diff --git a/operator/controllers/seldondeployment_controller.go b/operator/controllers/seldondeployment_controller.go
index 7fbf04f720..5ecf5e6c6b 100644
--- a/operator/controllers/seldondeployment_controller.go
+++ b/operator/controllers/seldondeployment_controller.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/operator/constants"
 	"github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/operator/utils"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -27,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -38,13 +39,14 @@ import (
 
 	"encoding/json"
 
+	"reflect"
+
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis/istio/common/v1alpha1"
 	istio "knative.dev/pkg/apis/istio/v1alpha3"
-	"reflect"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -1038,9 +1040,6 @@ func createDeployments(r *SeldonDeploymentReconciler, components *components, in
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=networking.istio.io,resources=destinationrules/status,verbs=get;update;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=autoscaling,resources=horizontalpodautoscalers,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=autoscaling,resources=horizontalpodautoscalers/status,verbs=get;update;patch
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=configmaps,verbs=get;list;watch
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=serviceaccounts,verbs=get;list;watch
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=secrets,verbs=get;list;watch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=machinelearning.seldon.io,resources=seldondeployments,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=machinelearning.seldon.io,resources=seldondeployments/status,verbs=get;update;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=machinelearning.seldon.io,resources=seldondeployments/finalizers,verbs=get;update;patch