diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
index 45147c36b7ef..8c81b9a3c72a 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-rbac.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+      - patch
   - apiGroups:
       - "autoscaling.k8s.io"
     resources:
@@ -52,18 +53,6 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: system:vpa-status-actor
-rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - "autoscaling.k8s.io"
-    resources:
-      - verticalpodautoscalers/status
-    verbs:
-      - get
       - patch
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -151,19 +140,6 @@ subjects:
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: system:vpa-status-actor
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:vpa-status-actor
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: vpa-recommender
-    namespace: kube-system
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: system:vpa-checkpoint-actor
 roleRef:
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
index 7756dfe8d56a..42a89bfb0090 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/vpa-v1-crd-gen.yaml
@@ -513,8 +513,7 @@ spec:
         type: object
     served: true
     storage: true
-    subresources:
-      status: {}
+    subresources: {}
   - deprecated: true
     deprecationWarning: autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2 API is deprecated
     name: v1beta2
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1/common.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1/common.go
index 0695306199d2..c90ec6fc8b2d 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1/common.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1/common.go
@@ -372,23 +372,6 @@ func InstallVPA(f *framework.Framework, vpa *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler) {
 	vpaClientSet := getVpaClientSet(f)
 	_, err := vpaClientSet.AutoscalingV1().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.TODO(), vpa, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "unexpected error creating VPA")
-	// apiserver ignore status in vpa create, so need to update status
-	if !isStatusEmpty(&vpa.Status) {
-		if vpa.Status.Recommendation != nil {
-			PatchVpaRecommendation(f, vpa, vpa.Status.Recommendation)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func isStatusEmpty(status *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscalerStatus) bool {
-	if status == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	if len(status.Conditions) == 0 && status.Recommendation == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
 }
 
 // InstallRawVPA installs a VPA object passed in as raw json in the test cluster.
@@ -413,7 +396,7 @@ func PatchVpaRecommendation(f *framework.Framework, vpa *vpa_types.VerticalPodAu
 		Value: *newStatus,
 	}})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
-	_, err = getVpaClientSet(f).AutoscalingV1().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Patch(context.TODO(), vpa.Name, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, metav1.PatchOptions{}, "status")
+	_, err = getVpaClientSet(f).AutoscalingV1().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Patch(context.TODO(), vpa.Name, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, metav1.PatchOptions{})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "Failed to patch VPA.")
 }
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1beta2/common.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1beta2/common.go
index aa358299c9e2..b4e31bd8a1af 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1beta2/common.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/e2e/v1beta2/common.go
@@ -360,23 +360,6 @@ func InstallVPA(f *framework.Framework, vpa *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler) {
 	vpaClientSet := getVpaClientSet(f)
 	_, err := vpaClientSet.AutoscalingV1beta2().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.TODO(), vpa, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "unexpected error creating VPA")
-	// apiserver ignore status in vpa create, so need to update status
-	if !isStatusEmpty(&vpa.Status) {
-		if vpa.Status.Recommendation != nil {
-			PatchVpaRecommendation(f, vpa, vpa.Status.Recommendation)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func isStatusEmpty(status *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscalerStatus) bool {
-	if status == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	if len(status.Conditions) == 0 && status.Recommendation == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
 }
 
 // InstallRawVPA installs a VPA object passed in as raw json in the test cluster.
@@ -401,7 +384,7 @@ func PatchVpaRecommendation(f *framework.Framework, vpa *vpa_types.VerticalPodAu
 		Value: *newStatus,
 	}})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
-	_, err = getVpaClientSet(f).AutoscalingV1beta2().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Patch(context.TODO(), vpa.Name, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, metav1.PatchOptions{}, "status")
+	_, err = getVpaClientSet(f).AutoscalingV1beta2().VerticalPodAutoscalers(f.Namespace.Name).Patch(context.TODO(), vpa.Name, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, metav1.PatchOptions{})
 	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "Failed to patch VPA.")
 }
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
index 0bc2e60f8806..aff68d6fe406 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerList struct {
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpa
-// +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Mode",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.updatePolicy.updateMode"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="CPU",type="string",JSONPath=".status.recommendation.containerRecommendations[0].target.cpu"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Mem",type="string",JSONPath=".status.recommendation.containerRecommendations[0].target.memory"
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
index 891c0e0bb3de..7fa869390be4 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ type patchRecord struct {
 	Value interface{} `json:"value"`
 }
 
-func patchVpaStatus(vpaClient vpa_api.VerticalPodAutoscalerInterface, vpaName string, patches []patchRecord) (result *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler, err error) {
+func patchVpa(vpaClient vpa_api.VerticalPodAutoscalerInterface, vpaName string, patches []patchRecord) (result *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler, err error) {
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(patches)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Cannot marshal VPA status patches %+v. Reason: %+v", patches, err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	return vpaClient.Patch(context.TODO(), vpaName, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, meta.PatchOptions{}, "status")
+	return vpaClient.Patch(context.TODO(), vpaName, types.JSONPatchType, bytes, meta.PatchOptions{})
 }
 
 // UpdateVpaStatusIfNeeded updates the status field of the VPA API object.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func UpdateVpaStatusIfNeeded(vpaClient vpa_api.VerticalPodAutoscalerInterface, v
 	}}
 
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(*oldStatus, *newStatus) {
-		return patchVpaStatus(vpaClient, vpaName, patches)
+		return patchVpa(vpaClient, vpaName, patches)
 	}
 	return nil, nil
 }