diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go b/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
index 152bcdef2b..fa274f2c2f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobframework/reconciler.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) ReconcileGenericJob(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reques
 				log.Error(err, "couldn't get the parent job workload")
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			} else if parentWorkload == nil || !workload.IsAdmitted(parentWorkload) {
-				if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, true, func() (bool, error) {
+				if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, func() (bool, error) {
 					job.Suspend()
 					return true, nil
 				}); err != nil {
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) startJob(ctx context.Context, job GenericJob, object cli
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, true, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, func() (bool, error) {
 			return true, job.RunWithPodSetsInfo(info)
 		}); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ func (r *JobReconciler) stopJob(ctx context.Context, job GenericJob, wl *kueue.W
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, true, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, object, func() (bool, error) {
 		job.Suspend()
 		if info != nil {
 			job.RestorePodSetsInfo(info)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
index 4bf84f91f4..a337479744 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/job/job_controller.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (j *Job) Stop(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, podSetsInfo []podset.Po
 	stoppedNow := false
 
 	if !j.IsSuspended() {
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, object, true, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, object, func() (bool, error) {
 			j.Suspend()
 			if j.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
 				j.ObjectMeta.Annotations = map[string]string{}
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (j *Job) Stop(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, podSetsInfo []podset.Po
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, object, true, func() (bool, error) {
+	if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, object, func() (bool, error) {
 		j.RestorePodSetsInfo(podSetsInfo)
 		delete(j.ObjectMeta.Annotations, StoppingAnnotation)
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/pod/pod_controller.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/pod/pod_controller.go
index 67e6231470..d500ac82bf 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/pod/pod_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/pod/pod_controller.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (p *Pod) Run(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, podSetsInfo []podset.Pod
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &p.pod, true, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &p.pod, func() (bool, error) {
 			ungate(&p.pod)
 			return true, podset.Merge(&p.pod.ObjectMeta, &p.pod.Spec, podSetsInfo[0])
 		}); err != nil {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (p *Pod) Run(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, podSetsInfo []podset.Pod
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, pod, true, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, pod, func() (bool, error) {
 			ungate(pod)
 
 			roleHash, err := getRoleHash(*pod)
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func (p *Pod) Finalize(ctx context.Context, c client.Client) error {
 
 	return parallelize.Until(ctx, len(podsInGroup.Items), func(i int) error {
 		pod := &podsInGroup.Items[i]
-		return clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, pod, false, func() (bool, error) {
+		return clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, pod, func() (bool, error) {
 			return controllerutil.RemoveFinalizer(pod, PodFinalizer), nil
 		})
 	})
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ func (p *Pod) removeExcessPods(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, r record.Ev
 	// Finalize and delete the active pods created last
 	err := parallelize.Until(ctx, len(extraPods), func(i int) error {
 		pod := extraPods[i]
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &pod, false, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &pod, func() (bool, error) {
 			removed := controllerutil.RemoveFinalizer(&pod, PodFinalizer)
 			log.V(3).Info("Finalizing excess pod in group", "excessPod", klog.KObj(&pod))
 			return removed, nil
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ func (p *Pod) finalizePods(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, extraPods []cor
 	err := parallelize.Until(ctx, len(extraPods), func(i int) error {
 		pod := extraPods[i]
 		var removed bool
-		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &pod, false, func() (bool, error) {
+		if err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, c, &pod, func() (bool, error) {
 			removed = controllerutil.RemoveFinalizer(&pod, PodFinalizer)
 			log.V(3).Info("Finalizing pod in group", "Pod", klog.KObj(&pod))
 			return removed, nil
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jobs/statefulset/statefulset_reconciler.go b/pkg/controller/jobs/statefulset/statefulset_reconciler.go
index e6c39fce72..4e8f414dfa 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jobs/statefulset/statefulset_reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jobs/statefulset/statefulset_reconciler.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) finalizePods(ctx context.Context, pods []corev1.Pod) error
 		if p.Status.Phase != corev1.PodSucceeded && p.Status.Phase != corev1.PodFailed {
 			return nil
 		}
-		err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, p, true, func() (bool, error) {
+		err := clientutil.Patch(ctx, r.client, p, func() (bool, error) {
 			removed := controllerutil.RemoveFinalizer(p, pod.PodFinalizer)
 			if removed {
 				log.V(3).Info("Finalizing pod in group", "pod", klog.KObj(p), "group", p.Labels[pod.GroupNameLabel])
diff --git a/pkg/controller/tas/topology_ungater.go b/pkg/controller/tas/topology_ungater.go
index 0847b62f7f..1cd77b869c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/tas/topology_ungater.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/tas/topology_ungater.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (r *topologyUngater) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request)
 		err = parallelize.Until(ctx, len(allToUngate), func(i int) error {
 			podWithUngateInfo := &allToUngate[i]
 			var ungated bool
-			e := utilclient.Patch(ctx, r.client, podWithUngateInfo.pod, true, func() (bool, error) {
+			e := utilclient.Patch(ctx, r.client, podWithUngateInfo.pod, func() (bool, error) {
 				log.V(3).Info("ungating pod", "pod", klog.KObj(podWithUngateInfo.pod), "nodeLabels", podWithUngateInfo.nodeLabels)
 				ungated = utilpod.Ungate(podWithUngateInfo.pod, kueuealpha.TopologySchedulingGate)
 				if podWithUngateInfo.pod.Spec.NodeSelector == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/client/client.go b/pkg/util/client/client.go
index 2eb198f7dd..1e3f0c559b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/util/client/client.go
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ func CreatePatch(before, after client.Object) (client.Patch, error) {
 }
 
 // Patch applies the merge patch of client.Object.
-// If strict is true, the resourceVersion will be part of the patch, make this call fail if
+// The resourceVersion will be part of the patch, make this call fail if
 // client.Object was changed.
-func Patch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj client.Object, strict bool, update func() (bool, error)) error {
+func Patch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj client.Object, update func() (bool, error)) error {
 	objOriginal := obj.DeepCopyObject().(client.Object)
-	if strict {
-		// Clearing ResourceVersion from the original object to make sure it is included in the generated patch.
-		objOriginal.SetResourceVersion("")
-	}
+
+	// Clearing ResourceVersion from the original object to make sure it is included in the generated patch.
+	objOriginal.SetResourceVersion("")
+
 	updated, err := update()
 	if err != nil || !updated {
 		return err