diff --git a/pkg/common/k8s/main.go b/pkg/common/k8s/main.go
index c846405da..7a427ad00 100644
--- a/pkg/common/k8s/main.go
+++ b/pkg/common/k8s/main.go
@@ -91,10 +91,18 @@ func GetPodDetails(kubeClient clientset.Interface) (*PodInfo, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get POD information")
 	}
 
+	podNodeIP := GetNodeIP(kubeClient, pod.Spec.NodeName, true)
+	podLabels := pod.GetLabels()
+
+	// remove labels that uniquely identify a pod
+	delete(podLabels, "controller-revision-hash")
+	delete(podLabels, "pod-template-generation")
+	delete(podLabels, "pod-template-hash")
+
 	return &PodInfo{
 		Name:      podName,
 		Namespace: podNs,
-		NodeIP:    GetNodeIP(kubeClient, pod.Spec.NodeName, true),
-		Labels:    pod.GetLabels(),
+		NodeIP:    podNodeIP,
+		Labels:    podLabels,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/services/svcstatusing.go b/pkg/controller/services/svcstatusing.go
index a69daaed4..e3417d4d1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/services/svcstatusing.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/services/svcstatusing.go
@@ -253,10 +253,17 @@ func (s *svcStatusIng) getControllerPodList(ctx context.Context) ([]api.Pod, err
 	if err := s.cli.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: s.cfg.PodNamespace, Name: s.cfg.PodName}, &pod); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// remove labels that uniquely identify a pod
+	podLabels := pod.GetLabels()
+	delete(podLabels, "controller-revision-hash")
+	delete(podLabels, "pod-template-generation")
+	delete(podLabels, "pod-template-hash")
+
 	// read all controller's pod
 	podList := api.PodList{}
 	if err := s.cli.List(ctx, &podList, &client.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(pod.GetLabels()),
+		LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(podLabels),
 		Namespace:     s.cfg.PodNamespace,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err