diff --git a/admiral/pkg/clusters/types.go b/admiral/pkg/clusters/types.go
index 850689ad..5e2b79bc 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/clusters/types.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/clusters/types.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (dh *DependencyHandler) Deleted(obj *v1.Dependency) {
 
 func (gtp *GlobalTrafficHandler) Added(obj *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy) {
 	log.Infof(LogFormat, "Added", "globaltrafficpolicy", obj.Name, gtp.ClusterID, "received")
-	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(admiral.Add, obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
+	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Infof(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (gtp *GlobalTrafficHandler) Added(obj *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy) {
 
 func (gtp *GlobalTrafficHandler) Updated(obj *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy) {
 	log.Infof(LogFormat, "Updated", "globaltrafficpolicy", obj.Name, gtp.ClusterID, "received")
-	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(admiral.Update, obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
+	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Infof(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (gtp *GlobalTrafficHandler) Updated(obj *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy) {
 
 func (gtp *GlobalTrafficHandler) Deleted(obj *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy) {
 	log.Infof(LogFormat, "Deleted", "globaltrafficpolicy", obj.Name, gtp.ClusterID, "received")
-	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(admiral.Delete, obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
+	err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(obj, gtp.RemoteRegistry, gtp.ClusterID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Infof(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func HandleEventForDeployment(event admiral.EventType, obj *k8sAppsV1.Deployment
 }
 
 // HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy processes all the events related to GTPs
-func HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(event admiral.EventType, gtp *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy, remoteRegistry *RemoteRegistry, clusterName string) error {
+func HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(gtp *v1.GlobalTrafficPolicy, remoteRegistry *RemoteRegistry, clusterName string) error {
 
 	globalIdentifier := common.GetGtpIdentity(gtp)
 
@@ -281,9 +281,7 @@ func HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(event admiral.EventType, gtp *v1.GlobalTr
 	// For now we're going to force all the events to update only in order to prevent
 	// the endpoints from being deleted.
 	// TODO: Need to come up with a way to prevent deleting default endpoints so that this hack can be removed.
-	event = admiral.Update
-
 	// Use the same function as added deployment function to update and put new service entry in place to replace old one
-	modifyServiceEntryForNewServiceOrPod(event, env, globalIdentifier, remoteRegistry)
+	modifyServiceEntryForNewServiceOrPod(admiral.Update, env, globalIdentifier, remoteRegistry)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/clusters/types_test.go b/admiral/pkg/clusters/types_test.go
index 73b34a2f..c49e9115 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/clusters/types_test.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/clusters/types_test.go
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ func TestRolloutHandler(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(t *testing.T) {
-	event := admiral.EventType("Add")
 	p := common.AdmiralParams{
 		KubeconfigPath: "testdata/fake.config",
 	}
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ func TestHandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range testcases {
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(event, c.gtp, registry, "testcluster")
+			err := HandleEventForGlobalTrafficPolicy(c.gtp, registry, "testcluster")
 			assert.Equal(t, err != nil, c.doesError)
 		})
 	}