diff --git a/internal/provider/cloudinitsecret/resource_cloudinitsecret.go b/internal/provider/cloudinitsecret/resource_cloudinitsecret.go
index f920ec30..8d26f859 100644
--- a/internal/provider/cloudinitsecret/resource_cloudinitsecret.go
+++ b/internal/provider/cloudinitsecret/resource_cloudinitsecret.go
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package cloudinitsecret
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -111,18 +109,6 @@ func resourceCloudInitSecretDelete(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData,
 		return diag.FromErr(err)
 	}
 
-	stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
-		Pending:    []string{constants.StateImageTerminating, constants.StateCommonActive},
-		Target:     []string{constants.StateCommonRemoved},
-		Refresh:    resourceCloudInitSecretRefresh(ctx, d, meta),
-		Timeout:    d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutDelete),
-		Delay:      1 * time.Second,
-		MinTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
-	}
-	_, err = stateConf.WaitForStateContext(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return diag.FromErr(err)
-	}
 	d.SetId("")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -152,30 +138,3 @@ func resourceCloudInitSecretImport(d *schema.ResourceData, obj *corev1.Secret) e
 
 	return util.ResourceStatesSet(d, stateGetter)
 }
-
-func resourceCloudInitSecretRefresh(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) resource.StateRefreshFunc {
-	return func() (interface{}, string, error) {
-		c := meta.(*client.Client)
-		namespace := d.Get(constants.FieldCommonNamespace).(string)
-		name := d.Get(constants.FieldCommonName).(string)
-
-		obj, err := c.KubeClient.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-				return obj, constants.StateCommonRemoved, nil
-			}
-			return obj, constants.StateCommonError, err
-		}
-
-		if err = resourceCloudInitSecretImport(d, obj); err != nil {
-			return obj, constants.StateCommonError, err
-		}
-
-		state := d.Get(constants.FieldCommonState).(string)
-		if state == constants.StateCommonFailed {
-			message := d.Get(constants.FieldCommonMessage).(string)
-			return obj, state, errors.New(message)
-		}
-		return obj, state, err
-	}
-}