helm installs/upgrades charts,
+the Kubernetes objects from the charts and all its dependencies are
 
-- aggregrated into a single set; then 
-- sorted by type followed by name; and then 
-- created/updated in that order. 
+- aggregrated into a single set; then
+- sorted by type followed by name; and then
+- created/updated in that order.
 
 Hence a single release is created with all the objects for the chart and its dependencies.
 
-The install order of Kubernetes types is given by the enumeration InstallOrder in kind_sorter.go 
+The install order of Kubernetes types is given by the enumeration InstallOrder in kind_sorter.go
 (see [the Helm source file](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/pkg/tiller/kind_sorter.go#L26)).
 
 ## Templates and Values
@@ -574,16 +574,11 @@ cannot be overridden. As with all values, the names are _case
 sensitive_.
 
 - `Release.Name`: The name of the release (not the chart)
-- `Release.Time`: The time the chart release was last updated. This will
-  match the `Last Released` time on a Release object.
-- `Release.Namespace`: The namespace the chart was released to.
 - `Release.Service`: The service that conducted the release. Usually
   this is `Tiller`.
 - `Release.IsUpgrade`: This is set to true if the current operation is an upgrade or rollback.
 - `Release.IsInstall`: This is set to true if the current operation is an
   install.
-- `Release.Revision`: The revision number. It begins at 1, and increments with
-  each `helm upgrade`.
 - `Chart`: The contents of the `Chart.yaml`. Thus, the chart version is
   obtainable as `Chart.Version` and the maintainers are in
   `Chart.Maintainers`.
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/create.go b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
index de0cceb183b6dc1efecb74d8a8b4690aefed6b12..a2e02404758d5ea2748c74191305a97fa687338e 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/create.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
@@ -243,16 +243,16 @@ const defaultNotes = `1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
   http{{ if $.Values.ingress.tls }}s{{ end }}://{{ . }}{{ $.Values.ingress.path }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
-  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ template "<CHARTNAME>.fullname" . }})
-  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
+  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ template "<CHARTNAME>.fullname" . }})
+  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
   echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
 {{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
      NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
            You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get svc -w {{ template "<CHARTNAME>.fullname" . }}'
-  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ template "<CHARTNAME>.fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
+  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc {{ template "<CHARTNAME>.fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
   echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.port }}
 {{- else if contains "ClusterIP" .Values.service.type }}
-  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "app={{ template "<CHARTNAME>.name" . }},release={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
+  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -l "app={{ template "<CHARTNAME>.name" . }},release={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
   echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
   kubectl port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:80
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-helmignore/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-helmignore/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-helmignore/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-helmignore/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-no-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-no-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-no-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-no-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-all-in-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-all-in-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-all-in-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-all-in-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-mixed-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-mixed-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-mixed-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/dependent-chart-with-mixed-requirements-yaml/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100755
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/subpop/charts/subchart1/templates/service.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/subpop/charts/subchart1/templates/service.yaml
index 3835a3d0b1338eeec766ac340e5ccc0de8758f25..3c6395ef4c926619306513d627f41ee318fe8910 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/subpop/charts/subchart1/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/subpop/charts/subchart1/templates/service.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
   labels:
     chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
-    namespace: "{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
     release-name: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
     kube-version/major: "{{ .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Major }}"
     kube-version/minor: "{{ .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Minor }}"
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index d430d1047cd071c2f93e5973ce0f9b9d8b8d6184..ad499b687c45156162579de3067a862a21417656 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -335,11 +334,8 @@ func coalesceTables(dst, src map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 // for the composition of the final values struct
 type ReleaseOptions struct {
 	Name      string
-	Time      time.Time
-	Namespace string
 	IsUpgrade bool
 	IsInstall bool
-	Revision  int
 }
 
 // ToRenderValues composes the struct from the data coming from the Releases, Charts and Values files
@@ -361,11 +357,8 @@ func ToRenderValuesCaps(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals []byte, options ReleaseOptio
 	top := map[string]interface{}{
 		"Release": map[string]interface{}{
 			"Name":      options.Name,
-			"Time":      options.Time,
-			"Namespace": options.Namespace,
 			"IsUpgrade": options.IsUpgrade,
 			"IsInstall": options.IsInstall,
-			"Revision":  options.Revision,
 			"Service":   "Helm",
 		},
 		"Chart":        chrt.Metadata,
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
index 4b85e56cc0a9de48a08a2f9a85e24714e0aeea85..8fe1b3be55e889ab7f4f0b33c2daa57703bde834 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
-	"time"
 
 	kversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 
@@ -104,10 +103,7 @@ where:
 
 	o := ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      "Seven Voyages",
-		Time:      time.Now(),
-		Namespace: "al Basrah",
 		IsInstall: true,
-		Revision:  5,
 	}
 
 	caps := &Capabilities{
@@ -129,9 +125,6 @@ where:
 	if name := relmap["Name"]; name.(string) != "Seven Voyages" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected release name 'Seven Voyages', got %q", name)
 	}
-	if rev := relmap["Revision"]; rev.(int) != 5 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected release revision %d, got %q", 5, rev)
-	}
 	if relmap["IsUpgrade"].(bool) {
 		t.Error("Expected upgrade to be false.")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/testdata/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/pkg/downloader/testdata/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 08cf3c2c1f52c4e57475a4625506c22699a0ff59..0c6980cf7fa33abf364184ef0c911a8b8efc438c 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/testdata/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/pkg/downloader/testdata/signtest/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ metadata:
     heritage: {{.Release.Service}}
     chartName: {{.Chart.Name}}
     chartVersion: {{.Chart.Version | quote}}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/created": "{{.Release.Time.Seconds}}"
 spec:
   restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restart_policy}}
   containers:
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
index 6405d9ab25fe4f58895987039afaaece0f9288db..6b2a7502752fbfea96a3d1dac9c151d5cbc9312e 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package rules
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter, values []byte, namespace string, strict b
 		return
 	}
 
-	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{Name: "testRelease", Time: time.Now(), Namespace: namespace}
+	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{Name: "testRelease"}
 	caps := &chartutil.Capabilities{
 		APIVersions: chartutil.DefaultVersionSet,
 		KubeVersion: chartutil.DefaultKubeVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_install.go b/pkg/tiller/release_install.go
index 1c8ba8a3546a3d98fc8d490e1f159e43048f2baa..db07249f570993a66049c73b7dba4c59aa94e893 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_install.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_install.go
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) prepareRelease(req *hapi.InstallReleaseRequest) (*releas
 	ts := time.Now()
 	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      name,
-		Time:      ts,
-		Namespace: req.Namespace,
-		Revision:  revision,
 		IsInstall: true,
 	}
 	valuesToRender, err := chartutil.ToRenderValuesCaps(req.Chart, req.Values, options, caps)
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_update.go b/pkg/tiller/release_update.go
index 39abae7130e91d6ce6ff8a885bfcdad0598e39de..3bcc9cfcf637d9122a65bcfc76f92f5bbcebdc0b 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_update.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_update.go
@@ -98,10 +98,7 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) prepareUpdate(req *hapi.UpdateReleaseRequest) (*release.
 	ts := time.Now()
 	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      req.Name,
-		Time:      ts,
-		Namespace: currentRelease.Namespace,
 		IsUpgrade: true,
-		Revision:  revision,
 	}
 
 	caps, err := capabilities(s.discovery)