diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index 34c286797d..22f0914131 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
-      <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup</groupId>
       <artifactId>javapoet</artifactId>
@@ -87,4 +81,29 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <!-- During compilation we need to disable annotation processors (at least the ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor).
+               However, this is needed to compile the tests so let's disable apt just for the compile phase -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-compile</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <compilerArgs>
+                    <arg>-proc:none</arg>
+                </compilerArgs>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java b/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
index d1cdb28581..fc517e713d 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.processing.AbstractProcessor;
 import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
-import javax.annotation.processing.Processor;
 import javax.annotation.processing.RoundEnvironment;
 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedAnnotationTypes;
 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
@@ -21,14 +20,12 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
 
-import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import com.squareup.javapoet.TypeName;
 
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.config.runtime.RuntimeControllerMetadata.RECONCILERS_RESOURCE_PATH;
 
 @SupportedAnnotationTypes("io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration")
 @SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_11)
-@AutoService(Processor.class)
 public class ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
   private static final Logger log =
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor b/operator-framework/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82f7e04aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.config.runtime.ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 400a49b3bd..26335d41b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>4.6.1</mokito.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
-        <auto-service.version>1.0.1</auto-service.version>
         <compile-testing.version>0.19</compile-testing.version>
         <javapoet.version>1.13.0</javapoet.version>
         <assertj.version>3.23.1</assertj.version>
@@ -106,11 +105,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                 <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
-                <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-                <version>${auto-service.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.testing.compile</groupId>
                 <artifactId>compile-testing</artifactId>