diff --git a/controllers/reconciler_common.go b/controllers/reconciler_common.go
index 9ddd1b879e0f7b0d1216446f12d47f4aa1235520..ab2a65e012f9cb6b482bc556193ae435b918f507 100644
--- a/controllers/reconciler_common.go
+++ b/controllers/reconciler_common.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
@@ -499,17 +500,10 @@ func containerExists(name string, currentobject *appsv1.Deployment) {
 
 // containerRemove checks if a container exists on the deployment
 // if it does exists, removes it
-func containerRemove(name string, currentobject *appsv1.Deployment) {
-	for index, container := range currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers {
-		if container.Name == name {
-			if index == len(currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers)-1 {
-				currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers = currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[:index]
-			} else {
-				currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers = append(currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[:index], currentobject.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[index+1])
-			}
-			break
-		}
-	}
+func containerRemove(name string, d *appsv1.Deployment) {
+	d.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers = slices.DeleteFunc(d.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers, func(container corev1.Container) bool {
+		return container.Name == name
+	})
 }
 
 // getDeploymentConfiguration precalculates all the configuration that the server deployment needs, including: