diff --git a/charts/cass-operator-chart/templates/validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml b/charts/cass-operator-chart/templates/validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
index 6c6eab0bd..f12be5319 100644
--- a/charts/cass-operator-chart/templates/validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
+++ b/charts/cass-operator-chart/templates/validatingwebhookconfiguration.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ webhooks:
   rules:
   - apiGroups: ["cassandra.datastax.com"]
     apiVersions: ["v1beta1"]
-    operations: ["CREATE", "UPDATE", "DELETE"]
+    operations: ["CREATE", "UPDATE"]
     resources: ["cassandradatacenters"]
     scope: "*"
   clientConfig:
diff --git a/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests-pre-1.15.yaml b/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests-pre-1.15.yaml
index e9ea8de7c..e5ad09aae 100644
--- a/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests-pre-1.15.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests-pre-1.15.yaml
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ webhooks:
     operations:
     - CREATE
     - UPDATE
-    - DELETE
     resources:
     - cassandradatacenters
     scope: '*'
diff --git a/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests.yaml b/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests.yaml
index 2314a7c71..23a333e06 100644
--- a/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/cass-operator-manifests.yaml
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ webhooks:
     operations:
     - CREATE
     - UPDATE
-    - DELETE
     resources:
     - cassandradatacenters
     scope: '*'
diff --git a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/webhook.go b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/webhook.go
index eea9c7e57..0de2f6195 100644
--- a/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/webhook.go
+++ b/operator/pkg/apis/cassandra/v1beta1/webhook.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func ValidateDatacenterFieldChanges(oldDc CassandraDatacenter, newDc CassandraDa
 	return nil
 }
 
-// +kubebuilder:webhook:path=/validate-cassandradatacenter,mutating=false,failurePolicy=ignore,groups=cassandra.datastax.com,resources=cassandradatacenters,verbs=create;update;delete,versions=v1beta1,name=validate-cassandradatacenter-webhook
+// +kubebuilder:webhook:path=/validate-cassandradatacenter,mutating=false,failurePolicy=ignore,groups=cassandra.datastax.com,resources=cassandradatacenters,verbs=create;update,versions=v1beta1,name=validate-cassandradatacenter-webhook
 var _ webhook.Validator = &CassandraDatacenter{}
 
 func (dc *CassandraDatacenter) ValidateCreate() error {