diff --git a/controllers/webhook/webhook.go b/controllers/webhook/webhook.go
index 9455cfd08ba..29739e2af00 100644
--- a/controllers/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/controllers/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ type OpenDataHubValidatingWebhook struct {
 	Decoder *admission.Decoder
 }
 
+func Init(mgr ctrl.Manager) {
+	(&OpenDataHubValidatingWebhook{
+		Client:  mgr.GetClient(),
+		Decoder: admission.NewDecoder(mgr.GetScheme()),
+	}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
+
+	(&DSCDefaulter{}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
+}
+
 func (w *OpenDataHubValidatingWebhook) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) {
 	hookServer := mgr.GetWebhookServer()
 	odhWebhook := &webhook.Admission{
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7d33d59a997..778a829f5ee 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 	ctrlmetrics "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 	ctrlwebhook "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook/admission"
 
 	dscv1 "github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/apis/datasciencecluster/v1"
 	dsciv1 "github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/apis/dscinitialization/v1"
@@ -235,12 +234,7 @@ func main() { //nolint:funlen,maintidx
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	(&webhook.OpenDataHubValidatingWebhook{
-		Client:  mgr.GetClient(),
-		Decoder: admission.NewDecoder(mgr.GetScheme()),
-	}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
-
-	(&webhook.DSCDefaulter{}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
+	webhook.Init(mgr)
 
 	if err = (&dscictrl.DSCInitializationReconciler{
 		Client:                mgr.GetClient(),