diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 86cb977..a8f5993 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
     "kubetest",
     "patcher"
   ]
-  revision = "edf4be11e8b41542ab632040ed5bd141b873ddbe"
+  revision = "c5b8ec922b301a267942b96a30d279926136fb75"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
@@ -546,10 +546,10 @@
   revision = "86672fcb3f950f35f2e675df2240550f2a50762f"
 
 [[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
   packages = ["."]
-  revision = "ef82de70bb3f60c65fb8eebacbb2d122ef517385"
-  version = "v0.0.3"
+  revision = "1e58aa3361fd650121dceeedc399e7189c05674a"
 
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -1174,6 +1174,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "f46fb83b2d34da66c1e1d9da2bb6a255ff8a58dc65b67c6d8644070d0b312b84"
+  inputs-digest = "6858dc4035bf27abc2cba9dbe4517a3593b169681638d1d4255977e058b06e0f"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/pkg/githubrepository/controller.go b/pkg/githubrepository/controller.go
index 18e2d0d..bd562ef 100644
--- a/pkg/githubrepository/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/githubrepository/controller.go
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// let's not hit rate limits
-	kubekit.ResyncPeriod = 30 * time.Second
-}
-
 // Controller will take care of syncing the internal status of the GitHub Policy
 // object with the available releases on GitHub.
 type Controller struct {
@@ -58,6 +53,11 @@ const authTokenKey = "GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN"
 
 // NewController returns a new GitHubRepository Controller.
 func NewController(rcfg *rest.Config, cs kubernetes.Interface, namespace string, cfg Config) (*Controller, error) {
+	// Let's not hit rate limits.
+	// This is done here instead of an init function so we don't override the
+	// global settings for other controllers.
+	kubekit.ResyncPeriod = 30 * time.Second
+
 	rc, err := kubekit.RESTClient(rcfg, &v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion, v1alpha1.AddToScheme)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ func (c *Controller) run(ctx context.Context) {
 				c.syncPolicy(obj)
 			},
 			UpdateFunc: func(old, new interface{}) {
-				if ok, err := k8sutils.ShouldSync(old, new); ok && err == nil {
-					c.syncPolicy(new)
-				}
+				c.syncPolicy(new)
 			},
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 				cp := obj.(*v1alpha1.GitHubRepository).DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/imagepolicy/controller.go b/pkg/imagepolicy/controller.go
index ed31750..b1bb946 100644
--- a/pkg/imagepolicy/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/imagepolicy/controller.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/k8sutils"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/registry/hub"
 
@@ -95,9 +94,7 @@ func (c *Controller) run(ctx context.Context) {
 				c.syncPolicy(obj)
 			},
 			UpdateFunc: func(old, new interface{}) {
-				if ok, err := k8sutils.ShouldSync(old, new); ok && err == nil {
-					c.syncPolicy(new)
-				}
+				c.syncPolicy(new)
 			},
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 				cp := obj.(*v1alpha1.ImagePolicy).DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutils/status.go b/pkg/k8sutils/status.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 44c796e..0000000
--- a/pkg/k8sutils/status.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package k8sutils
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-)
-
-func getStatuslessData(obj interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	byteData, err := json.Marshal(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var mapData map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(byteData, &mapData); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	delete(mapData, "status")
-	return json.Marshal(mapData)
-}
-
-func getSpec(obj interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	byteData, err := json.Marshal(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var mapData map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(byteData, &mapData); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return json.Marshal(mapData["spec"])
-}
-
-// ShouldSync will validate two objects and see if there are any updates worth
-// syncing.
-func ShouldSync(old, new interface{}) (bool, error) {
-	oldData, err := getStatuslessData(old)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	newData, err := getStatuslessData(new)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	return string(oldData) != string(newData), nil
-}
-
-// SpecChanges will look at the `spec` in runtime objects and see if they
-// differ.
-func SpecChanges(old, new interface{}) (bool, error) {
-	oldData, err := getSpec(old)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	newData, err := getSpec(new)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	return string(oldData) != string(newData), nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/networkpolicy/controller.go b/pkg/networkpolicy/controller.go
index 21797f9..d505cef 100644
--- a/pkg/networkpolicy/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/networkpolicy/controller.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/manifoldco/heighliner/pkg/k8sutils"
 
 	"github.com/jelmersnoeck/kubekit"
 	"github.com/jelmersnoeck/kubekit/patcher"
@@ -76,15 +75,7 @@ func (c *Controller) run(ctx context.Context) {
 				c.syncNetworking(obj)
 			},
 			UpdateFunc: func(old, new interface{}) {
-				ok, err := k8sutils.ShouldSync(old, new)
-				if err != nil {
-					cp := old.(*v1alpha1.NetworkPolicy).DeepCopy()
-					log.Printf("Error syncing networkpolicy %s: %s:", cp.Name, err)
-				}
-
-				if ok {
-					c.syncNetworking(new)
-				}
+				c.syncNetworking(new)
 			},
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 				cp := obj.(*v1alpha1.NetworkPolicy).DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/svc/controller.go b/pkg/svc/controller.go
index a29da2a..4bc95c2 100644
--- a/pkg/svc/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/svc/controller.go
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ func (c *Controller) run(ctx context.Context) {
 				c.patchMicroservice(obj)
 			},
 			UpdateFunc: func(old, new interface{}) {
-				if ok, err := k8sutils.ShouldSync(old, new); ok && err == nil {
-					c.patchMicroservice(new)
-				}
+				c.patchMicroservice(new)
 			},
 			DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 				svc := obj.(*v1alpha1.Microservice).DeepCopy()
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ func (c *Controller) patchMicroservice(obj interface{}) error {
 
 	// new release objects, store them
 	svc.Status.Releases = deployedReleases
+
 	// need to specify types again until we resolve the mapping issue
 	svc.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
 		Kind:       "Microservice",