diff --git a/adapter/internal/operator/controllers/dp/api_controller.go b/adapter/internal/operator/controllers/dp/api_controller.go
index 21a302200b..4ad8cf06d8 100644
--- a/adapter/internal/operator/controllers/dp/api_controller.go
+++ b/adapter/internal/operator/controllers/dp/api_controller.go
@@ -109,13 +109,11 @@ type APIReconciler struct {
 	statusUpdater         *status.UpdateHandler
 	mgr                   manager.Manager
 	apiPropagationEnabled bool
-	apiHashes             map[string]string
 }
 
 // NewAPIController creates a new API controller instance. API Controllers watches for dpv1alpha2.API and gwapiv1b1.HTTPRoute.
 func NewAPIController(mgr manager.Manager, operatorDataStore *synchronizer.OperatorDataStore, statusUpdater *status.UpdateHandler,
 	ch *chan *synchronizer.APIEvent, successChannel *chan synchronizer.SuccessEvent) error {
-	apiHash := make(map[string]string)
 	apiReconciler := &APIReconciler{
 		client:         mgr.GetClient(),
 		ods:            operatorDataStore,
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ func NewAPIController(mgr manager.Manager, operatorDataStore *synchronizer.Opera
 		successChannel: successChannel,
 		statusUpdater:  statusUpdater,
 		mgr:            mgr,
-		apiHashes:      apiHash,
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	c, err := controller.New(constants.APIController, mgr, controller.Options{Reconciler: apiReconciler})
@@ -258,8 +255,6 @@ func (apiReconciler *APIReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 	var apiCR dpv1alpha2.API
 	if err := apiReconciler.client.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &apiCR); err != nil {
 		apiState, found := apiReconciler.ods.GetCachedAPI(req.NamespacedName)
-		// remove the hash from the api hashes map if presents
-		delete(apiReconciler.apiHashes, req.NamespacedName.String())
 		if found && k8error.IsNotFound(err) {
 			if apiReconciler.apiPropagationEnabled {
 				// Convert api state to api cp data
@@ -446,7 +441,6 @@ func (apiReconciler *APIReconciler) resolveAPIRefs(ctx context.Context, api dpv1
 	}
 
 	loggers.LoggerAPKOperator.Debugf("Child references are retrieved successfully for API CR %s", apiRef.String())
-	apiNamespacedName := utils.NamespacedName(apiState.APIDefinition).String()
 	storedHash, hashFound := apiState.APIDefinition.ObjectMeta.Labels["apiHash"]
 	if !api.Status.DeploymentStatus.Accepted {
 		if apiReconciler.apiPropagationEnabled && !apiState.APIDefinition.Spec.SystemAPI {
@@ -454,7 +448,6 @@ func (apiReconciler *APIReconciler) resolveAPIRefs(ctx context.Context, api dpv1
 			if !hashFound || storedHash != apiHash {
 				apiReconciler.patchAPIHash(ctx, apiHash, apiState.APIDefinition.ObjectMeta.Name, apiState.APIDefinition.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
 				loggers.LoggerAPKOperator.Infof("API hash changed sending the API to agent")
-				apiReconciler.apiHashes[apiNamespacedName] = apiHash
 				// Publish the api data to CP
 				apiCpData := apiReconciler.convertAPIStateToAPICp(ctx, *apiState)
 				apiCpData.Event = controlplane.EventTypeCreate
@@ -471,7 +464,6 @@ func (apiReconciler *APIReconciler) resolveAPIRefs(ctx context.Context, api dpv1
 			if !hashFound || storedHash != apiHash {
 				apiReconciler.patchAPIHash(ctx, apiHash, apiState.APIDefinition.ObjectMeta.Name, apiState.APIDefinition.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
 				loggers.LoggerAPKOperator.Infof("API hash changed sending the API to agent")
-				apiReconciler.apiHashes[apiNamespacedName] = apiHash
 				// Publish the api data to CP
 				apiCpData := apiReconciler.convertAPIStateToAPICp(ctx, *apiState)
 				apiCpData.Event = controlplane.EventTypeUpdate