diff --git a/CHANGES/1067.removal b/CHANGES/1067.removal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3d6843f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1067.removal
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Removed the validation for version mismatch between pulp-minimal and pulp-web images
+when the number of replicas for pulp-web is set to 0.
diff --git a/controllers/repo_manager/precheck.go b/controllers/repo_manager/precheck.go
index e22fa0b5a..fbd6de87a 100644
--- a/controllers/repo_manager/precheck.go
+++ b/controllers/repo_manager/precheck.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func initializeStatusCondition(ctx context.Context, r *RepoManagerReconciler, pu
 
 // checkImageVersion verifies if pulp-webcheckImageVersion image version matches pulp-minimal
 func checkImageVersion(r *RepoManagerReconciler, pulp *repomanagerpulpprojectorgv1beta2.Pulp) *ctrl.Result {
-	if r.needsPulpWeb(pulp) && pulp.Spec.ImageVersion != pulp.Spec.ImageWebVersion {
+	if r.needsPulpWeb(pulp) && pulp.Spec.ImageVersion != pulp.Spec.ImageWebVersion && pulp.Spec.Web.Replicas > 0 {
 		if pulp.Spec.InhibitVersionConstraint {
 			controllers.CustomZapLogger().Warn("image_version should be equal to image_web_version! Using different versions is not recommended and can make the application unreachable")
 		} else {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d6f889290..e1b2475bd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	setupLog.Info("pulp-operator version: 1.0.4-beta.5")
+	setupLog.Info("pulp-operator version: 1.0.5-beta.5")
 	setupLog.Info("starting manager")
 	if err := mgr.Start(ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "problem running manager")