diff --git a/cli/epicli.py b/cli/epicli.py
index 42192131f6..6f084276f1 100644
--- a/cli/epicli.py
+++ b/cli/epicli.py
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ def delete_parser(subparsers):
     sub_parser._action_groups.append(optional)
 
     def run_delete(args):
-        if not query_yes_no('Do you really want to delete your cluster?'):
+        if not query_yes_no('You are trying to delete your cluster. '
+                            'If your configuration does not allow to keep the existing disks used in the cluster, you will lose your data. '
+                            'Make sure your data is safe. Do you really want to delete your cluster?'):
             return 0
         adjust_paths_from_build(args)
         with DeleteEngine(args) as engine:
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md b/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
index 6e4d12d410..46a64ac038 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog 1.3
 
+## [1.3.1] 2022-04-15 ???
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#3065](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/3065) - Flag `delete_os_disk_on_termination` has no effect when removing cluster
+
 ## [1.3.0] 2022-01-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md b/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
index b5e3c9fecb..b22e3d053b 100644
--- a/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
+++ b/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ Epicli has a delete command to remove a cluster from a cloud provider (AWS, Azur
 
 From the defined cluster build folder it will take the information needed to remove the resources from the cloud provider.
 
+### Note for Azure cloud provider
+
+Make sure you can safely remove OS and data disks - Epiphany does not support cluster removal from Azure
+while preserving existing disks.
+
 ## Single machine cluster
 
 *Please read first prerequisites related to [hostname requirements](./PREREQUISITES.md#hostname-requirements).*
diff --git a/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml b/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
index 3c265d5c88..222e05fe3c 100644
--- a/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
+++ b/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ specification:
     sku: 20_04-lts-gen2
     version: "20.04.202201100" # Never put latest on anything! Need to always pin the version number but testing we can get away with it
   storage_os_disk:
-    delete_on_termination: false
     managed: false
     caching: ReadWrite
     create_option: FromImage
diff --git a/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml b/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
index 9148aefb0e..c160a8da53 100644
--- a/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
+++ b/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ properties:
   storage_os_disk:
     type: object
     properties:
-      delete_on_termination:
-        type: boolean
       managed:
         type: boolean
       caching:
diff --git a/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2 b/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
index 2e81de148d..bd38fd338e 100644
--- a/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
+++ b/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ resource "azurerm_virtual_machine" "{{ specification.name }}" {
   # windows specific stuff here maybe... hopefully never.
   {%- endif %}
 
-  {%- if specification.storage_os_disk.managed != true %}
-  delete_os_disk_on_termination = "{{ specification.storage_os_disk.delete_on_termination | lower }}"
-  {%- endif %}
-
   storage_os_disk {
     name          = "{{ specification.name }}-os-disk"
     caching       = "{{ specification.storage_os_disk.caching }}"