diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 31007554b..15f6b376b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -263,10 +263,17 @@ func run(opts *options) error {
 	}
 
 	if opts.remoteConfigEnabled {
-		err = remoteconfig.NewRemoteConfigUpdater(mgr.GetClient(), ctrl.Log.WithName("remote_config")).Setup(creds)
-		if err != nil {
-			setupErrorf(setupLog, err, "Unable to set up Remote Config service")
-		}
+		go func() {
+			// Block until this controller manager is elected leader. We presume the
+			// entire process will terminate if we lose leadership, so we don't need
+			// to handle that.
+			<-mgr.Elected()
+
+			err = remoteconfig.NewRemoteConfigUpdater(mgr.GetClient(), ctrl.Log.WithName("remote_config")).Setup(creds)
+			if err != nil {
+				setupErrorf(setupLog, err, "Unable to set up Remote Config service")
+			}
+		}()
 	}
 
 	options := controllers.SetupOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/remoteconfig/updater.go b/pkg/remoteconfig/updater.go
index 8786d5a78..7fb2de94e 100644
--- a/pkg/remoteconfig/updater.go
+++ b/pkg/remoteconfig/updater.go
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ func (r *RemoteConfigUpdater) updateInstanceStatus(dda v2alpha1.DatadogAgent, cf
 			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CWS.Enabled = new(bool)
 		}
 		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CWS.Enabled = cfg.SystemProbe.CWS.Enabled
+	} else {
+		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CWS = nil
 	}
 
 	// CSPM
@@ -413,6 +415,8 @@ func (r *RemoteConfigUpdater) updateInstanceStatus(dda v2alpha1.DatadogAgent, cf
 			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CSPM.Enabled = new(bool)
 		}
 		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CSPM.Enabled = cfg.SecurityAgent.CSPM.Enabled
+	} else {
+		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.CSPM = nil
 	}
 
 	// SBOM
@@ -434,6 +438,8 @@ func (r *RemoteConfigUpdater) updateInstanceStatus(dda v2alpha1.DatadogAgent, cf
 				newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.Host.Enabled = new(bool)
 			}
 			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.Host.Enabled = cfg.CoreAgent.SBOM.Host.Enabled
+		} else {
+			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.Host = nil
 		}
 
 		// SBOM CONTAINER IMAGE
@@ -445,8 +451,12 @@ func (r *RemoteConfigUpdater) updateInstanceStatus(dda v2alpha1.DatadogAgent, cf
 				newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.ContainerImage.Enabled = new(bool)
 			}
 			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.ContainerImage.Enabled = cfg.CoreAgent.SBOM.ContainerImage.Enabled
+		} else {
+			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM.ContainerImage = nil
 		}
 
+	} else {
+		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.SBOM = nil
 	}
 
 	// USM
@@ -458,6 +468,8 @@ func (r *RemoteConfigUpdater) updateInstanceStatus(dda v2alpha1.DatadogAgent, cf
 			newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.USM.Enabled = new(bool)
 		}
 		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.USM.Enabled = cfg.SystemProbe.USM.Enabled
+	} else {
+		newddaStatus.RemoteConfigConfiguration.Features.USM = nil
 	}
 
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(&dda.Status, newddaStatus) {