diff --git a/apps/appsets/project-understack-infra.yaml b/apps/appsets/project-understack-infra.yaml
index 205994096..1cb5e1d4c 100644
--- a/apps/appsets/project-understack-infra.yaml
+++ b/apps/appsets/project-understack-infra.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: AppProject
 metadata:
   name: understack-infra
-  # Finalizer that ensures that project is not deleted until it is not referenced by any application
-  finalizers:
-    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+  # we do not want the finalizer here as it deletes all resources as
+  # they move between AppProject's
 spec:
   sourceRepos:
   - '*'
diff --git a/apps/appsets/project-understack-operators.yaml b/apps/appsets/project-understack-operators.yaml
index f547f76bd..2a5fef82c 100644
--- a/apps/appsets/project-understack-operators.yaml
+++ b/apps/appsets/project-understack-operators.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: AppProject
 metadata:
   name: understack-operators
-  # Finalizer that ensures that project is not deleted until it is not referenced by any application
-  finalizers:
-    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+  # we do not want the finalizer here as it deletes all resources as
+  # they move between AppProject's
 spec:
   sourceRepos:
   - '*'
diff --git a/apps/appsets/project-understack.yaml b/apps/appsets/project-understack.yaml
index f7e4e6cf2..d588c7f2a 100644
--- a/apps/appsets/project-understack.yaml
+++ b/apps/appsets/project-understack.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: AppProject
 metadata:
   name: understack
-  # Finalizer that ensures that project is not deleted until it is not referenced by any application
-  finalizers:
-    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+  # we do not want the finalizer here as it deletes all resources as
+  # they move between AppProject's
 spec:
   sourceRepos:
   - '*'