diff --git a/pkg/operator/starter.go b/pkg/operator/starter.go
index 890fbfc41..c68f7784c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/starter.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/starter.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/controller/controllercmd"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/genericoperatorclient"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resource/resourceapply"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staleconditions"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticpod"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticpod/controller/revision"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticresourcecontroller"
@@ -223,11 +224,21 @@ func RunOperator(ctx context.Context, controllerContext *controllercmd.Controlle
 		controllerContext.EventRecorder,
 	)
 
+	staleConditions := staleconditions.NewRemoveStaleConditionsController(
+		[]string{
+			// IP migrator was removed in 4.5, however older clusters can still have this condition set and it might prevent upgrades
+			"EtcdMemberIPMigratorDegraded",
+		},
+		operatorClient,
+		controllerContext.EventRecorder,
+	)
+
 	operatorInformers.Start(ctx.Done())
 	kubeInformersForNamespaces.Start(ctx.Done())
 	configInformers.Start(ctx.Done())
 	dynamicInformers.Start(ctx.Done())
 
+	go staleConditions.Run(ctx, 1)
 	go fsyncMetricController.Run(ctx, 1)
 	go staticResourceController.Run(ctx, 1)
 	go targetConfigReconciler.Run(ctx, 1)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staleconditions/remove_stale_conditions.go b/vendor/github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staleconditions/remove_stale_conditions.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdaf6cef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staleconditions/remove_stale_conditions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package staleconditions
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	operatorv1 "github.com/openshift/api/operator/v1"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/controller/factory"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/events"
+	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/v1helpers"
+)
+
+type RemoveStaleConditionsController struct {
+	conditions     []string
+	operatorClient v1helpers.OperatorClient
+}
+
+func NewRemoveStaleConditionsController(
+	conditions []string,
+	operatorClient v1helpers.OperatorClient,
+	eventRecorder events.Recorder,
+) factory.Controller {
+	c := &RemoveStaleConditionsController{
+		conditions:     conditions,
+		operatorClient: operatorClient,
+	}
+	return factory.New().ResyncEvery(time.Second).WithSync(c.sync).WithInformers(operatorClient.Informer()).ToController("RemoveStaleConditionsController", eventRecorder.WithComponentSuffix("remove-stale-conditions"))
+}
+
+func (c RemoveStaleConditionsController) sync(ctx context.Context, syncContext factory.SyncContext) error {
+	removeStaleConditionsFn := func(status *operatorv1.OperatorStatus) error {
+		for _, condition := range c.conditions {
+			v1helpers.RemoveOperatorCondition(&status.Conditions, condition)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if _, _, err := v1helpers.UpdateStatus(c.operatorClient, removeStaleConditionsFn); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index cd020f6a7..009c044e7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resource/resourceread
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resource/retry
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/resourcesynccontroller
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/revisioncontroller
+github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staleconditions
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticpod
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticpod/certsyncpod
 github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/operator/staticpod/controller/backingresource