diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestContext.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4019ab62e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.tasks.manifest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonPOJOBuilder;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.artifacts.model.Artifact;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Value;
+
+@Value
+@JsonDeserialize(builder = PatchManifestContext.PatchManifestContextBuilder.class)
+@Builder(builderClassName = "PatchManifestContextBuilder", toBuilder = true)
+public class PatchManifestContext implements ManifestContext {
+  private Map<Object, Object> patchBody;
+  private Source source;
+
+  private String manifestArtifactId;
+  private Artifact manifestArtifact;
+  private String manifestArtifactAccount;
+  private String manifestName;
+
+  private List<String> requiredArtifactIds;
+  private List<BindArtifact> requiredArtifacts;
+
+  @Builder.Default private boolean skipExpressionEvaluation = false;
+
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public List<Map<Object, Object>> getManifests() {
+    return Collections.singletonList(patchBody);
+  }
+
+  @JsonPOJOBuilder(withPrefix = "")
+  public static class PatchManifestContextBuilder {}
+}
diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestTask.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestTask.java
index cd16917f32..3000bb6126 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestTask.java
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/PatchManifestTask.java
@@ -16,21 +16,14 @@
 
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.tasks.manifest;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonPOJOBuilder;
-import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.artifacts.model.Artifact;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.Task;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.TaskResult;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.clouddriver.tasks.AbstractCloudProviderAwareTask;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.orca.pipeline.model.Stage;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.Value;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -42,32 +35,6 @@ public class PatchManifestTask extends AbstractCloudProviderAwareTask implements
 
   private final ManifestEvaluator manifestEvaluator;
 
-  @Value
-  @JsonDeserialize(builder = PatchManifestContext.PatchManifestContextBuilder.class)
-  @Builder(builderClassName = "PatchManifestContextBuilder", toBuilder = true)
-  private static class PatchManifestContext implements ManifestContext {
-    private List<Map<Object, Object>> patchBody;
-    private Source source;
-
-    private String manifestArtifactId;
-    private Artifact manifestArtifact;
-    private String manifestArtifactAccount;
-
-    private List<String> requiredArtifactIds;
-    private List<BindArtifact> requiredArtifacts;
-
-    @Builder.Default private boolean skipExpressionEvaluation = false;
-
-    @Nullable
-    @Override
-    public List<Map<Object, Object>> getManifests() {
-      return patchBody;
-    }
-
-    @JsonPOJOBuilder(withPrefix = "")
-    public static class PatchManifestContextBuilder {}
-  }
-
   @Nonnull
   @Override
   public TaskResult execute(@Nonnull Stage stage) {
diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/ManifestContextTest.java b/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/ManifestContextTest.java
index b8eb56276b..5c717055d5 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/ManifestContextTest.java
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/test/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/clouddriver/tasks/manifest/ManifestContextTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class ManifestContextTest {
@@ -52,4 +53,25 @@ void deserialize() throws IOException {
     DeployManifestContext context = new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, DeployManifestContext.class);
     assertThat(context.getSource()).isEqualTo(ManifestContext.Source.Text);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void deserializePatchManifestNoArtifacts() throws IOException {
+    String json =
+        "{\n"
+            + "  \"manifestArtifactAccount\": \"account\",\n"
+            + "  \"source\": \"text\",\n"
+            + "  \"patchBody\": {\n"
+            + "         \"spec\": {\n"
+            + "             \"replicas\": \"3\"\n"
+            + "         }\n"
+            + "  }\n"
+            + "}";
+
+    PatchManifestContext context = new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, PatchManifestContext.class);
+    assertThat(context.getSource()).isEqualTo(ManifestContext.Source.Text);
+    assertThat(context.getManifestArtifactAccount()).isEqualTo("account");
+    assertThat(context.getPatchBody()).containsOnlyKeys("spec");
+    assertThat(context.getPatchBody().get("spec"))
+        .isEqualTo(Collections.singletonMap("replicas", "3"));
+  }
 }