diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/CustomFilter.java b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/CustomFilter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b8ec620b7..0000000000
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/CustomFilter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.ControllerConfiguration;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.controller.ResourceEventFilter;
-
-public class CustomFilter implements ResourceEventFilter {
-  @Override
-  public boolean acceptChange(ControllerConfiguration configuration, HasMetadata oldResource,
-      HasMetadata newResource) {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebappReconciler.java b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebappReconciler.java
index 66e9a68def..0f785feb02 100644
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebappReconciler.java
+++ b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebappReconciler.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.EventSource;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.InformerEventSource;
 
-@ControllerConfiguration(eventFilters = {CustomFilter.class})
+@ControllerConfiguration
 public class WebappReconciler implements Reconciler<Webapp>, EventSourceInitializer<Webapp> {
 
   private KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;