diff --git a/controllers/backupcronjob/backupcronjob_controller.go b/controllers/backupcronjob/backupcronjob_controller.go
index 0b21a3111..7a03c692d 100644
--- a/controllers/backupcronjob/backupcronjob_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/backupcronjob/backupcronjob_controller.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ func (r *BackupCronJobReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named("BackupCronJob").
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			UsePriorityQueue: ptr.To(false),
+		}).
 		Watches(
 			&controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceOperatorConfig{},
 			handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(func(ctx context.Context, object client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
diff --git a/controllers/cleanupcronjob/cleanupcronjob_controller.go b/controllers/cleanupcronjob/cleanupcronjob_controller.go
index d74d6683b..c5d7498bf 100644
--- a/controllers/cleanupcronjob/cleanupcronjob_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/cleanupcronjob/cleanupcronjob_controller.go
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
@@ -123,6 +125,9 @@ func (r *CleanupCronJobReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named("CleanupCronJob").
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			UsePriorityQueue: ptr.To(false),
+		}).
 		Watches(&controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceOperatorConfig{},
 			handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(func(ctx context.Context, object client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
 				operatorNamespace, err := infrastructure.GetNamespace()
diff --git a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
index 367da93d0..e5b6e2ca9 100644
--- a/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/controller/devworkspacerouting/devworkspacerouting_controller.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	networkingv1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	k8sErrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
@@ -340,7 +341,10 @@ func (r *DevWorkspaceRoutingReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error
 	}
 
 	bld := ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
-		WithOptions(controller.Options{MaxConcurrentReconciles: maxConcurrentReconciles}).
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: maxConcurrentReconciles,
+			UsePriorityQueue:        ptr.To(false),
+		}).
 		For(&controllerv1alpha1.DevWorkspaceRouting{}).
 		Owns(&corev1.Service{}).
 		Owns(&networkingv1.Ingress{})
diff --git a/controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go b/controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go
index f53af369e..6a25994da 100644
--- a/controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go
@@ -804,7 +804,10 @@ func (r *DevWorkspaceReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 
 	// TODO: Set up indexing https://book.kubebuilder.io/cronjob-tutorial/controller-implementation.html#setup
 	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
-		WithOptions(controller.Options{MaxConcurrentReconciles: maxConcurrentReconciles}).
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: maxConcurrentReconciles,
+			UsePriorityQueue:        pointer.Bool(false),
+		}).
 		For(&dw.DevWorkspace{}).
 		// List DevWorkspaceTemplates as owned to enable updating workspaces when templates
 		// are changed; this should be moved to whichever controller is responsible for flattening