diff --git a/api/v1/imagepolicy_types.go b/api/v1/imagepolicy_types.go
index bf4b8f82..759914e0 100644
--- a/api/v1/imagepolicy_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/imagepolicy_types.go
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ func (in *ImagePolicy) SetConditions(conditions []metav1.Condition) {
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:metadata:annotations="kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute=disabled"
 
 // ImagePolicy is the Schema for the imagepolicies API
 type ImagePolicy struct {
diff --git a/api/v1/imagerepository_types.go b/api/v1/imagerepository_types.go
index 00d24816..ca6d2921 100644
--- a/api/v1/imagerepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/imagerepository_types.go
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ func (in ImageRepository) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Last scan",type=string,JSONPath=`.status.lastScanResult.scanTime`,priority=1
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:metadata:annotations="kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute=disabled"
 
 // ImageRepository is the Schema for the imagerepositories API
 type ImageRepository struct {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagepolicies.yaml b/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagepolicies.yaml
index 24d8865e..73c9f0bc 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagepolicies.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagepolicies.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.21.0
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute: disabled
   name: imagepolicies.image.toolkit.fluxcd.io
 spec:
   group: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagerepositories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagerepositories.yaml
index 53e2b319..3e3e7b45 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagerepositories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/image.toolkit.fluxcd.io_imagerepositories.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.21.0
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute: disabled
   name: imagerepositories.image.toolkit.fluxcd.io
 spec:
   group: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io