diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
index b736a8bc0a28..296f4badc30a 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/static_autoscaler.go
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func (a *StaticAutoscaler) RunOnce(currentTime time.Time) errors.AutoscalerError
 
 			scaleDownStatus.RemovedNodeGroups = removedNodeGroups
 
-			if scaleDownStatus.Result == status.ScaleDownNodeDeleted {
+			if scaleDownStatus.Result == status.ScaleDownNodeDeleteStarted {
 				a.lastScaleDownDeleteTime = currentTime
 				a.clusterStateRegistry.Recalculate()
 			}
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/processors/status/scale_down_status_processor.go b/cluster-autoscaler/processors/status/scale_down_status_processor.go
index e9b92bbf30bf..8bce4c48b558 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/processors/status/scale_down_status_processor.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/processors/status/scale_down_status_processor.go
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ const (
 	ScaleDownNoUnneeded
 	// ScaleDownNoNodeDeleted - unneeded nodes present but not available for deletion.
 	ScaleDownNoNodeDeleted
-	// ScaleDownNodeDeleted - a node was deleted.
-	ScaleDownNodeDeleted
 	// ScaleDownNodeDeleteStarted - a node deletion process was started.
 	ScaleDownNodeDeleteStarted
 	// ScaleDownNotTried - the scale down wasn't even attempted, e.g. an autoscaling iteration was skipped, or