diff --git a/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
index 3c2aeb10f..0d1388514 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/revision.go
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ func (h *AppHandler) FinalizeAndApplyAppRevision(ctx context.Context) error {
 	appRev.SetGroupVersionKind(v1beta1.ApplicationRevisionGroupVersionKind)
 	// pass application's annotations & labels to app revision
 	appRev.SetAnnotations(h.app.GetAnnotations())
+	delete(appRev.Annotations, oam.AnnotationLastAppliedConfiguration)
 	appRev.SetLabels(h.app.GetLabels())
 	util.AddLabels(appRev, map[string]string{
 		oam.LabelAppName:         h.app.GetName(),