diff --git a/src/app/clusters/thermostat-server/thermostat-server.cpp b/src/app/clusters/thermostat-server/thermostat-server.cpp
index afdb1b12afe763..c13a2175b43899 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/thermostat-server/thermostat-server.cpp
+++ b/src/app/clusters/thermostat-server/thermostat-server.cpp
@@ -321,9 +321,10 @@ bool IsPresetHandlePresentInPresets(Delegate * delegate, const ByteSpan & preset
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Returns the length of the list of presets if the pending presets were to be applied. The calculation is done by
- *        adding the number of presets in Presets attribute list to the number of pending presets in the pending
- *        presets list and subtracting the number of duplicate presets. This is called before changes are actually applied.
+ * @brief Returns the length of the list of presets if the pending presets were to be applied. The size of the pending presets list
+ *        calculated, after all the constraint checks are done, is the new size of the updated Presets attribute since the pending
+ *        preset list is expected to have all existing presets with or without edits plus new presets.
+ *        This is called before changes are actually applied.
  *
  * @param[in] delegate The delegate to use.
  *
@@ -331,36 +332,10 @@ bool IsPresetHandlePresentInPresets(Delegate * delegate, const ByteSpan & preset
  */
 uint8_t CountUpdatedPresetsAfterApplyingPendingPresets(Delegate * delegate)
 {
-    uint8_t numberOfPresets        = 0;
-    uint8_t numberOfMatches        = 0;
     uint8_t numberOfPendingPresets = 0;
 
     VerifyOrReturnValue(delegate != nullptr, 0);
 
-    for (uint8_t i = 0; true; i++)
-    {
-        PresetStructWithOwnedMembers preset;
-        CHIP_ERROR err = delegate->GetPresetAtIndex(i, preset);
-
-        if (err == CHIP_ERROR_PROVIDER_LIST_EXHAUSTED)
-        {
-            break;
-        }
-        if (err != CHIP_NO_ERROR)
-        {
-            ChipLogError(Zcl, "GetUpdatedPresetsCount: GetPresetAtIndex failed with error %" CHIP_ERROR_FORMAT, err.Format());
-            return 0;
-        }
-        numberOfPresets++;
-
-        bool found = MatchingPendingPresetExists(delegate, preset);
-
-        if (found)
-        {
-            numberOfMatches++;
-        }
-    }
-
     for (uint8_t i = 0; true; i++)
     {
         PresetStructWithOwnedMembers pendingPreset;
@@ -372,16 +347,14 @@ uint8_t CountUpdatedPresetsAfterApplyingPendingPresets(Delegate * delegate)
         }
         if (err != CHIP_NO_ERROR)
         {
-            ChipLogError(Zcl, "GetUpdatedPresetsCount: GetPendingPresetAtIndex failed with error %" CHIP_ERROR_FORMAT,
+            ChipLogError(Zcl, "CountUpdatedPresetsAfterApplyingPendingPresets: GetPendingPresetAtIndex failed with error %" CHIP_ERROR_FORMAT,
                          err.Format());
             return 0;
         }
         numberOfPendingPresets++;
     }
 
-    // TODO: #34546 - Need to support deletion of presets that are removed from Presets.
-    // This API needs to modify its logic for the deletion case.
-    return static_cast<uint8_t>(numberOfPresets + numberOfPendingPresets - numberOfMatches);
+    return static_cast<uint8_t>(numberOfPendingPresets);
 }
 
 /**