diff --git a/argo1/templates/1-self.yaml b/argo1/templates/1-self.yaml
index f91f3e8..676e401 100644
--- a/argo1/templates/1-self.yaml
+++ b/argo1/templates/1-self.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
   namespace: "{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
-  finalizers:
-  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+  # DO NOT place the resource finalizer here.  Since this is ArgoCD itself, it
+  # will never be able to finalize itself since it will have to delete itself
+  # before removing the finalizer.
 spec:
   project: default
   source: