diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02db113f..e7dd069a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -366,12 +366,11 @@ gowork: ## Generate go.work file
 	go work sync
 
 # Used for webhook testing
-# Please ensure the mariadb-controller-manager deployment and
-# webhook definitions are removed from the csv before running
-# this. Also, cleanup the webhook configuration for local testing
-# before deplying with olm again.
-# $oc delete -n openstack validatingwebhookconfiguration/vmariadb.kb.io
-# $oc delete -n openstack mutatingwebhookconfiguration/mmariadb.kb.io
+# The configure_local_webhooks.sh script below will remove any OLM webhooks
+# for the operator and also scale its deployment replicas down to 0 so that
+# the operator can run locally.
+# Make sure to cleanup the webhook configuration for local testing by running
+# ./hack/clean_local_webhook.sh before deplying with OLM again.
 SKIP_CERT ?=false
 .PHONY: run-with-webhook
 run-with-webhook: export METRICS_PORT?=8080
diff --git a/hack/configure_local_webhook.sh b/hack/configure_local_webhook.sh
index fbfb6a80..ce34b05d 100755
--- a/hack/configure_local_webhook.sh
+++ b/hack/configure_local_webhook.sh
@@ -131,3 +131,11 @@ webhooks:
 EOF_CAT
 
 oc apply -n openstack -f ${TMPDIR}/patch_webhook_configurations.yaml
+
+# Scale-down operator deployment replicas to zero and remove OLM webhooks
+CSV_NAME="$(oc get csv -n openstack-operators -l operators.coreos.com/mariadb-operator.openstack-operators -o name)"
+
+if [ -n "${CSV_NAME}" ]; then
+    oc patch "${CSV_NAME}" -n openstack-operators --type=json -p="[{'op': 'replace', 'path': '/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/replicas', 'value': 0}]"
+    oc patch "${CSV_NAME}" -n openstack-operators --type=json -p="[{'op': 'replace', 'path': '/spec/webhookdefinitions', 'value': []}]"
+fi