diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
index ffbbbbfd5a0..612920667ec 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ func resolvePipeline(ctx context.Context, resolver remote.Resolver, name string,
 func readRuntimeObjectAsPipeline(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runtime.Object, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekton clientset.Interface, refSource *v1.RefSource, verificationPolicies []*v1alpha1.VerificationPolicy) (*v1.Pipeline, *trustedresources.VerificationResult, error) {
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {
 	case *v1beta1.Pipeline:
+		// Cleanup object from things we don't care about
+		// FIXME: extract this in a function
+		obj.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = nil
 		// Verify the Pipeline once we fetch from the remote resolution, mutating, validation and conversion of the pipeline should happen after the verification, since signatures are based on the remote pipeline contents
 		vr := trustedresources.VerifyResource(ctx, obj, k8s, refSource, verificationPolicies)
 		// Issue a dry-run request to create the remote Pipeline, so that it can undergo validation from validating admission webhooks
@@ -154,6 +157,9 @@ func readRuntimeObjectAsPipeline(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runt
 		}
 		return p, &vr, nil
 	case *v1.Pipeline:
+		// Cleanup object from things we don't care about
+		// FIXME: extract this in a function
+		obj.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = nil
 		vr := trustedresources.VerifyResource(ctx, obj, k8s, refSource, verificationPolicies)
 		// Issue a dry-run request to create the remote Pipeline, so that it can undergo validation from validating admission webhooks
 		// without actually creating the Pipeline on the cluster
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskref.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskref.go
index 84da4fd31d9..e8195ba29e1 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskref.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskref.go
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ func GetTaskFuncFromTaskRun(ctx context.Context, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekto
 // a remote image to fetch the  reference. It will also return the "kind" of the task being referenced.
 // OCI bundle and remote resolution tasks will be verified by trusted resources if the feature is enabled
 func GetTaskFunc(ctx context.Context, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekton clientset.Interface, requester remoteresource.Requester,
-	owner kmeta.OwnerRefable, tr *v1.TaskRef, trName string, namespace, saName string, verificationPolicies []*v1alpha1.VerificationPolicy) GetTask {
+	owner kmeta.OwnerRefable, tr *v1.TaskRef, trName string, namespace, saName string, verificationPolicies []*v1alpha1.VerificationPolicy,
+) GetTask {
 	kind := v1.NamespacedTaskKind
 	if tr != nil && tr.Kind != "" {
 		kind = tr.Kind
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ func resolveTask(ctx context.Context, resolver remote.Resolver, name, namespace
 func readRuntimeObjectAsTask(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runtime.Object, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekton clientset.Interface, refSource *v1.RefSource, verificationPolicies []*v1alpha1.VerificationPolicy) (*v1.Task, *trustedresources.VerificationResult, error) {
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {
 	case *v1beta1.Task:
+		// Cleanup object from things we don't care about
+		// FIXME: extract this in a function
+		obj.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = nil
 		// Verify the Task once we fetch from the remote resolution, mutating, validation and conversion of the task should happen after the verification, since signatures are based on the remote task contents
 		vr := trustedresources.VerifyResource(ctx, obj, k8s, refSource, verificationPolicies)
 		// Issue a dry-run request to create the remote Task, so that it can undergo validation from validating admission webhooks
@@ -172,6 +176,9 @@ func readRuntimeObjectAsTask(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runtime.
 		}
 		return t, &vr, nil
 	case *v1beta1.ClusterTask:
+		// Cleanup object from things we don't care about
+		// FIXME: extract this in a function
+		obj.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = nil
 		t, err := convertClusterTaskToTask(ctx, *obj)
 		// Issue a dry-run request to create the remote Task, so that it can undergo validation from validating admission webhooks
 		// without actually creating the Task on the cluster
@@ -180,6 +187,9 @@ func readRuntimeObjectAsTask(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runtime.
 		}
 		return t, nil, err
 	case *v1.Task:
+		// Cleanup object from things we don't care about
+		// FIXME: extract this in a function
+		obj.ObjectMeta.OwnerReferences = nil
 		vr := trustedresources.VerifyResource(ctx, obj, k8s, refSource, verificationPolicies)
 		// Issue a dry-run request to create the remote Task, so that it can undergo validation from validating admission webhooks
 		// without actually creating the Task on the cluster