diff --git a/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go b/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
index a58ad70a1..75fac2f13 100644
--- a/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
+++ b/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func GetRootCmd(args []string) *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&params.EnableIsOnlyReplicaCountChangedCheck, "enable_replica_count_check", false, "Enable/Disable Replica Count Check")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&params.ClientInitiatedProcessingEnabled, "client_initiated_processing_enabled", true, "Enable/Disable Client Initiated Processing")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&params.PreventSplitBrain, "prevent_split_brain", true, "Enable/Disable Explicit Split Brain prevention logic")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&params.IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsList, "ignore_labels_annotations_list", []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"}, "Labels and annotations that should not be preserved during VS copy")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&params.IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopyList, "ignore_labels_annotations_vs_copy_list", []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"}, "Labels and annotations that should not be preserved during VS copy")
 
 	//Admiral 2.0 flags
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&params.AdmiralOperatorMode, "admiral_operator_mode", false, "Enable/Disable admiral operator functionality")
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler.go b/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler.go
index 63cb1b782..d1c8d7a33 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler.go
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ func addUpdateVirtualService(
 	}
 
 	// remove ignored labels and annotations from NewCopy (deleting on nil map or nonexistent keys is a no-op)
-	for _, ignored := range common.GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotations() {
+	for _, ignored := range common.GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopy() {
 		delete(newCopy.Labels, ignored)
 		delete(newCopy.Annotations, ignored)
 	}
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler_test.go b/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler_test.go
index f19d4fe49..8e345deee 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler_test.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/clusters/virtualservice_handler_test.go
@@ -1791,10 +1791,10 @@ func TestAddUpdateVirtualService(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	admiralParams := common.AdmiralParams{
-		LabelSet:                    &common.LabelSet{},
-		SyncNamespace:               "test-sync-ns",
-		EnableSWAwareNSCaches:       true,
-		IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsList: []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"},
+		LabelSet:                          &common.LabelSet{},
+		SyncNamespace:                     "test-sync-ns",
+		EnableSWAwareNSCaches:             true,
+		IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopyList: []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"},
 	}
 	common.ResetSync()
 	common.InitializeConfig(admiralParams)
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ func TestAddUpdateVirtualService(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("failed to get VS with error: %v", err)
 			}
-			for _, ignored := range common.GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotations() {
+			for _, ignored := range common.GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopy() {
 				if vs.Labels[ignored] != "" {
 					t.Errorf("expected VS to not ignored labels, but got labels: %v", ignored)
 				}
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config.go b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config.go
index 867cd7eb2..807ea03f9 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config.go
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ func GetOperatorSecretFilterTags() string {
 	return wrapper.params.OperatorSecretFilterTags
 }
 
-func GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotations() []string {
+func GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopy() []string {
 	wrapper.RLock()
 	defer wrapper.RUnlock()
-	return wrapper.params.IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsList
+	return wrapper.params.IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopyList
 }
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config_test.go b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config_test.go
index a018a8c27..981fd09f9 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config_test.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/config_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func setupForConfigTests() {
 			AdditionalEndpointSuffixes:             []string{"suffix1", "suffix2"},
 			AdditionalEndpointLabelFilters:         []string{"label1", "label2"},
 			EnableWorkloadDataStorage:              true,
-			IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsList:    []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"},
+			IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopyList:      []string{"applications.argoproj.io/app-name", "app.kubernetes.io/instance", "argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id"},
 		}
 		ResetSync()
 		initHappened = true
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ func TestConfigManagement(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Enable workload data storage mismatch, expected true, got %v", GetEnableWorkloadDataStorage())
 	}
 
-	if len(GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotations()) != 3 {
-		t.Errorf("ignored labels and annotations for VS copy mismatch, expected 3, got %v", GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotations())
+	if len(GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopy()) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("ignored labels and annotations for VS copy mismatch, expected 3, got %v", GetIgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopy())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/types.go b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/types.go
index c46d228ed..1159fbfe8 100644
--- a/admiral/pkg/controller/common/types.go
+++ b/admiral/pkg/controller/common/types.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ type AdmiralParams struct {
 	EnableGenerationCheck                    bool
 	EnableIsOnlyReplicaCountChangedCheck     bool
 	PreventSplitBrain                        bool
-	IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsList              []string
+	IgnoreLabelsAnnotationsVSCopyList        []string
 
 	// Cartographer specific params
 	TrafficConfigPersona      bool