diff --git a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/monitoringconsole.go b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/monitoringconsole.go
index 95484c9cb..d85fc6fc5 100644
--- a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/monitoringconsole.go
+++ b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/monitoringconsole.go
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ func ApplyMonitoringConsole(ctx context.Context, client splcommon.ControllerClie
 		finalResult := handleAppFrameworkActivity(ctx, client, cr, &cr.Status.AppContext, &cr.Spec.AppFrameworkConfig)
 		result = *finalResult
 
-		// trigger SearchHeadCluster reconcile by changing the splunk/image-tag annotation
+		// TODO: Fix the Change Annotation logic/ find an alternative (eg. state machine); right now the search head deployer
+		// starts terminating with this and few replicas do not come up properly after that
+
 		// err = changeSearchHeadAnnotations(ctx, client, cr)
 		// if err != nil {
 		// 	return result, err
diff --git a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster.go b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster.go
index 758f4c716..7a1a345a5 100644
--- a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster.go
+++ b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	rclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 )
@@ -735,55 +734,3 @@ func isSearchHeadReadyForUpgrade(ctx context.Context, c splcommon.ControllerClie
 
 	return true, nil
 }
-
-// changeSearchHeadAnnotations updates the splunk/image-tag field of the SearchHeadCluster annotations to trigger the reconcile loop
-// on update, and returns error if something is wrong.
-func changeSearchHeadAnnotations(ctx context.Context, client splcommon.ControllerClient, cr *enterpriseApi.MonitoringConsole) error {
-	reqLogger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	scopedLog := reqLogger.WithName("changeSearchHeadAnnotations").WithValues("name", cr.GetName(), "namespace", cr.GetNamespace())
-	eventPublisher, _ := newK8EventPublisher(client, cr)
-
-	searchHeadClusterInstance := enterpriseApi.SearchHeadCluster{}
-
-	// List out all the SearchHeadCluster instances in the namespace
-	opts := []rclient.ListOption{
-		rclient.InNamespace(cr.GetNamespace()),
-	}
-	objectList := enterpriseApi.SearchHeadClusterList{}
-	err := client.List(ctx, &objectList, opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		if err.Error() == "NotFound" {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	if len(objectList.Items) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// check if instance has the required MonitoringConsoleRef
-	for _, shc := range objectList.Items {
-		if shc.Spec.MonitoringConsoleRef.Name == cr.GetName() {
-			searchHeadClusterInstance = shc
-		}
-	}
-	if len(searchHeadClusterInstance.GetName()) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	image, err := getCurrentImage(ctx, client, cr, SplunkMonitoringConsole)
-	if err != nil {
-		eventPublisher.Warning(ctx, "changeSearchHeadAnnotations", fmt.Sprintf("Could not get the MonitoringConsole Image. Reason %v", err))
-		scopedLog.Error(err, "Get MonitoringConsole Image failed with", "error", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = changeAnnotations(ctx, client, image, &searchHeadClusterInstance)
-	if err != nil {
-		eventPublisher.Warning(ctx, "changeSearchHeadAnnotations", fmt.Sprintf("Could not update annotations. Reason %v", err))
-		scopedLog.Error(err, "SearchHeadCluster types update after changing annotations failed with", "error", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster_test.go b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster_test.go
index eab663ba5..a755f4bd5 100644
--- a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/searchheadcluster_test.go
@@ -1961,83 +1961,3 @@ func TestIsSearchHeadReadyForUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("isSearchHeadReadyForUpgrade: SHC should be ready for upgrade")
 	}
 }
-
-func TestChangeSearchHeadAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.TODO()
-
-	// define MC and SHC
-	mc := &enterpriseApi.MonitoringConsole{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      "test",
-			Namespace: "test",
-		},
-		Spec: enterpriseApi.MonitoringConsoleSpec{
-			CommonSplunkSpec: enterpriseApi.CommonSplunkSpec{
-				Spec: enterpriseApi.Spec{
-					ImagePullPolicy: "Always",
-				},
-				Volumes: []corev1.Volume{},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	shc := &enterpriseApi.SearchHeadCluster{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      "test",
-			Namespace: "test",
-		},
-		Spec: enterpriseApi.SearchHeadClusterSpec{
-			CommonSplunkSpec: enterpriseApi.CommonSplunkSpec{
-				Spec: enterpriseApi.Spec{
-					ImagePullPolicy: "Always",
-				},
-				Volumes: []corev1.Volume{},
-				MonitoringConsoleRef: corev1.ObjectReference{
-					Name: "test",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	mc.Spec.Image = "splunk/splunk:latest"
-
-	builder := fake.NewClientBuilder()
-	client := builder.Build()
-	utilruntime.Must(enterpriseApi.AddToScheme(clientgoscheme.Scheme))
-
-	// Create the instances
-	client.Create(ctx, mc)
-	_, err := ApplyMonitoringConsole(ctx, client, mc)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("applyMonitoringConsole should not have returned error; err=%v", err)
-	}
-	mc.Status.Phase = enterpriseApi.PhaseReady
-	err = client.Status().Update(ctx, mc)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected update pod  %v", err)
-		debug.PrintStack()
-	}
-	client.Create(ctx, shc)
-	_, err = ApplySearchHeadCluster(ctx, client, shc)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("applySearchHeadCluster should not have returned error; err=%v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = changeSearchHeadAnnotations(ctx, client, mc)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("changeSearchHeadAnnotations should not have returned error=%v", err)
-	}
-	searchHeadCluster := &enterpriseApi.SearchHeadCluster{}
-	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-		Name:      shc.Name,
-		Namespace: shc.Namespace,
-	}
-	err = client.Get(ctx, namespacedName, searchHeadCluster)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("changeSearchHeadAnnotations should not have returned error=%v", err)
-	}
-
-	annotations := searchHeadCluster.GetAnnotations()
-	if annotations["splunk/image-tag"] != mc.Spec.Image {
-		t.Errorf("changeSearchHeadAnnotations should have set the splunk/image-tag annotation field to the current image")
-	}
-}