diff --git a/examples/example-spec.yaml b/examples/example-spec.yaml
index d4590476..14757ed1 100644
--- a/examples/example-spec.yaml
+++ b/examples/example-spec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 stateFiles:
   - path: examples/example.yaml
-    priority: -10
   - path: examples/minimal-example.yaml
   - path: examples/minimal-example.toml
diff --git a/internal/app/cli.go b/internal/app/cli.go
index 7034b52e..99a3f09c 100644
--- a/internal/app/cli.go
+++ b/internal/app/cli.go
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ func (c *cli) readState(s *state) error {
 		for _, val := range sp.StateFiles {
 			fo := fileOption{}
 			fo.name = val.Path
-			fo.priority = val.Priority
 			if err := isValidFile(fo.name, validManifestFiles); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid -spec file: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -281,10 +280,6 @@ func (c *cli) readState(s *state) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if f.priority != 0 {
-			fileState.patchPriority(f.priority)
-		}
-
 		log.Infof("Parsed [[ %s ]] successfully and found [ %d ] apps", f.name, len(fileState.Apps))
 		// Merge Apps that already existed in the state
 		for appName, app := range fileState.Apps {
diff --git a/internal/app/spec_state.go b/internal/app/spec_state.go
index d7dee36a..3a7b5144 100644
--- a/internal/app/spec_state.go
+++ b/internal/app/spec_state.go
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-type SpecConfig struct {
-	Path     string `yaml:"path"`
-	Priority int    `yaml:"priority"`
+type StatePath struct {
+	Path string `yaml:"path"`
 }
 
 type StateFiles struct {
-	StateFiles []SpecConfig `yaml:"stateFiles"`
+	StateFiles []StatePath `yaml:"stateFiles"`
 }
 
 // fromYAML reads a yaml file and decodes it to a state type.
@@ -32,12 +31,3 @@ func (pc *StateFiles) specFromYAML(file string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (s *state) patchPriority(priority int) error {
-	for app, _ := range s.Apps {
-		if s.Apps[app].Priority > priority {
-			s.Apps[app].Priority = priority
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/app/spec_state_test.go b/internal/app/spec_state_test.go
index e3b5f66c..dc209414 100644
--- a/internal/app/spec_state_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/spec_state_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Test_specFromYAML(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_specFileSort(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
-		files    fileOptionArray
+		files fileOptionArray
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -88,4 +88,3 @@ func Test_specFileSort(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-