diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/Updater.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/Updater.java
index 828f9ad785..2f229abe34 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/Updater.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/Updater.java
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.Matcher.Result;
 
-public interface Updater<R, P extends HasMetadata> {
+public interface Updater<R, P extends HasMetadata> extends Matcher<R, P> {
+
   R update(R actual, R desired, P primary, Context<P> context);
 
-  Result<R> match(R actualResource, P primary, Context<P> context);
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
index 5e2b209a71..ce924eefeb 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.dependent.managed.DependentResourceConfigurator;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.dependent.managed.KubernetesClientAware;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.AbstractEventSourceHolderDependentResource;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.Matcher;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.Matcher.Result;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.SecondaryToPrimaryMapper;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public abstract class KubernetesDependentResource<R extends HasMetadata, P exten
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KubernetesDependentResource.class);
 
   protected KubernetesClient client;
-  private final Matcher<R, P> matcher;
   private final ResourceUpdatePreProcessor<R> processor;
   private final boolean garbageCollected = this instanceof GarbageCollected;
   private KubernetesDependentResourceConfig<R> kubernetesDependentResourceConfig;
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ public abstract class KubernetesDependentResource<R extends HasMetadata, P exten
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public KubernetesDependentResource(Class<R> resourceType) {
     super(resourceType);
-    matcher = this instanceof Matcher ? (Matcher<R, P>) this
-        : GenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.matcherFor(resourceType, this);
 
     processor = this instanceof ResourceUpdatePreProcessor
         ? (ResourceUpdatePreProcessor<R>) this
@@ -140,7 +136,8 @@ public R update(R actual, R target, P primary, Context<P> context) {
   }
 
   public Result<R> match(R actualResource, P primary, Context<P> context) {
-    return matcher.match(actualResource, primary, context);
+    return GenericKubernetesResourceMatcher
+        .match(this, actualResource, primary, context, false);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")