diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/persistentvolumeclaims/syncer.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/persistentvolumeclaims/syncer.go
index 0e3dd72c1..5e3f21e2b 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/persistentvolumeclaims/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/persistentvolumeclaims/syncer.go
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ func recreatePersistentVolumeClaim(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, virtualClient c
 	}
 
 	// make sure we don't set the resource version during create
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Delete(vPVC)
 	vPVC = vPVC.DeepCopy()
 	vPVC.ResourceVersion = ""
 	vPVC.UID = ""
@@ -285,6 +284,5 @@ func recreatePersistentVolumeClaim(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, virtualClient c
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "create pvc")
 	}
 
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(vPVC)
 	return vPVC, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/ephemeral_containers.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/ephemeral_containers.go
index 14c22840c..1aa08edf0 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/ephemeral_containers.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/ephemeral_containers.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (s *podSyncer) syncEphemeralContainers(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, physic
 
 	// do the actual update
 	ctx.Log.Infof("Update ephemeral containers for pod %s/%s", physicalPod.Namespace, physicalPod.Name)
-	updatedPod, err := physicalClusterClient.CoreV1().Pods(physicalPod.Namespace).UpdateEphemeralContainers(ctx, physicalPod.Name, physicalPod, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+	_, err = physicalClusterClient.CoreV1().Pods(physicalPod.Namespace).UpdateEphemeralContainers(ctx, physicalPod.Name, physicalPod, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		// The api-server will return a 404 when the EphemeralContainers feature is disabled because the `/ephemeralcontainers` subresource
 		// is missing. Unlike the 404 returned by a missing physicalPod, the status details will be empty.
@@ -75,6 +75,5 @@ func (s *podSyncer) syncEphemeralContainers(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, physic
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("update ephemeral containers: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Host().Put(updatedPod)
 	return true, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/syncer.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/syncer.go
index bd2a6bfb4..931915dcd 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/pods/syncer.go
@@ -442,6 +442,5 @@ func (s *podSyncer) assignNodeToPod(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, pObj *corev1.P
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(vPod)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/services/syncer.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/services/syncer.go
index 8595b7992..bc449532a 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/services/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/services/syncer.go
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ func recreateService(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, virtualClient client.Client,
 	}
 
 	// make sure we don't set the resource version during create
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Delete(vService)
 	vService = vService.DeepCopy()
 	vService.ResourceVersion = ""
 	vService.UID = ""
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@ func recreateService(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, virtualClient client.Client,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(vService)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshotcontents/syncer.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshotcontents/syncer.go
index 1918371ba..7d5b93cb3 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshotcontents/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshotcontents/syncer.go
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ func (s *volumeSnapshotContentSyncer) Sync(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, event *
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
-			ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(updated)
 		}
 
 		if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(event.Virtual.Status, event.Host.Status) {
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ func (s *volumeSnapshotContentSyncer) Sync(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, event *
 			if err != nil && !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
-			ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(updated)
 		}
 
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: time.Second}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshots/syncer.go b/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshots/syncer.go
index 932ec39dc..431ea92ec 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshots/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/resources/volumesnapshots/syncer.go
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ func (s *volumeSnapshotSyncer) SyncToHost(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, event *s
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
-
-			ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(event.Virtual)
 		}
 
 		return patcher.DeleteVirtualObject(ctx, event.Virtual, event.HostOld, "host object was deleted")
@@ -115,8 +113,6 @@ func (s *volumeSnapshotSyncer) Sync(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, event *synccon
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
-
-			ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(updated)
 		}
 
 		if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(event.Virtual.Status, event.Host.Status) {
@@ -127,8 +123,6 @@ func (s *volumeSnapshotSyncer) Sync(ctx *synccontext.SyncContext, event *synccon
 			if err != nil && !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
-
-			ctx.ObjectCache.Virtual().Put(updated)
 		}
 
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil