diff --git a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
index 0b751fdc5..5a6354c10 100644
--- a/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
+++ b/Documentation/Helm-Charts/operator-chart.md
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the rook-operator chart
 | `csi.topology.enabled` | Enable topology based provisioning | `false` |
 | `currentNamespaceOnly` | Whether the operator should watch cluster CRD in its own namespace or not | `false` |
 | `customHostnameLabel` | Custom label to identify node hostname. If not set `kubernetes.io/hostname` will be used | `nil` |
+| `deleteUnusedCrushRules` | If true, delete unused generated CRUSH rules after the mgr starts | `true` |
 | `disableDeviceHotplug` | Disable automatic orchestration when new devices are discovered. | `false` |
 | `discover.nodeAffinity` | The node labels for affinity of `discover-agent` [^1] | `nil` |
 | `discover.podLabels` | Labels to add to the discover pods | `nil` |
diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes.md b/PendingReleaseNotes.md
index eeba44069..92e7c2b99 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes.md
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 
 - RGW Account support: Added `CephObjectStoreAccount` CRD for managing RGW accounts, and `accountRef` field in `CephObjectStoreUser` to associate users with accounts. This feature is experimental and currently only supported with the Ceph main branch image (`quay.ceph.io/ceph-ci/ceph:main`). See the [Object Store Accounts](Documentation/Storage-Configuration/Object-Storage-RGW/ceph-object-accounts.md) documentation for more details.
 - SSE-S3 with Vault Agent: Added support for server-side encryption with SSE-S3 using HashiCorp Vault Agent authentication. See the [CephObjectStore Security Settings](Documentation/CRDs/Object-Storage/ceph-object-store-crd.md#sse-s3-with-vault-agent) for more details.
+- Unused CRUSH rule cleanup: Rook now deletes unused CRUSH rules by default after the Ceph mgr starts. Set `ROOK_DELETE_UNUSED_CRUSH_RULES` to `false` in the operator config to disable this cleanup.
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/configmap.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/configmap.yaml
index 4b7a1f64a..fcf9f1583 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ data:
   ROOK_OBC_ALLOW_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_FIELDS: {{ . | quote }}
   {{- end }}
   ROOK_CEPH_ALLOW_LOOP_DEVICES: {{ .Values.allowLoopDevices | quote }}
+  ROOK_DELETE_UNUSED_CRUSH_RULES: {{ .Values.deleteUnusedCrushRules | quote }}
   ROOK_ENABLE_DISCOVERY_DAEMON: {{ .Values.enableDiscoveryDaemon | quote }}
   {{- with .Values.discoverDaemonUdev }}
   DISCOVER_DAEMON_UDEV_BLACKLIST: {{ . | quote }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
index ccf8a95df..4cdddd18a 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/values.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ containerSecurityContext:
 # -- If true, loop devices are allowed to be used for osds in test clusters
 allowLoopDevices: false
 
+# -- If true, delete unused generated CRUSH rules after the mgr starts
+deleteUnusedCrushRules: true
+
 ceph-csi-operator:
   nameOverride: ceph-csi
   fullnameOverride: ceph-csi
diff --git a/deploy/examples/operator.yaml b/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
index 404f306b8..747d9b083 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/operator.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ data:
   # Allow using loop devices for osds in test clusters.
   ROOK_CEPH_ALLOW_LOOP_DEVICES: "false"
 
+  # Delete unused generated CRUSH rules after the mgr starts. Disable this if
+  # you need Rook to leave custom CRUSH rules in place.
+  ROOK_DELETE_UNUSED_CRUSH_RULES: "true"
+
   # Enable CSI Operator
   ROOK_USE_CSI_OPERATOR: "true"
   # Enable the CSI driver.
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem_test.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem_test.go
index db302a8a3..f55e019da 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestFilesystemGetMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFilesystemRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	dataDeleted := false
 	metadataDeleted := false
-	crushDeleted := false
+	deletedPools := map[string]bool{}
 	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{}
 	context := &clusterd.Context{Executor: executor}
 	fs := CephFilesystemDetails{
@@ -119,9 +119,12 @@ func TestFilesystemRemove(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		if args[0] == "osd" {
 			if args[1] == "lspools" {
-				pools := []*CephStoragePoolSummary{
-					{Name: "mydata", Number: 1},
-					{Name: "mymetadata", Number: 2},
+				pools := []*CephStoragePoolSummary{}
+				if !deletedPools["mydata"] {
+					pools = append(pools, &CephStoragePoolSummary{Name: "mydata", Number: 1})
+				}
+				if !deletedPools["mymetadata"] {
+					pools = append(pools, &CephStoragePoolSummary{Name: "mymetadata", Number: 2})
 				}
 				output, err := json.Marshal(pools)
 				assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -129,25 +132,21 @@ func TestFilesystemRemove(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			if args[1] == "pool" {
 				if args[2] == "get" {
-					return `{"pool_id":1}`, nil
+					return `{"pool_id":1,"crush_rule":"myrule"}`, nil
 				}
 				if args[2] == "delete" {
 					if args[3] == "mydata" {
+						deletedPools["mydata"] = true
 						dataDeleted = true
 						return "", nil
 					}
 					if args[3] == "mymetadata" {
+						deletedPools["mymetadata"] = true
 						metadataDeleted = true
 						return "", nil
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if args[1] == "crush" {
-				assert.Equal(t, "rule", args[2])
-				assert.Equal(t, "rm", args[3])
-				crushDeleted = true
-				return "", nil
-			}
 		}
 		emptyPool := "{\"images\":{\"count\":0,\"provisioned_bytes\":0,\"snap_count\":0},\"trash\":{\"count\":1,\"provisioned_bytes\":2048,\"snap_count\":0}}"
 		if args[0] == "pool" {
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ func TestFilesystemRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, metadataDeleted)
 	assert.True(t, dataDeleted)
-	assert.True(t, crushDeleted)
 }
 
 func TestFailAllStandbyReplayMDS(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
index 76e375100..1c732e8f4 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool.go
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	cephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/clusterd"
+	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/util/log"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
@@ -39,6 +41,12 @@ const (
 	PgAutoscaleModeOn       = "on"
 )
 
+// crushRuleMutex coordinates crush rule cleanup with pool reconciles. Pool
+// reconciles take a read lock while they create or update a crush rule and
+// attach it to a pool. Cleanup takes the write lock so it cannot delete a rule
+// until all in-flight pool reconciles have finished referencing it.
+var crushRuleMutex sync.RWMutex
+
 type CephStoragePoolSummary struct {
 	Name   string `json:"poolname"`
 	Number int    `json:"poolnum"`
@@ -305,11 +313,10 @@ func DeletePool(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, name string
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete pool %q. %s", name, string(output))
 	}
 
-	// remove the crush rule for this pool and ignore the error in case the rule is still in use or not found
-	args = []string{"osd", "crush", "rule", "rm", name}
-	output, err = NewCephCommand(context, clusterInfo, args).Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("failed to delete crush rule %q. %v. %s", name, err, string(output))
+	if pool.CrushRule != "" {
+		if err := deleteCrushRule(context, clusterInfo, pool.CrushRule); err != nil {
+			logger.Warningf("failed to delete crush rule %q after deleting pool %q. %v", pool.CrushRule, name, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	logger.Infof("purge completed for pool %q", name)
@@ -443,6 +450,11 @@ func createReplicatedPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterI
 	// If it's a replicated pool, ensure the failure domain is desired
 	checkFailureDomain := false
 
+	// Hold a read lock until the pool references any crush rule changes made
+	// during this reconcile so cleanup cannot remove the rule prematurely.
+	crushRuleMutex.RLock()
+	defer crushRuleMutex.RUnlock()
+
 	// The crush rule name is the same as the pool unless we have a stretch cluster.
 	crushRuleName := pool.Name
 	if clusterSpec.IsStretchCluster() {
@@ -502,7 +514,7 @@ func createReplicatedPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterI
 	logger.Infof("reconciling replicated pool %s succeeded", pool.Name)
 
 	if checkFailureDomain || pool.PoolSpec.DeviceClass != "" {
-		if err = updatePoolCrushRule(context, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, pool); err != nil {
+		if err = updatePoolCrushRuleLocked(context, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, pool); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to update crush rule for pool %q", pool.Name)
 		}
 	}
@@ -510,6 +522,13 @@ func createReplicatedPoolForApp(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterI
 }
 
 func updatePoolCrushRule(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, clusterSpec *cephv1.ClusterSpec, pool cephv1.NamedPoolSpec) error {
+	crushRuleMutex.RLock()
+	defer crushRuleMutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return updatePoolCrushRuleLocked(context, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, pool)
+}
+
+func updatePoolCrushRuleLocked(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, clusterSpec *cephv1.ClusterSpec, pool cephv1.NamedPoolSpec) error {
 	if pool.EnableCrushUpdates == nil || !*pool.EnableCrushUpdates {
 		logger.Debugf("Skipping crush rule update for pool %q: EnableCrushUpdates is disabled", pool.Name)
 		return nil
@@ -561,7 +580,9 @@ func updatePoolCrushRule(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, cl
 	logger.Infof("updating pool %q failure domain from %q to %q with new crush rule %q", pool.Name, currentFailureDomain, pool.FailureDomain, crushRuleName)
 	logger.Infof("crush rule %q will no longer be used by pool %q", details.CrushRule, pool.Name)
 
-	// Create a new crush rule for the expected failure domain
+	// The caller holds the read lock until the pool references the newly
+	// created crush rule so cleanup cannot remove it in between the create and
+	// set operations.
 	if err := createReplicationCrushRule(context, clusterInfo, clusterSpec, crushRuleName, pool); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create replicated crush rule %q", crushRuleName)
 	}
@@ -575,6 +596,70 @@ func updatePoolCrushRule(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, cl
 	return nil
 }
 
+func CleanupUnusedCrushRules(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo) error {
+	log.NamespacedInfo(clusterInfo.Namespace, logger, "attempting to acquire crush cleanup lock")
+	crushRuleMutex.Lock()
+	defer crushRuleMutex.Unlock()
+	log.NamespacedInfo(clusterInfo.Namespace, logger, "acquired crush cleanup lock")
+
+	usedRules, err := getUsedCrushRules(context, clusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	crushMap, err := GetCrushMap(context, clusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, rule := range crushMap.Rules {
+		if _, inUse := usedRules[rule.Name]; inUse {
+			logger.Debugf("crush rule %q is still in use", rule.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		logger.Infof("crush rule %q is unused and will be deleted", rule.Name)
+		if err := deleteCrushRule(context, clusterInfo, rule.Name); err != nil {
+			logger.Warningf("failed to delete unused crush rule %q, continuing with remaining rules. %v", rule.Name, err)
+			lastErr = err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return lastErr
+}
+
+func getUsedCrushRules(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
+	usedRules := map[string]struct{}{}
+
+	pools, err := ListPoolSummaries(context, clusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, pool := range pools {
+		details, err := GetPoolDetails(context, clusterInfo, pool.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get pool %q details while checking crush rule usage", pool.Name)
+		}
+		if details.CrushRule != "" {
+			usedRules[details.CrushRule] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return usedRules, nil
+}
+
+func deleteCrushRule(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, crushRuleName string) error {
+	args := []string{"osd", "crush", "rule", "rm", crushRuleName}
+	output, err := NewCephCommand(context, clusterInfo, args).Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete crush rule %q. %s", crushRuleName, string(output))
+	}
+
+	logger.Infof("deleted unused crush rule %q", crushRuleName)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func extractPoolDetails(rule ruleSpec) (string, string) {
 	// find the failure domain in the crush rule, which is the first step where the
 	// "type" property is set
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
index f68872190..b17ed113e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/pool_test.go
@@ -203,7 +203,13 @@ func testCreateReplicaPool(t *testing.T, failureDomain, crushRoot, deviceClass,
 				return "", nil
 			}
 		}
+		if args[1] == "lspools" {
+			return `[{"poolnum":2,"poolname":"mypool"}]`, nil
+		}
 		if args[1] == "crush" {
+			if args[2] == "dump" {
+				return `{"rules":[{"rule_name":"replicapool_osd"}]}`, nil
+			}
 			crushRuleCreated = true
 			assert.Equal(t, "rule", args[2])
 			if args[3] == "dump" {
@@ -368,6 +374,47 @@ func TestUpdateFailureDomain(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCleanupUnusedCrushRules(t *testing.T) {
+	removedRules := []string{}
+	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{}
+	context := &clusterd.Context{Executor: executor}
+	executor.MockExecuteCommandWithOutput = func(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+		logger.Infof("Command: %s %v", command, args)
+		if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "lspools" {
+			return `[{"poolnum":1,"poolname":"mypool"},{"poolnum":2,"poolname":"otherpool"}]`, nil
+		}
+		if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "get" {
+			switch args[3] {
+			case "mypool":
+				return `{"pool":"mypool","pool_id":1,"crush_rule":"mypool_zone_ssd"}`, nil
+			case "otherpool":
+				return `{"pool":"otherpool","pool_id":2,"crush_rule":"shared_rule"}`, nil
+			}
+		}
+		if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "dump" {
+			return `{"rules":[
+				{"rule_name":"mypool"},
+				{"rule_name":"mypool_zone","steps":[{},{"type":"zone"}]},
+				{"rule_name":"mypool_zone_ssd","steps":[{},{"type":"zone","item_name":"default~ssd"}]},
+				{"rule_name":"shared_rule","steps":[{"item_name":"default"},{"type":"host"}]},
+				{"rule_name":"custom_rule","steps":[{"item_name":"default"},{"type":"zone"}]}
+			]}`, nil
+		}
+		if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "rule" && args[3] == "rm" {
+			removedRules = append(removedRules, args[4])
+			return "", nil
+		}
+
+		return "", errors.Errorf("unexpected ceph command %q", args)
+	}
+
+	err := CleanupUnusedCrushRules(context, AdminTestClusterInfo("mycluster"))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	slices.Sort(removedRules)
+	expected := []string{"custom_rule", "mypool", "mypool_zone"}
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, removedRules)
+}
+
 func TestExtractPoolDetails(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("complex crush rule skipped", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rule := ruleSpec{Steps: []stepSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster.go
index 613b6e8fa..0c2480ff7 100755
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	detectVersionName = "rook-ceph-detect-version"
+	detectVersionName             = "rook-ceph-detect-version"
+	deleteUnusedCrushRulesSetting = "ROOK_DELETE_UNUSED_CRUSH_RULES"
 )
 
 var telemetryMutex sync.Mutex
@@ -571,9 +572,27 @@ func (c *cluster) postMgrStartupActions() error {
 	if err := c.updateConfigStoreFromCRD(); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to set config store options")
 	}
+	if !cleanupUnusedCrushRulesEnabled(c.Namespace) {
+		log.NamespacedInfo(c.Namespace, logger, "skipping cleanup of unused crush rules because %s is disabled", deleteUnusedCrushRulesSetting)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := client.CleanupUnusedCrushRules(c.context, c.ClusterInfo); err != nil {
+		log.NamespacedError(c.Namespace, logger, "failed to clean up unused crush rules. %v", err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func cleanupUnusedCrushRulesEnabled(namespace string) bool {
+	setting := k8sutil.GetOperatorSetting(deleteUnusedCrushRulesSetting, "true")
+	enabled, err := strconv.ParseBool(setting)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.NamespacedWarning(namespace, logger, "invalid value %q for %s, defaulting to true. %v", setting, deleteUnusedCrushRulesSetting, err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return enabled
+}
+
 func (c *cluster) configureStorageSettings() error {
 	if !c.shouldSetClusterFullSettings() {
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster_test.go
index ed6fce0ab..561000ec0 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -232,6 +232,66 @@ func TestConfigureMsgr2(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPostMgrStartupActionsCleansUnusedCrushRules(t *testing.T) {
+	removedRules := []string{}
+	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{
+		MockExecuteCommandWithOutput: func(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+			logger.Infof("Command: %s %v", command, args)
+			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "lspools" {
+				return `[{"poolnum":1,"poolname":"mypool"}]`, nil
+			}
+			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "get" {
+				return `{"pool":"mypool","pool_id":1,"crush_rule":"mypool_zone"}`, nil
+			}
+			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "dump" {
+				return `{"rules":[{"rule_name":"mypool"},{"rule_name":"mypool_zone","steps":[{},{"type":"zone"}]}]}`, nil
+			}
+			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "rule" && args[3] == "rm" {
+				removedRules = append(removedRules, args[4])
+				return "", nil
+			}
+			return "", errors.Errorf("unexpected ceph command %q", args)
+		},
+	}
+
+	c := &cluster{
+		context: &clusterd.Context{
+			Clientset: testop.New(t, 1),
+			Executor:  executor,
+		},
+		ClusterInfo: cephclient.AdminTestClusterInfo("rook-ceph"),
+		Spec:        &cephv1.ClusterSpec{},
+	}
+
+	err := c.postMgrStartupActions()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"mypool"}, removedRules)
+}
+
+func TestPostMgrStartupActionsSkipsUnusedCrushRuleCleanupWhenDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv(deleteUnusedCrushRulesSetting, "false")
+
+	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{
+		MockExecuteCommandWithOutput: func(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected ceph command %s %v", command, args)
+			return "", nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	c := &cluster{
+		context: &clusterd.Context{
+			Clientset: testop.New(t, 1),
+			Executor:  executor,
+		},
+		ClusterInfo: cephclient.AdminTestClusterInfo("rook-ceph"),
+		Spec:        &cephv1.ClusterSpec{},
+		Namespace:   "rook-ceph",
+	}
+
+	err := c.postMgrStartupActions()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 	var expectedSettings map[string]string
 	clientset := testop.New(t, 3)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem_test.go
index 83535b70b..dc7f21776 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem_test.go
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ func fsExecutor(t *testing.T, fsName, configDir string, multiFS bool, createData
 					return "", nil
 				} else if slices.Contains(args, "flag") && slices.Contains(args, "enable_multiple") {
 					return "", nil
+				} else if len(args) >= 3 && args[0] == "osd" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "dump" {
+					return `{"rules":[]}`, nil
+				} else if len(args) >= 4 && args[0] == "osd" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "rule" && args[3] == "rm" {
+					return "", nil
 				} else if reflect.DeepEqual(args[0:5], []string{"osd", "crush", "rule", "create-replicated", fsName + "-data1"}) {
 					return "", nil
 				} else if reflect.DeepEqual(args[0:4], []string{"osd", "pool", "create", fsName + "-data1"}) {
@@ -306,6 +310,10 @@ func fsExecutor(t *testing.T, fsName, configDir string, multiFS bool, createData
 				return "", nil
 			} else if slices.Contains(args, "config") && slices.Contains(args, "get") {
 				return "{}", nil
+			} else if len(args) >= 3 && args[0] == "osd" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "dump" {
+				return `{"rules":[]}`, nil
+			} else if len(args) >= 4 && args[0] == "osd" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "rule" && args[3] == "rm" {
+				return "", nil
 			} else if reflect.DeepEqual(args[0:5], []string{"osd", "crush", "rule", "create-replicated", fsName + "-data1"}) {
 				return "", nil
 			} else if reflect.DeepEqual(args[0:3], []string{"osd", "pool", "application"}) {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
index 6540fcde5..03db6e6bf 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/pool/controller_test.go
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ func TestCephPoolName(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDeletePool(t *testing.T) {
 	failOnDelete := false
+	deletedPools := map[string]bool{}
+	deletedCrushRules := map[string]bool{}
 	clusterInfo := cephclient.AdminTestClusterInfo("mycluster")
 	executor := &exectest.MockExecutor{
 		MockExecuteCommandWithOutput: func(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
@@ -166,10 +168,17 @@ func TestDeletePool(t *testing.T) {
 			p := "{\"images\":{\"count\":1,\"provisioned_bytes\":1024,\"snap_count\":0},\"trash\":{\"count\":1,\"provisioned_bytes\":2048,\"snap_count\":0}}"
 			logger.Infof("Command: %s %v", command, args)
 			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "lspools" {
+				if deletedPools["mypool"] {
+					return `[]`, nil
+				}
 				return `[{"poolnum":1,"poolname":"mypool"}]`, nil
 			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "get" {
-				return `{"pool": "mypool","pool_id": 1,"size":1}`, nil
+				return `{"pool": "mypool","pool_id": 1,"size":1,"crush_rule":"mypool_zone"}`, nil
 			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "delete" {
+				deletedPools[args[3]] = true
+				return "", nil
+			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "crush" && args[2] == "rule" && args[3] == "rm" {
+				deletedCrushRules[args[4]] = true
 				return "", nil
 			} else if args[0] == "pool" {
 				if args[1] == "stats" {
@@ -189,29 +198,39 @@ func TestDeletePool(t *testing.T) {
 	p := &cephv1.NamedPoolSpec{Name: "mypool"}
 	err := deletePool(context, clusterInfo, p)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, deletedPools["mypool"])
+	assert.True(t, deletedCrushRules["mypool_zone"])
 
 	// succeed even if the pool doesn't exist
 	p = &cephv1.NamedPoolSpec{Name: "otherpool"}
 	err = deletePool(context, clusterInfo, p)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, deletedPools["otherpool"])
 
 	// fail if images/snapshosts exist in the pool
 	failOnDelete = true
+	deletedPools["mypool"] = false
 	p = &cephv1.NamedPoolSpec{Name: "mypool"}
 	err = deletePool(context, clusterInfo, p)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, deletedPools["mypool"])
 
 	// delete an erasure coded pool should also delete the EC profile
 	ecProfileDeleted := false
 	failOnDelete = false
+	ecDeletedPools := map[string]bool{}
 	ecExecutor := &exectest.MockExecutor{
 		MockExecuteCommandWithOutput: func(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 			emptyPool := "{\"images\":{\"count\":0,\"provisioned_bytes\":0,\"snap_count\":0},\"trash\":{\"count\":1,\"provisioned_bytes\":2048,\"snap_count\":0}}"
 			if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "lspools" {
+				if ecDeletedPools["ecpool"] {
+					return `[]`, nil
+				}
 				return `[{"poolnum":1,"poolname":"ecpool"}]`, nil
 			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "get" {
 				return `{"pool": "ecpool","pool_id": 1,"size":1}`, nil
 			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "pool" && args[2] == "delete" {
+				ecDeletedPools[args[3]] = true
 				return "", nil
 			} else if command == "ceph" && args[1] == "erasure-code-profile" && args[2] == "rm" {
 				assert.Equal(t, "ecpool_ecprofile", args[3])
@@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ func TestDeletePool(t *testing.T) {
 	err = deletePool(ecContext, clusterInfo, ecPool)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, ecProfileDeleted)
+	assert.True(t, ecDeletedPools["ecpool"])
 }
 
 // TestCephBlockPoolController runs ReconcileCephBlockPool.Reconcile() against a