diff --git a/cmd/pytorch-operator.v1beta1/app/server.go b/cmd/pytorch-operator.v1beta1/app/server.go
index 63187da47..421af567e 100644
--- a/cmd/pytorch-operator.v1beta1/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/pytorch-operator.v1beta1/app/server.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	crdclient "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset/clientset"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	kubeclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -156,14 +155,6 @@ func Run(opt *options.ServerOption) error {
 
 func createClientSets(config *restclientset.Config) (kubeclientset.Interface, kubeclientset.Interface, jobclientset.Interface, error) {
 
-	crdClient, err := crdclient.NewForConfig(config)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
-	}
-
-	checkCRDExists(crdClient, v1beta1.PytorchCRD)
-
 	kubeClientSet, err := kubeclientset.NewForConfig(restclientset.AddUserAgent(config, "pytorch-operator"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
@@ -181,12 +172,3 @@ func createClientSets(config *restclientset.Config) (kubeclientset.Interface, ku
 
 	return kubeClientSet, leaderElectionClientSet, jobClientSet, nil
 }
-
-func checkCRDExists(clientset crdclient.Interface, crdName string) {
-	_, err := clientset.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Get(crdName, metav1.GetOptions{})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}