diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/controller_test.go b/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/controller_test.go
index 6d9b3ff64d..42c38c3cc9 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/controller_test.go
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/controller_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -202,45 +201,6 @@ func TestKeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler_reconcileDeployment_UnsupportedReference
 	require.Equal(t, apicommon.StateUnknown, keptnState)
 }
 
-func TestKeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler_IsPodRunning(t *testing.T) {
-	p1 := makeNominatedPod("pod1", "node1", v1.PodRunning)
-	p2 := makeNominatedPod("pod2", "node1", v1.PodPending)
-	podList := &v1.PodList{Items: []v1.Pod{p1, p2}}
-	podList2 := &v1.PodList{Items: []v1.Pod{p2}}
-	r := &KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler{
-		Client: k8sfake.NewClientBuilder().WithLists(podList).Build(),
-	}
-	isPodRunning, err := r.isPodRunning(context.TODO(), klcv1beta1.ResourceReference{UID: "pod1"}, "node1")
-	require.Nil(t, err)
-	if !isPodRunning {
-		t.Errorf("Wrong!")
-	}
-
-	r2 := &KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler{
-		Client: k8sfake.NewClientBuilder().WithLists(podList2).Build(),
-	}
-	isPodRunning, err = r2.isPodRunning(context.TODO(), klcv1beta1.ResourceReference{UID: "pod1"}, "node1")
-	require.Nil(t, err)
-	if isPodRunning {
-		t.Errorf("Wrong!")
-	}
-
-}
-
-func makeNominatedPod(podName string, nodeName string, phase v1.PodPhase) v1.Pod {
-	return v1.Pod{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Namespace: nodeName,
-			Name:      podName,
-			UID:       types.UID(podName),
-		},
-		Status: v1.PodStatus{
-			Phase:             phase,
-			NominatedNodeName: nodeName,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func makeReplicaSet(name string, namespace string, wanted *int32, available int32) *appsv1.ReplicaSet {
 
 	return &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/reconcile_deploymentstate.go b/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/reconcile_deploymentstate.go
index 027d8ef705..20d132d379 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/reconcile_deploymentstate.go
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/controllers/lifecycle/keptnworkloadversion/reconcile_deploymentstate.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 	apicommon "github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/lifecycle-operator/apis/lifecycle/v1beta1/common"
 	controllererrors "github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/lifecycle-operator/controllers/errors"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
 func (r *KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler) reconcileDeployment(ctx context.Context, workloadVersion *klcv1beta1.KeptnWorkloadVersion) (apicommon.KeptnState, error) {
@@ -18,8 +16,6 @@ func (r *KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler) reconcileDeployment(ctx context.Context
 	var err error
 
 	switch workloadVersion.Spec.ResourceReference.Kind {
-	case "Pod":
-		isRunning, err = r.isPodRunning(ctx, workloadVersion.Spec.ResourceReference, workloadVersion.Namespace)
 	case "ReplicaSet":
 		isRunning, err = r.isReplicaSetRunning(ctx, workloadVersion.Spec.ResourceReference, workloadVersion.Namespace)
 	case "StatefulSet":
@@ -71,22 +67,6 @@ func (r *KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler) isDaemonSetRunning(ctx context.Context,
 	return daemonSet.Status.DesiredNumberScheduled == daemonSet.Status.NumberReady, nil
 }
 
-func (r *KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler) isPodRunning(ctx context.Context, resource klcv1beta1.ResourceReference, namespace string) (bool, error) {
-	podList := &corev1.PodList{}
-	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, podList, client.InNamespace(namespace)); err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	for _, p := range podList.Items {
-		if p.UID == resource.UID {
-			if p.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning {
-				return true, nil
-			}
-			return false, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 func (r *KeptnWorkloadVersionReconciler) isStatefulSetRunning(ctx context.Context, resource klcv1beta1.ResourceReference, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	sts := appsv1.StatefulSet{}
 	err := r.Client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: resource.Name, Namespace: namespace}, &sts)
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/test/component/workload/workload_test.go b/lifecycle-operator/test/component/workload/workload_test.go
index 61260780b6..d4ca919427 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/test/component/workload/workload_test.go
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/test/component/workload/workload_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func createWorkloadInCluster(name string, namespace string, version string, appl
 		Spec: klcv1beta1.KeptnWorkloadSpec{
 			AppName:           applicationName,
 			Version:           version,
-			ResourceReference: klcv1beta1.ResourceReference{UID: types.UID("uid"), Kind: "Pod", Name: "pod1"},
+			ResourceReference: klcv1beta1.ResourceReference{UID: types.UID("uid"), Kind: "ReplicaSet", Name: "replicaset1"},
 		},
 	}
 	By("Invoking Reconciling for Create")