diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-lakom-service/templates/configmap-extension-config.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-lakom-service/templates/configmap-extension-config.yaml
index 51529e59..274480e7 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-lakom-service/templates/configmap-extension-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-lakom-service/templates/configmap-extension-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ data:
 {{ toYaml .Values.controllers.cosignPublicKeys | indent 6 }}
     seedBootstrap:
       ownerNamespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+      # We want to ensure that enabled receives a default value of "true" if the annotation is not passed with the helm chart values.
+      # Check https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/8026#issuecomment-833059490 for an explanation on why dig is needed.
+      # Dig only traverses maps but `.Values` is of another type. The `merge (dict)` part transforms it into a map.
+      enabled: {{ dig "gardener" "seed" "annotations" "service.lakom.extensions.gardener.cloud/enable-lakom-admission-controller" "true" (.Values | merge (dict)) }}
     useOnlyImagePullSecrets: {{ .Values.controllers.useOnlyImagePullSecrets }}
     allowUntrustedImages: {{ .Values.controllers.allowUntrustedImages }}
     allowInsecureRegistries: {{ .Values.controllers.allowInsecureRegistries }}
diff --git a/example/controller-registration.yaml b/example/controller-registration.yaml
index 6f021589..d5a2f16a 100644
--- a/example/controller-registration.yaml
+++ b/example/controller-registration.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: ControllerDeployment
 metadata:
   name: shoot-lakom-service
 helm:
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diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/types.go b/pkg/apis/config/types.go
index eae6d2f3..ae7e464d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/types.go
@@ -49,4 +49,7 @@ type SeedBootstrap struct {
 	// OwnerNamespace is the name of the namespace owning the resources related
 	// to the seed bootstrap, as well as where the managed resources are deployed.
 	OwnerNamespace string
+	// Enabled determines whether any seed bootstrapping will occur.
+	// Existing lakom resources will be removed from the seed.
+	Enabled bool
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
index 101d3c12..59f65e96 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ type SeedBootstrap struct {
 	// OwnerNamespace is the name of the namespace owning the resources related
 	// to the seed bootstrap, as well as where the managed resources are deployed.
 	OwnerNamespace string `json:"ownerNamespace"`
+	// Enabled determines whether any seed bootstrapping will occur.
+	// Existing lakom resources will be removed from the seed.
+	Enabled bool `json:"enabled"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index c4b6c96d..dede35c5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func Convert_config_DebugConfig_To_v1alpha1_DebugConfig(in *config.DebugConfig,
 
 func autoConvert_v1alpha1_SeedBootstrap_To_config_SeedBootstrap(in *SeedBootstrap, out *config.SeedBootstrap, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.OwnerNamespace = in.OwnerNamespace
+	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ func Convert_v1alpha1_SeedBootstrap_To_config_SeedBootstrap(in *SeedBootstrap, o
 
 func autoConvert_config_SeedBootstrap_To_v1alpha1_SeedBootstrap(in *config.SeedBootstrap, out *SeedBootstrap, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	out.OwnerNamespace = in.OwnerNamespace
+	out.Enabled = in.Enabled
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/seed/reconciler.go b/pkg/controller/seed/reconciler.go
index be848f4d..cc65b05a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/seed/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/seed/reconciler.go
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ func (kcr *kubeSystemReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logg
 	const (
 		kubeSystemNamespaceName = metav1.NamespaceSystem
 	)
+	var (
+		ownerNamespace = kcr.serviceConfig.SeedBootstrap.OwnerNamespace
+	)
+
+	if !kcr.serviceConfig.SeedBootstrap.Enabled {
+		logger.Info("Deleting lakom admission controller from the seed cluster")
+		return managedresources.DeleteForSeed(ctx, kcr.client, ownerNamespace, constants.ManagedResourceNamesSeed)
+	}
+	logger.Info("Installing lakom admission controller to the seed cluster")
 
 	secretsConfig := ConfigsFor(kubeSystemNamespaceName)
 	secretsManager, err := secretsmanager.New(ctx, logger.WithName("seed-secretsmanager"), clock.RealClock{}, kcr.client, kubeSystemNamespaceName, ManagerIdentity, secretsmanager.Config{CASecretAutoRotation: true})
@@ -122,10 +131,6 @@ func (kcr *kubeSystemReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logg
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var (
-		ownerNamespace = kcr.serviceConfig.SeedBootstrap.OwnerNamespace
-	)
-
 	if err := managedresources.CreateForSeed(ctx, kcr.client, ownerNamespace, constants.ManagedResourceNamesSeed, false, resources); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}