diff --git a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
index f1a13465657c..1e343e606fb6 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
+++ b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ destination_configuration_path: TO_UPDATE_FROM_TEST
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
-  skip_reset: false # REQUIRED | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reseted after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination
diff --git a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
index be3a2da7dd57..da60f0008b44 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
+++ b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
@@ -569,14 +569,6 @@ class Connection(BaseResource):
 
     resource_type = "connection"
 
-    local_root_level_keys_to_remove_during_create = [
-        "skip_reset"
-    ]  # Remove these keys when sending a create request
-
-    local_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison = [
-        "skip_reset"
-    ]  # Remote do not have these keys
-
     remote_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison = [
         "name",
         "source",
@@ -675,8 +667,6 @@ def create_payload(self) -> WebBackendConnectionCreate:
             self.configuration["operations"] = self._deserialize_operations(
                 self.raw_configuration["configuration"]["operations"], OperationCreate
             )
-        for k in self.local_root_level_keys_to_remove_during_create:
-            self.configuration.pop(k, None)
         return WebBackendConnectionCreate(
             name=self.resource_name, source_id=self.source_id, destination_id=self.destination_id, **self.configuration
         )
@@ -804,12 +794,6 @@ def _check_for_legacy_raw_configuration_keys(self, raw_configuration):
             "These keys changed to source_configuration_path and destination_configuration_path in version > 0.39.18, please update your connection configuration to give path to source and destination configuration files or regenerate the connection",
         )
 
-    def _get_local_comparable_configuration(self) -> dict:
-        comparable = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.raw_configuration["configuration"].items() if k not in self.local_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison
-        }
-        return comparable
-
     def _get_remote_comparable_configuration(self) -> dict:
 
         comparable = {
diff --git a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2 b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
index 7ac37c77ffaf..58b36cba53cd 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
+++ b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ destination_configuration_path: {{ destination_configuration_path }}
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
-  skip_reset: false # REQUIRED | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reseted after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination