diff --git a/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook.go b/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook.go
index 21e7d9ac60..715184216e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook.go
@@ -115,13 +115,14 @@ func (r *HyperConverged) ValidateUpdate(old runtime.Object) error {
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(
-		oldR.Spec.Workloads,
-		r.Spec.Workloads) {
+		oldR.Spec,
+		r.Spec) {
 
 		opts := &client.UpdateOptions{DryRun: []string{metav1.DryRunAll}}
 		for _, obj := range []runtime.Object{
 			r.NewKubeVirt(),
 			r.NewCDI(),
+			// TODO: try to validate with all the components
 		} {
 			if err := r.UpdateOperatorCr(ctx, obj, opts); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook_test.go b/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook_test.go
index db571e8e80..bbae0cb4b5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/hco/v1beta1/hyperconverged_webhook_test.go
@@ -155,31 +155,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Hyperconverged Webhooks", func() {
 			Expect(err).Should(Equal(ErrFakeCdiError))
 		})
 
-		It("should not return error if no different in Spec.Workloads", func() {
-			hco := &HyperConverged{
-				Spec: HyperConvergedSpec{
-					Infra: HyperConvergedConfig{
-						NodePlacement: newHyperConvergedConfig(),
-					},
-					Workloads: HyperConvergedConfig{
-						NodePlacement: newHyperConvergedConfig(),
-					},
-				},
-			}
-
-			// replace the real client with a mock
-			cli = fake.NewFakeClientWithScheme(s, hco)
-
-			newHco := &HyperConverged{}
-			hco.DeepCopyInto(newHco)
-			// Change only infra, but leave workloads as is
-			newHco.Spec.Infra.NodePlacement.NodeSelector["a change"] = "Something else"
-
-			// should new return error, even when there are no CDI and KV
-			err := newHco.ValidateUpdate(hco)
-			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-		})
-
 		It("should not return error if dry-run update of CDI CR passes", func() {
 			hco := &HyperConverged{
 				Spec: HyperConvergedSpec{