diff --git a/deploy/crds/keycloak.org_keycloaks_crd.yaml b/deploy/crds/keycloak.org_keycloaks_crd.yaml
index 7717f1ea0..2000dd0e7 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/keycloak.org_keycloaks_crd.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/keycloak.org_keycloaks_crd.yaml
@@ -1064,7 +1064,6 @@ spec:
               type: string
           required:
           - credentialSecret
-          - externalURL
           - internalURL
           - message
           - phase
diff --git a/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/keycloak_types.go b/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/keycloak_types.go
index b1fbb2ea6..63568d5f5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/keycloak_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/keycloak_types.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ type KeycloakStatus struct {
 	// An internal URL (service name) to be used by the admin client.
 	InternalURL string `json:"internalURL"`
 	// External URL for accessing Keycloak instance from outside the cluster. Is identical to external.URL if it's specified, otherwise is computed (e.g. from Ingress).
-	ExternalURL string `json:"externalURL"`
+	ExternalURL string `json:"externalURL,omitempty"`
 	// The secret where the admin credentials are to be found.
 	CredentialSecret string `json:"credentialSecret"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 2421df26e..19cc99017 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/keycloak/v1alpha1/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ func schema_pkg_apis_keycloak_v1alpha1_KeycloakStatus(ref common.ReferenceCallba
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				Required: []string{"phase", "message", "ready", "version", "internalURL", "externalURL", "credentialSecret"},
+				Required: []string{"phase", "message", "ready", "version", "internalURL", "credentialSecret"},
 			},
 		},
 	}