diff --git a/k8s/helm-charts/seldon-core-v2-crds/templates/seldon-v2-crds.yaml b/k8s/helm-charts/seldon-core-v2-crds/templates/seldon-v2-crds.yaml
index 9dc8142fa3..e0d2387acf 100644
--- a/k8s/helm-charts/seldon-core-v2-crds/templates/seldon-v2-crds.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm-charts/seldon-core-v2-crds/templates/seldon-v2-crds.yaml
@@ -343,8 +343,6 @@ spec:
                 type: integer
               selector:
                 type: string
-            required:
-            - selector
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true
diff --git a/k8s/yaml/crds.yaml b/k8s/yaml/crds.yaml
index f0222aa644..b22ce50485 100644
--- a/k8s/yaml/crds.yaml
+++ b/k8s/yaml/crds.yaml
@@ -346,8 +346,6 @@ spec:
                 type: integer
               selector:
                 type: string
-            required:
-            - selector
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true
diff --git a/operator/apis/mlops/v1alpha1/model_types.go b/operator/apis/mlops/v1alpha1/model_types.go
index 0340497b20..2d51d2a67b 100644
--- a/operator/apis/mlops/v1alpha1/model_types.go
+++ b/operator/apis/mlops/v1alpha1/model_types.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ type InferenceArtifactSpec struct {
 type ModelStatus struct {
 	// Total number of replicas targeted by this model
 	Replicas      int32  `json:"replicas,omitempty"`
-	Selector      string `json:"selector"`
+	Selector      string `json:"selector,omitempty"`
 	duckv1.Status `json:",inline"`
 }
 
diff --git a/operator/config/crd/bases/mlops.seldon.io_models.yaml b/operator/config/crd/bases/mlops.seldon.io_models.yaml
index 72b2825f96..4b21b07bcc 100644
--- a/operator/config/crd/bases/mlops.seldon.io_models.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/crd/bases/mlops.seldon.io_models.yaml
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ spec:
                 type: integer
               selector:
                 type: string
-            required:
-            - selector
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true