diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/internal/updater/updater_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/internal/updater/updater_test.go
index d011fa5f..b952d9a1 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/internal/updater/updater_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/internal/updater/updater_test.go
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@ import (
 
 const testFinalizer = "testFinalizer"
 
-func EnsureAnnotation(key, value string) UpdateFunc {
-	return func(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
-		var hasUpdate bool
-		if obj.GetAnnotations() == nil {
-			obj.SetAnnotations(map[string]string{})
-			hasUpdate = true
-		}
-		var annotations = obj.GetAnnotations()
-		if annotations[key] != value {
-			annotations[key] = value
-			obj.SetAnnotations(annotations)
-			hasUpdate = true
-		}
-		return hasUpdate
-	}
-}
-
 var _ = Describe("Updater", func() {
 	var (
 		client client.Client
@@ -76,7 +59,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Updater", func() {
 	When("the object does not exist", func() {
 		It("should fail", func() {
 			Expect(client.Delete(context.TODO(), obj)).To(Succeed())
-			u.Update(EnsureAnnotation("foo", "bar"))
+			u.Update(func(u *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
+				u.SetAnnotations(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+				return true
+			})
 			err := u.Apply(context.TODO(), obj)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(BeNil())
 			Expect(apierrors.IsNotFound(err)).To(BeTrue())
@@ -85,7 +71,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Updater", func() {
 
 	When("an update is a change", func() {
 		It("should apply an update function", func() {
-			u.Update(EnsureAnnotation("foo", "bar"))
+			u.Update(func(u *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
+				u.SetAnnotations(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+				return true
+			})
 			resourceVersion := obj.GetResourceVersion()
 
 			Expect(u.Apply(context.TODO(), obj)).To(Succeed())