diff --git a/internal/router/handler.go b/internal/router/handler.go
index bcbe983..94bdd46 100644
--- a/internal/router/handler.go
+++ b/internal/router/handler.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type pusher struct {
 	notifyQueue    queue.Queuer
 	httpClient     *http.Client
 	verbose        bool
+	patch          bool
 }
 
 func (c *pusher) Handle(evt corev1.Event) {
@@ -67,12 +68,6 @@ func (c *pusher) Handle(evt corev1.Event) {
 			"compositionId", compositionId)
 	}
 
-	err = patchWithLabels(c.objectResolver, &evt, compositionId)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to patch with labels", "involvedObject", ref.Name)
-		return
-	}
-
 	all, err := c.getAllRegistrations(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to list registrations", "involvedObject", ref.Name)
diff --git a/internal/router/labels.go b/internal/router/labels.go
index 402af1d..92c6c77 100644
--- a/internal/router/labels.go
+++ b/internal/router/labels.go
@@ -2,62 +2,15 @@ package router
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/krateoplatformops/eventrouter/internal/objects"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 )
 
 const (
 	keyCompositionID = "krateo.io/composition-id"
-	keyPatchedBy     = "krateo.io/patched-by"
 )
 
-func patchWithLabels(resolver *objects.ObjectResolver, evt *corev1.Event, compositionId string) error {
-	extras, err := createPatchData(map[string]string{
-		keyCompositionID: compositionId,
-		keyPatchedBy:     "krateo",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("creating patch data: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	err = resolver.Patch(context.Background(), objects.PatchOpts{
-		GVK:       schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "Event"},
-		Name:      evt.Name,
-		Namespace: evt.Namespace,
-		PatchData: extras,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		if len(compositionId) > 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("patching event with composition id '%s': %w", compositionId, err)
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("patching event: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func createPatchData(labels map[string]string) ([]byte, error) {
-	patch := struct {
-		Metadata struct {
-			Labels map[string]string `json:"labels"`
-		} `json:"metadata"`
-	}{}
-	patch.Metadata.Labels = map[string]string{}
-
-	for k, v := range labels {
-		if len(v) > 0 {
-			patch.Metadata.Labels[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-
-	return json.Marshal(patch)
-}
-
 func hasCompositionId(obj *corev1.Event) bool {
 	labels := obj.GetLabels()
 	if len(labels) == 0 {