diff --git a/pkg/driver/aws-ebs/tags_controller.go b/pkg/driver/aws-ebs/tags_controller.go
index a974a6849..6c2436be2 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/aws-ebs/tags_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/aws-ebs/tags_controller.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package aws_ebs
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
@@ -155,9 +154,8 @@ func (c *EBSVolumeTagController) handleUpdate(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 	klog.Infof("Infrastructure resource updated: %s", newInfra.Name)
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(oldInfra.Status.PlatformStatus.AWS.ResourceTags, newInfra.Status.PlatformStatus.AWS.ResourceTags) {
-		klog.Infof("AWS ResourceTags changed: triggering processing and restart")
+		klog.Infof("AWS ResourceTags changed: triggering processing")
 		c.processInfrastructure(newInfra)
-		//c.restartOperator()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -241,12 +239,6 @@ func (c *EBSVolumeTagController) updateEBSTags(volumeID string, resourceTags []c
 	return err
 }
 
-// restartOperator triggers a restart of the operator by exiting the process
-func (c *EBSVolumeTagController) restartOperator() {
-	klog.Infof("Restarting the operator due to changes in ResourceTags...")
-	os.Exit(1)
-}
-
 // Run starts the controller and processes events from the informer
 func (c *EBSVolumeTagController) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer c.queue.ShutDown()