diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node.ts
index 33b9d083..0da2c41f 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node.ts
@@ -1452,7 +1452,10 @@ function nodeRuntimePipelinePostprocessScript(): string[] {
     "      for (const item of listItems(doc).filter(Boolean)) {",
     "        if (!isObject(item)) continue;",
     "        if (overlay.observability && overlay.observability.prometheusOperator === false) {",
-    "          const monitoringChanged = stripMonitoringMetadata(item.metadata) || stripMonitoringMetadata(templateMetadataFor(item)) || removeMetricsSidecar(podSpecFor(item));",
+    "          const metadataChanged = stripMonitoringMetadata(item.metadata);",
+    "          const templateChanged = stripMonitoringMetadata(templateMetadataFor(item));",
+    "          const sidecarChanged = removeMetricsSidecar(podSpecFor(item));",
+    "          const monitoringChanged = metadataChanged || templateChanged || sidecarChanged;",
     "          changed = monitoringChanged || changed;",
     "          observabilityChanged = observabilityChanged || monitoringChanged;",
     "        }",