diff --git a/charts/karpenter-core/templates/webhooks.yaml b/charts/karpenter-core/templates/webhooks.yaml
index 41552a04dc..73fbb53b3d 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter-core/templates/webhooks.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter-core/templates/webhooks.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ webhooks:
         operations:
           - CREATE
           - UPDATE
-          - DELETE
 ---
 apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1alpha5/provisioner_validation.go b/pkg/apis/v1alpha5/provisioner_validation.go
index f2e7d5dfa4..3e5a224dea 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/v1alpha5/provisioner_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1alpha5/provisioner_validation.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
+	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ const (
 	providerRefPath = "providerRef"
 )
 
+func (p *Provisioner) SupportedVerbs() []admissionregistrationv1.OperationType {
+	return []admissionregistrationv1.OperationType{
+		admissionregistrationv1.Create,
+		admissionregistrationv1.Update,
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *Provisioner) Validate(ctx context.Context) (errs *apis.FieldError) {
 	return errs.Also(
 		apis.ValidateObjectMetadata(p).ViaField("metadata"),